About this opportunity
AI summaryThe Joint Warfare Analysis Center seeks information from capable vendors to provide hardware emulation expertise and computer scientists or engineers for laboratory emulation support. The scope covers telecommunications, computer networking, and computing automation, including tool development to support analysis and simulate infrastructure and networks. The contractor must hold expertise in foreign telecommunications and computer systems and emulate both United States and foreign hardware compatible with virtualization platforms like QEMU-KVM. Vendors must respond to the technical questionnaire regarding staff clearance levels, on-site availability in Dahlgren, Virginia, and specific programming and emulation experience. Interested parties must submit their answers to the attached questions by noon EST on November 15, 2026.
Scope of work
- Development of tools to support analysis and model development to simulate infrastructure/networks
- Hardware, software, and firmware tool development for proof of concept cyber capability initiatives
- Hardware emulation expertise and computer scientists/engineers to aid with laboratory emulation
- Expertise on foreign telecommunications and computer systems, including indigenous and foreign components
- Emulation of US and foreign telecommunications and computer network hardware compatible with platforms such as QEMU-KVM
- Validation of emulated hardware by hosting required operating systems and applications
- Development of mechanisms to monitor and capture the state of emulated hardware
Minimum qualifications
- Analysts at the TS//SCI level
- Ability to have analysts sit at Joint Warfare Analysis Center in Dahlgren, VA for greater than 50% of a work week
Documents to include with your response
- Answers to the attached technical questions
Key dates
- Answers due
- noon est 15 Nov 2026
How to submit
- Instructions
- Provide answers to the attached questions
Contract details
- Place of performance
- Joint Warfare Analysis Center in Dahlgren, VA
Federal notice details
- Solicitation number
- FA489027RFI0003
- Agency
- Dept of Defense
- Buying office
- Dept of the AIR Force › FA4890 HQ ACC Amic
- Notice type
- Sources Sought
- Responses due
- Nov 15, 2026, 12:00 PM ET
- Posted on SAM.gov
- Nov 3, 2026
- NAICS
- 5417
- Product/service code
- AC11
- Set-aside
- No Set aside used
- Place of performance
- Dahlgren, VA, 22448
- Contracting contact
- Kadra Martz
kadra.martz@us.af.mil - Additional contact
- Jeff Kniesche
donald.j.kniesche.civ@mail.mil
Source: SAM.gov. Read the official notice for the complete description and current instructions.