[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 23, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23903-23904]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-11019]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Notice of Request for Information on Technologies To Support 
Operations in the Information Environment

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD.

ACTION: Request for information

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army hereby gives notice of its intent 
to conduct an Information Event (meeting) on technologies to support 
operations in the information environment. This event will identify 
existing technologies to address requirements identified in the Joint 
Concept for Operations in the Information Environment (JCOIE). The 
intended effect of the Information Event is to identify potential 
performers and technology capabilities for future contract actions.

DATES: The event will take place from June 25-29, 2018 at 8283 
Greensboro Drive, McLean, VA 22102.

ADDRESSES: Requests to attend the event should be sent to Dr. Elizabeth 
K. Bowman, Army Research Lab, [email protected] not later 
than June 15, 2018 by email or in writing: U.S. Army Research 
Laboratory Computational and Information Science

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Directorate, RDRL-CII/Elizabeth Bowman, Building 321 Room 134, Aberdeen 
Proving Ground, MD 21005-5425.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Bowman, (410) 278-5924, E-
Mail: [email protected]

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Interested offerors of information may 
attend the event in person or may submit a 100-word response describing 
how a technology meets one or more of the tasks identified in this 
document. Written responses should be sent to Dr. Bowman not later than 
June 29, 2018 for inclusion in a summary technology report.
    The Joint Information Operations Warfare Center (JIOWC) is 
establishing requirements to support the emerging domain of Operations 
in the Information Environment. A Capability Based Assessment (CBA) has 
identified four Concept Requirement Capabilities (CRC's), identified 
below, each consisting of sub-ordinate task requirements. The CRCs and 
the supporting sub-tasks are identified below:

Required Capabilities

    A. Required Capabilities to Characterize and Assess the 
Informational, Physical, and Human Aspects of the Security 
Environment. The Joint Force requires the ability to:
    A.1 determine impact of relevant informational, physical, and 
human aspects of the security environment on Joint Force objectives.
    A.2 understand the perceptions and attitudes that drive 
behaviors that affect JFC's objectives.
    A.3 understand how relevant actors are successful in adapting 
their use of information technology.
    A.4 share contextual understanding of the security environment.
    A.5 characterize, assess, synthesize, and understand trends of 
relevant actor activities and their impacts on the IE throughout 
cooperation, competition, and conflict.
    A.6 analyze and estimate relevant change within the IE.
    A.7 identify, access, and manage IE subject matter expertise.
    A.8 understand internal and other relevant actor bias within the 
IE.
    B. Required Capabilities to Formulate Options that Integrate 
Physical and Informational Power. The Joint Force requires the 
ability to:
    B.1 identify, optimize and assess the effectiveness of the full 
range of options that integrate physical and informational power to 
produce desired psychological effects.
    B.2 employ required forces and capabilities from across the 
Joint Force to sustain or change perceptions and attitudes that 
drive desired behaviors of relevant actors.
    B.3 assess relevant actors' capability and capacity to receive, 
understand, and respond to Joint Force physical and informational 
activities.
    C. Required Capabilities to Execute and Modify Options. The 
Joint Force requires the ability to:
    C.1 execute integrated physical and informational activities 
designed to achieve psychological effects.
    C.2 assess and modify informational power with the same level of 
competency as physical power.
    D. Required Capabilities to Institutionalize the Integration of 
Physical and Informational Power. The Joint Force requires the 
ability to:
    D.1 change how its individuals, organizations, and units think 
about and treat information.
    D.2 organize, train, equip, and maintain organizations that 
deliberately leverage the informational aspects of military 
activities.
    D.3 integrate operations with interorganizational partners.
    D.4 leverage physical and informational power at its discretion 
to achieve objectives.

    The Joint Concept for Operations in the Information Environment 
provides a detailed review of the CRCs. This document is available upon 
request from Dr. Bowman.
    The Army Research Lab (ARL) is conducting a technology state-of-
the-art review in support of the JIOWC CBA to identify technology 
readiness levels (TRLs) of existing or emerging systems to support the 
four CRCs and each of the subordinate requirements. The Information 
Event will begin with a government overview of the importance and 
military relevance of OIE. This will be followed by a staff overview of 
the OIE CRCs and sub-tasks that will include discussion and question/
answers from the audience. Four CRC subgroups will be formed and led by 
government advisors to explore the technology requirements in more 
detail. A technology demonstration opportunity will be offered during 
the last two hours of day one for attendees to provide technology 
exemplars. Days two and three (the number of days will be determined by 
the number of attendees interested in presenting) will consist of 
individual briefings by interested parties. Briefings will be organized 
by CRCs. Presentations should not exceed 10 minutes to be followed by 5 
minutes of questions/answers.
    As indicated previously, physical attendance is not required at the 
Information Event. If interested parties would like to promote their 
technology for any of the CRCs, they should send a written description 
of how the technology addresses one or more CRC or sub-task. Each 
description should not be greater than 100 words and should include the 
TRL for the system. The description should clearly identify the offerer 
name, contact information, and identify any operational user groups.

Brenda S. Bowen,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 2018-11019 Filed 5-22-18; 8:45 am]
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