1. TIME AND PLACE
The Government/Industry Collaboration Event will be held on Tuesday and Wednesday, 6-7 December 2016 at the Unclassified Test Bed (UTB), St. Petersburg FL.

• The joint Government/Industry session will be held from 0800 - 1200 on Tuesday.
• One-on-one sessions will be held 1300 - 1700 on Tuesday and 0800 - 1700 on Wednesday.

2. WHAT ARE WE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH?
PEO-FW, in conjunction with technical experts from Government Labs, program offices and Special Operation Forces (SOF) users are looking to investigate and explore what is in the realm of the possible as it pertains to the topic of aircraft survivability. The platforms involved are AC/MC-130J, AC-130W, CV-22, U-28, MC-12, MQ-9, MQ-1C, Scan Eagle and Puma. Topics appropriate for discussion include -

• Understand trends in -
o Aircraft signature reduction (RF, IR, acoustic, visual)
o Electronic Warfare/Attack
o Modular design
o Integration of sensors for multi-purpose applications
o Use of open system architecture

• Identify enablers to achieving state of the art survivability technology by understanding current investment being made or planned for the near future by -
o Civilian aviation
o Industry
o Government Science & Technology initiatives
o Military development programs

• Identify challenges to implementation (i.e. Cost drivers or areas of risk) and any on-going/planned efforts to overcome these challenges -
o Complications in verification / integration
o Implementation of increasingly stringent design standards, multiple approval authorities, and assurance levels

3. WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?
The purpose of this Industry Day is to inform Program Executive Office - Fixed Wing (PEO-FW) of the current state and near future of technology on these topics. The information provided might potentially support future commodity procurement (i.e. not a development program), inform future requirements for development programs, establish a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), support Small Business Innovative Research (SBIRs), establish a Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) project request and/or SOCOM participation in a vendor demonstration of a capability.

The United States Government has particular interest in production ready systems (i.e., minimum Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 7 as defined by the Department of Defense (DOD) Acquisition Guidebook (August 5, 2010) and a minimum Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) of 7 as defined by the DOD Manufacturing Readiness Assessment Deskbook (May 2, 2009). PEO-FW will also consider presentations on lower TRL and MRL Level capabilities.

4. HOW WILL THE COLLABORATION EVENT BE CONDUCTED?
The industry day will have two sessions held at the CLASSIFIED SECRET level -
• A joint Government/Industry session where the Government will discuss
• PEO-FW overview and current capability gaps
• SOF Survivability SME and Users engagement
• Additional speakers to be determined

• One-on-one meetings between the Government team members and selected individual Industry partners to discuss Industry's perspective on the benefits, opportunities, and challenges of implementing Survivability solutions. Companies wishing to participate should submit a one to two page synopsis of the topic they wish to present, consistent with the objectives in section 2 above during the one-on-one session. Each session will be 45 minutes in length. Request the name(s) of the presenters/attendees, job positions, and contact information (email and phone) be included in the paper. Papers should be submitted to [email protected] by Tuesday, 4 November 2016. Please include in the subject line "FW INDUSTRY COLLABORATION EVENT 1-ON-1 SYNOPSIS." The government team will review the papers and select up to 12 topics for the one-on-one sessions. Invitations will be sent to the selected companies NLT Monday, 18 November 2016 and further direction provided at that time.

Please direct questions to email: [email protected] or Mr. Jim Sadler, [email protected],
Phone: (813) 826-1971 or Mr. Dave Jackson, [email protected], Phone: (813) 826-8164