2016 Space and Cyberspace Technology Innovation Summit
Solicitation Number: AFRL-XPPD-16-XXXX
Agency: Department of the Air Force
Office: Air Force Research Laboratory
Location: AFRL/XPPD – WPAFB OH
SYNOPSIS
Mark your Calendars and don’t miss this two-phased technology summit with the Air Force Space Command and Other Multiple Organizations! This series of technology engagements is seeking senior-level technical participants from Industry, academia, and national laboratory research organizations. Industry includes large, middle-sized and small businesses.
Following its initial, highly successful Space & Cyberspace Technology Innovation Summit in 2015, the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) is proud to announce a similar, more robust event for 2016. The AFSPC Chief Scientist will again use a two-phased approach to this dialogue, with plans to conduct the Summit Phase One on 22-24 August 2016, and Phase Two the week of 26-30 September 2016. The venues are tentatively set for the MITRE facility (Phase One) in Colorado Springs, CO for Phase One, and the Air Force Warfare Center (SPACE) facility at Schriever AFB CO for Phase Two. Additional venue and event logistics details will be shared with announcement updates accordingly.
The AFSPC Chief Scientist, partnered with the HQ Directorate of Requirements (AFSPC/A5/8/9), has focused its objectives for this two-phased approach in the following manner. Phase One is geared to inform industry and academia on the new AFSPC/CC’s Long-Term S&T Challenges memo which aligns with the AFSPC’s Space Enterprise Vision (SEV) and challenges participants to search within their organizations for innovative ideas, emerging technologies and creative approaches to superiority in both the Space and Cyberspace domains. It is also critical to note that AFSPC’s view of long-term challenges is defined to explore technologies & corporate investments beyond activities tracked in the AFSPC Core Function Support Plan (CFSP) and with technical readiness levels (TRLs) at or below 3. AFSPC is looking at how it will conduct the Phase One event, which could include one of the three days in Phase One dedicated to the National Laboratories and other military-associated research organizations. Relevant data attached to this announcement includes the AFSPC Commander’s Strategic Intent and the Long-Term Challenges for both Space and Cyberspace, both updated this year and aligned to meet evolving warfighting efforts at home and abroad. Other documentation deemed relevant subsequently will also be added, as needed.
Phase Two is anticipated to be YOUR presentation of ideas from across industry and academia in response to our challenges we presented in Phase One, even to include other challenges that we may have not presented but you see as vital to our nation’s Space & Cyberspace interests. AFSPC and all supporting Space and Cyberspace organizations engaged in addressing our long term challenges are very much interested in your innovations and creativity at the Technology Readiness Levels 1-4. We believe the lower levels of TRLs in our domains are vital and critical to insertions into higher levels of TRLs, future Space and Cyberspace integrated systems, and future roadmaps and contracts. We look forward to engaging you in your ideas. To better assist you in the engagement, we are incorporating some lessons learned in the process to provide you quality, on-the-spot feedback to include recommended follow-up actions.
The security classification for both technology summit phases may range from Unclassified to Collateral Secret, and in some cases, technology discussions may be held at Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information levels. AFSPC will determine its data classification levels soon as it forms its Phase One technical agenda, and will be announced as an update here. As a heads-up, when you submit your intent for candidate topics for Phase Two, please indicate your desired level of classification for your technologies. Moreover, please note that any and every piece of proprietary data you provide will be handled accordingly and within all security protocols to protect your data and intellectual property.
In Phase One in late August 2016, seating may be limited, so participation may be capped at two or three people per organization, unless otherwise requested or coordinated. Pre-registration is required to reserve a seat and to ensure access to the MITRE facility. The Phase Two facility seating at Schriever is not anticipated to be as restrictive. Dress for the event is anticipated to be Civilian Business Casual and Military Uniform of the Day.
If you are interested in participating in Phase One in late August 2016, please send your expression of interest to the event POC, Mr. Charlie Botello, email charles.botello.1@us.af.mil. Stay tuned to this announcement, as we anticipate providing a number of updates in the upcoming weeks, as details are finalized. Additional instructions will soon follow, as you prepare for both phases of this AFSPC Space & Cyberspace Innovation Summit. Please direct technical questions and comments to Lt Col Andy Dills, Deputy Chief Scientist at HQ AFSPC, at email anthony.dills@us.af.mil.
Disclaimers
The government is not obligated to enter into a contract with Industry as results of IR&D collaborations from our dialogue. Data exchanges as a result of these dialogue activities follow No Foreign Nationals (NOFORN) and International Traffic Arms Regulations (ITAR) restrictions. Some information we intend to share may be classified or unclassified and can only be released as Distribution C, D, or F material (http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/pdf/distribution_statements_and_reasons.pdf). Please recognize dates and locations listed are subject to change. Again, please stay tuned to subsequent announcement updates; anticipate biweekly or monthly. Thank you and we look forward to these government-Industry technology engagements.