AOI 27-A001 Resilient Airborne Free-Space Optical Communications Turret
DEPT OF DEFENSE.DEPT OF THE NAVY.SPAWAR.SPAWAR LANT.NIWC ATLANTIC
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- Your kind of work, at your size? NAICS 541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
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PSC AC13 — National Defense R&d Services; Department of Defense - Military; Experimental Development
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- Closes
- October 16, 2026
- Published
- October 7, 2026
- Buying office
- NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina Place of performance not published
- Notice type
- Open for bids Started as Special Notice
- Agency
- DEPT OF DEFENSEDEPT OF THE NAVYNIWC ATLANTIC
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- PSC
- AC13 — National Defense R&d Services; Department of Defense - Military; Experimental Development
- Solicitation no.
- 27-A001
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- October 30, 2026 After this the authority stops publishing it.
Scope
The advent of high-threat Electronic Warfare (EW) and Global Positioning System (GPS) or Radio Frequency (RF)-denied operational domains poses an immediate risk to Department of Navy (DoN), Marine Corps, and joint aerial and maritime fleet operations. Modern tactical concepts—such as Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) and Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2)—demand ultra-high-bandwidth
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