Description
The Military Sealift Command (MSC) is seeking information from industry partners to support the installation and sustainment of a wireless network onboard MSC ships. The network will provide internet access to mariners' personal electronic devices and support various human resource, fiscal, training, and educational capabilities. The network will utilize software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) overlays and U.S.-based internet egress via a cloud edge network hosted and operated within a government cloud environment.
• The network will be expanded to provide coverage of operational spaces to allow for integration of Azure hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) stack supporting Navy Flank Speed services.
• The network will provide centralized management for administration, cybersecurity, configuration control, remote administration, and monitoring via a unified cloud management architecture.
• Respondents are requested to provide capability statements, comments on efficient and/or economical requirements development, and suggestions for improvements to the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS).
• The Government is seeking information on recent examples of completed shipboard installations of pLEO-enabled wireless networks with centralized management capabilities and government cloud integration.