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Kronos Family of Systems Commercial Solutions Opening

Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
Location: El Segundo, CA
Amount: Amount not listed
Posted: Aug 26, 2026
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS code: 513210 - Software Publishers look up NAICS codes
PSC code: AR12

Timeline

Posted

Aug 26, 2026
Status

Closing soon

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est. $31K-$126K

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What this contract is for

Agency: DEPT OF DEFENSE / DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE
Location: El Segundo, CA
Set-aside: No Set aside used
NAICS: 513210 - Software Publishers
Scope: Federal

SUBJECT: AOI 3 Space Intelligence – Third Call for Submissions Under the Notice ID FA8806-26-S-0001 (01 July 2026) Kronos Family of Systems (FoS) Commercial Solutions Opening (CSO) 1.

Purpose: This document constitutes the Third Call under the Kronos FoS CSO.

Refer to the Kronos FoS CSO 2.0 for all administrative, legal, and overarching procedures.

This Call specifically requests Phase 1A (Quad Chart and White Paper) submissions to address Area of Interest (AOI) 3, and its Focus Area Statements (FAS) detailed below.

FAS #1 (AOI 03-FAS01): The SSC SYD 85 Kronos Program seeks an enterprise collection management orchestration capability to coherently link existing sensor optimization and scheduling capabilities for sensing of the space domain.

The capability focuses on the optimal use of finite sensors to meet collection requirements that fulfill positional tracking, operational intelligence, and foundational intelligence needs.

This effort will focus not only on USSF sensors but also establish interfaces with other DoW, Intelligence Community (IC), allied, and commercial assets.

A successful orchestration “brain” must demonstrate the ability to integrate multiple orchestration engines utilizing distinct scheduling paradigms (e.g., pre-planned, dynamic tip-and-cue event response, automated metric optimization), rapidly adjudicate scheduling conflicts when dynamic tasks out-prioritize deliberate needs, and disseminate commander decisions to sensors, sensor brokers, and external orchestration platforms.

The capability shall consider weather, planned and unplanned outages, multiple sensor phenomenologies, tasking acknowledgment response times, PED and correlation timelines, competing prioritization schemes, and the ability to monitor execution during dynamic events.

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