Tunnel Detection Technologies Project

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Tunnel Detection Technologies Project: DHS S&T has designated this program as a High Impact Technology Solution (HITS), which is designed to provide proof-of-concept answers within one to three years that could result in high-payoff technology (revolutionary) breakthrough. DHS S&T is seeking out those innovative, "out-of-box", possibly disruptive technologies (disrupting the normal evolutionary technological development process). It is recognized that this project will have considerable risk, however italso offers the potential for significant gains in capability. Innovation is critical. Offerors should demonstrate that their efforts are aimed at high-risk/high-payoff technologies that have the potential for making revolutionary rather than incremental improvements to homeland security, including emerging threats and operational challenges. DHS S&T reserves the right to select for award and fund all, some, or none of the Full Proposals received in response to this solicitation.DHS S&T will consider a broad range of technologies but focuses on the high risk/highpayoff development and demonstration of complete systems or subsystems rather than advances in basic sciences. Proposed systems and subsystems need not be composed entirely of newly developed components, and may integrate new technology into existing systems and/or subsystems. Offerors should demonstrate that their efforts are aimed athigh-risk/high-payoff technologies that have the potential for making revolutionary rather than incremental improvements to homeland security, including emerging threats and operational challenges.It cannot be emphasized too strongly that developments in these areas must work towardsan operational demonstration during which the tunnel detection products will interact seamlessly with existing commercial systems and processes. An initial capability demonstration is desirable within the first quarter of or as soon as possible after contract award.Offerors may propose individual efforts in a single technology area or team proposals across multiple technology areas. Technology Developers must describe the schedule of products they expect to produce for integration.The goal of the project is to develop and demonstrate the rapid detection of tunnels leadingto wide area surveillance to more sensitive ground validation and simple long-termdeterrence. These measurements will be processed to detect and locate near-surface tunnels, infrastructure and geologic heterogeneity in the depth range of 0-100 feet.Successful techniques shall generate positive identification in a variety of environmentalconditions and in the presence of challenging natural and man-made obstacles and interference (such as metal fences, vehicle traffic, and wi-fi or CB communications).Candidate technologies shall support data fusion with other compatible technologies to minimize false alarm rates and maximize probability of detection. As such, accurate positioning via Global Positioning System (GPS) tagged data is required.Successful technologies shall return as much automation as possible to include depth, size,azimuth, and other metrics of interest to Law Enforcement Agencies. Furthermore,interpretation of subsurface features shall be automated (i.e., closed-loop) to the maximumextent feasible, and support multi-path decision criteria and multi-frequency data. All candidate technologies shall support existing change-detection programs to help secure US borders.A potential long-range DHS S&T solicitation will help further development such as in mission-planning software, high-level data fusion with other data streams and modeling of near-surface phenomenology to improve sensor performance. PLEASE SEE full solicition and AMENDMENTS for refinements to proposal requirements.