Sources Sought: For Ionospheric Ground Sensors (IGS) Sustaining and Engineering Support Request for Information (RFI) FA8815-26-R-0001
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AI-generated · Dec 12, 2025Capability to provide maintenance, specialized engineering support, installation, expertise, and sustainment for Ionospheric Ground Sensors (IGS), including the Next Generation Ionosonde (NEXION) and the Ionospheric Scintillation Total Electron Content Observer (ISTO). Work spans global locations and includes site surveys for installation, spectrum analysis for IGS sites, installation of NEXION and ISTO systems with follow-on testing, and cybersecurity compliance and accreditation under Risk Management Framework (RMF) standards. Also required are periodic and unscheduled maintenance visits, troubleshooting and problem tracking/resolution, and comprehensive system hardware and software engineering, production, integration, installation, testing, and technical support.
Purpose: to assess the commercial marketplace’s capability and experience to deliver these sustainment and engineering support services for IGS, across diverse sites worldwide. Unique requirements include RMF-based cybersecurity compliance, ongoing maintenance, and end-to-end support for both hardware and software components.
The Ionospheric Ground Sensors (IGS) Program Management Office is currently assessing the commercial marketplace's capability and experience to provide maintenance, specialized engineering support, installation, expertise, and sustainment of IGS, which includes both the Next Generation Ionosonde (NEXION) and Ionospheric Scintillation Total Electron Content (TEC) Observer (ISTO). The sustainment and installation of IGS sites are performed at various locations across the globe, which include the following tasks: Site surveys for installation of NEXION and ISTO systems Spectrum Analysis for IGS sites Installation of NEXION and ISTO sites, along with follow-on systems testing Cybersecurity compliance and accreditation, in accordance with Risk ManagementFramework (RMF) standards Periodic maintenance, along with unscheduled maintenance service visits Troubleshooting, system problem tracking, resolution, and management System hardware and software engineering, production, integration installation and testing,along with technical support
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