# Trusted and Elastic Military Platforms and Electronic Warfare (EW) System Technologies (TEMPEST)

Notice 6afd2e49bdf84d7198c3c179dda1b06b (solicitation FA8650-20-S-1958) from DEPT OF DEFENSE, FA2377 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL RYKS, posted 2026-04-10, responses due 2027-03-31T18:00:00.000Z. Status: open.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Notice ID | 6afd2e49bdf84d7198c3c179dda1b06b |
| Solicitation number | FA8650-20-S-1958 |
| Type | Presolicitation |
| Agency | DEPT OF DEFENSE |
| Sub-tier | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE |
| Office | FA2377 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL AFRL RYKS |
| Posted | 2026-04-10T15:07:27.000Z |
| Response deadline (UTC) | 2027-03-31T18:00:00.000Z |
| Set-aside | - |
| NAICS | 541715 |
| PSC | AC12 |
| Place of performance | Wright Patterson AFB, OH, USA |
| Award | - |

## Description

UPDATES April 2026: Minor administrative updates to convert existing legacy FAR and DFARS citations to Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) and Revolutionary DFARS (R-DFARS) citations. UPDATES January 2026: Minor administrative update to extend the solicitation close date. UPDATES November 2025: Minor administrative update to extend the solicitation close date. UPDATES September 2025: minor administrative update to extend the solicitation close date. UPDATES April 2025: to update technical points of contact, remove all references to the Model Contract and Section K in this announcement as these documents wil be provided with each Call, and makes minor administrative updates to the announcement .AFRL/RYW has a need to investigate and develop methodologies, tools, techniques, and capabilities to identify susceptibilities and mitigate vulnerabilities in avionics systems, protect those systems against cyber-attack, provide simulation capabilities required to develop, mature and transition advanced sensor and avionics technologies, develop platform architecture technologies that enable revolutionary and agile capabilities, and expand emerging open system architecture standards and approaches for existing and next-generation Air Force and DoD weapon systems in multi-domain environments. The goal is to explore new and emerging concepts related to development, integration, assessment, evaluation, and demonstration of cyber security, open system architecture (OSA), novel avionics and sensor technologies, and multi-domain technologies. For this solicitation, avionics is defined to include manned, unmanned, autonomous, and remotely piloted vehicles, on-board Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems, Electronic Warfare (EW) systems, munitions, and any equipment, component, or subsystem that could compromise mission assurance of the Air Force weapon system or tactical platform.

## Sources

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