Skyway Range - Flight Corridor

Aerospace systems and components and equipment All questions regarding the e-bid platform (OK Corral) should be directed to the buyer of record: Joe Teel Assistant Director of Purchasing Office of Central Procurement 1224 N. Boomer Road Stillwater, OK 74078 405-744-8403 (phone) 405-744-5187 (fax) Joe.teel@okstate.edu Scope of Work This RFP is for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a detect-and-avoid (DAA) collision avoidance system and a command-and-control system (C2) for uncrewed aircraft systems ("UAS", aka uncrewed aerial vehicles or "UAV") to enable integration of beyond visual line-of-sight flight of UAS in the US national airspace. Proposed services should meet the following requirements: 1. Mobile system with network and/or cellular connectivity and future SATCOM infrastructure 2. DAA System: a. Detect and track aircraft in FOV regardless of equipment onboard. b. Provides aircraft position/state information through DAA system to remote pilot / MGCS. c. Range and size requirements that will nominally include group 1 UAS within 1 mile and general aviation aircraft within 3 to 5 miles of mobile systems and include simultaneous use of as many systems as required to cover the entirety of the corridor range at one time. d. Connectivity to Command-and-Control Systems. 3. C2 System: a. Assets strategically placed throughout the Flight Range to provide uninterrupted vehicle control. (ISM, LTE, C-Band, Satellite) b. Mobile Ground Control Stations (MGCS) equipped with a Remote Pilot Operators Station and an Airspace Observers Station to provide the required connectivity to the flight vehicles and the airspace management systems. 4. Enables due regard operations in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS) 5. Facilitates full and safe integration of UAS/AAM into the NAS. 6. Work will be expected to begin no later than Jan. 1, 2024, but may commence earlier pending approval and coordination with the selected vendor. The Skyway Flight Range consists of multiple legs with nodes as staging points for testing operations: o Leg 1: From OSU Unmanned Aircraft Flight Station to OSU-Pawnee, 14 nautical miles. This leg is already FAA approved for limited BVLOS operations. o Leg 2: From Stillwater to Osage Nation Ranch, 25 nautical miles. o Leg 3: From Osage Nation Ranch to Skyway36, 28 nautical miles. o Leg 4: From Skyway36 to OSU Unmanned Aircraft Flight Station, 48 nautical miles.. Question Submission Close Date 7/13/2023 3:00 PM CDT

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