The DON RCO is seeking EO/IR capabilities that can detect a secondary drone target in the background of a scene while actively observing a primary drone target.

This announcement is not restricted to existing EO/IR solutions, and includes systems that can perform only the EO or the IR functions (collaborative opportunities toward a final solution may exist). The intent is to survey the industrial base for technologies that can address critical evaluation variables, including target size, range, angular velocity, angular acceleration, elevation, number of targets, and target geometry.

III. EVENT DETAILS

The Disruptor Day will occur in mid-September at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, MD.

The event will combine a traditional industry day with a limited experiment on a unique Navy test range. The Disruptor Day format is anticipated to allow each vendor an approximately 1-2-hour window to brief their products and perform their experiment.

System & Setup Considerations:

• Systems must operate in both day and night scenarios, and in all weather conditions in a maritime environment.
• The EO/IR System Under Test (SUT) will be located in line with other simultaneous SUTs to minimize differences in range, elevation, and parallax errors.
• Primary Target: A Group 1 or Group 2 drone flies a racetrack parallel to the line of the SUT in the foreground at a variable range, elevation, velocity, and geometry.
• Secondary Target: A Group 2 or Group 3 drone flies a direct approach perpendicular to the line of the SUT, starting in the background and moving to the foreground at a variable range, variable elevation, variable velocity, and variable geometry.

Performance Objectives:
The EO/IR solution must demonstrate the capability to detect the secondary target drone at the fastest time possible, furthest range, highest frequency, longest duration, and with the lowest false target rate—without disrupting observation of the primary target. The primary target must be tracked continuously with at least a +/- 10 degree azimuth and elevation Field of Regard. When the secondary target gets within the field of regard of the primary the criteria above is required for the secondary target.