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Cyber |
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Cyber Warfare Detachment Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) N68335-21-S-0002 |
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10 February 2022 |
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Navy: NAVAIR Cyber Warfare Detachment |
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Description Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) N68335-21-S-0002 1. INTRODUCTION 2. BACKGROUND The objective of this BAA is principally to orchestrate germane R&D to fill the gaps in cyber warfare capabilities for NAVAIR weapon systems to achieve the CWD strategy, i.e., secure weapon systems able to survive and exploit cyber warfare. It is the finding of the CWD that there is a paucity of cyber R&D and threat information for weapon systems and supporting systems that directly or indirectly “connect” to weapon systems. As well, most business systems Information Technology (IT) cybersecurity measures are misapplied and ill-designed for weapon systems, especially given air vehicle Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) restrictions, and their operational environments. Therefore, this BAA solicits R&D, not to simply apply IT solutions, concepts, and underlying business environment assumptions, but to address cyber issues for weapon systems in a system of systems warfare environment with often intermittent or indirect “connectivity” to other systems. It is also a finding of the CWD that there has been little attention given to these intermittent connections, such as maintenance laptops, mission loaders, etc. As well, there has been little R&D concerning critical physical and industrial control system interfaces with air vehicles, such as aircraft launch and recovery equipment (ALRE), power and navigation umbilical’s. In fact, this BAA assumes that the cyber R&D problem space for weapons systems even reaches back to concept development, supply chain It is assumed that R&D efforts solicited by this BAA would address the most critical access point and resiliency (close quarters battle) issues for both legacy and future systems. However, this should not cause presumptive focus on any specific cybersecurity controls, concepts or preconceptions, i.e., the “Maginot line” effect. Traditional Information Assurance (IA) controls that assume continuous monitoring, patching, and imply the installing of a COTS solution, e.g., the Host Based Security System (HBSS), are not only not implementable as is, but may also decrease security and system performance by offering greater adversary access. This BAA is intended for white papers/proposals related to basic and applied research, and that part of development not related to the development of a specific system or hardware procurement. Additionally, this BAA is intended for prototype projects directly relevant to enhancing the mission effectiveness of military personnel and the supporting platforms, systems, components, or materials proposed to be acquired or developed by the Department of Defense, or for improvement of platforms, systems, components, or materials in use by the armed forces. This Announcement is not for the acquisition of technical, engineering, and other types of support services. 2.1 PROGRAM DESCRIPTION Additional information can be found at the beta.SAM.gov link and in the BAA, PDF download. |
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Navy: Cyber Warfare Detachment Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) N68335-21-S-0002
Due Date: 10 February 2022 Description: The NAVAIR Cyber Warfare Detachment is soliciting technical/cost proposals for research support in technologies that are applicable to Resilient Cyber Warfare Capabilities for NAVAIR Weapon Systems.