Specifically, it is seeking submissions for a “hybrid space architecture” to integrate commercial space sensor and communications capabilities with U.S. Government space systems”.
Commercial satellite manufacturers representing the remote sensing, communications, PNT, and integration services sectors are encouraged to participate. Along with information companies specialising in software-defined network architecture design and implementation.
It writes:
“The architecture will be secure, scalable, responsive, and information centric. It must also be flexible to remain relevant and trusted during times of rapid technological change and dynamic threat environments. Software-defined controls, interfaces, and security are foundational to sustaining this agility. This architecture must be demonstrated as a payload (hosted or bespoke) capable of communicating across disparate government and commercial networks.”
The demonstration will involve four identified domains: multi-path communications, variable trust protocol, multi-source data fusion, and cloud-based analytics.
With a deadline of 18 October 2021, the government body is inviting submissions at www.diu.mil/work-with-us/open-solicitations
DIU
The process is run by the U.S. Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), a DoD organisation focused on fielding and scaling commercial technology across the U.S. military.
It expands on the four required domains mentioned above as follows:
Multi-Path Communications
The requirement for the timely transport of information across multiple networks at multiple classification levels without compromising information assurance or cybersecurity. Dynamic data routing through asynchronous disruption tolerant networks requires switching between assorted orbital military and commercial networks, downlinking through diverse groundstations, and interfacing with cloud architectures within U.S. and a ..
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