Description
The United States Department of the Interior is seeking to establish a sole source Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) for the procurement of Easy Aerial Tethered Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The UAS will be used to support incident response operations associated with dams, power plants, hydroelectric facilities, and Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) managed lands. The primary purpose of these UAS is to provide continuous aerial surveillance and monitoring during incidents involving hydrologic flows, dam safety concerns, security breaches, and natural disasters.
Some key features of the required UAS include:
• Ability to tether at least 300’
• UAS total weight under 55lbs
• Operate in adverse weather conditions
• Operating temperature limitations of at least 0°- 110° F
• Operate in sustained wind speed of at least 20kts
• Flight time of 24+hrs while Tethered
• Rapid Deployment Capability
• Capability to operate by Ground Control Station (GCS) and Remotely
• Ability to share real-time live streaming feed via weblink
• Mobile and semi-stationary system solution
• Equipped with anti-collision lighting for nighttime use
• Application Programming Interface (API) Integration CX
• UAS Payloads: Electro Optical/ Infrared (EO/IR) Cameras, Digital Military Radios, Counter UAS (cUAS) Radar