Tactical Air Traffic Control (ATC) Command and Control (C2) System (TACOS)view on SAM.gov

AMENDMENT 1 Posted on 24 July 2026. Revisions made to Paragraphs 2.4 and 2.8. 1.0 Description This is a Request for Information (RFI) only, issued as part of market research in accordance with (IAW) Revolutionary Federal Acquisition Regulation Overhaul (RFO) Part 10. This is not a solicitation/Request for Proposal (RFP), a Request for Quotation (RFQ), an Invitation for Bids (IFB), or a solicitation, and no contract shall be resultant from this synopsis. Aerospace Management Systems Division (AFLCMC/ESA) will not pay respondents for information provided in response to this RFI. Participation is limited to contractors registered in the United States. Submissions from non-U.S. contractors will not be considered. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's (AFLCMC) Electronic Systems Directorate, Aerospace Management Systems Division (ESA), Air Traffic Systems Branch (ESAA) Program Management Office (PMO), located at Hanscom Air Force Base (AFB), Massachusetts, is requesting information from industry to assist in planning for the potential future acquisition of a Tactical Air Traffic Control (ATC) Command and Control (C2) System, hereafter referred to as TACOS. Current USAF expeditionary ATC systems were designed for a more permissive operational environment and are ill-suited for modern, multi-domain warfare. Legacy systems are characterized by large size, weight, power, and personnel (SWaP-P) footprints; prolonged setup and teardown timelines; limited interoperability with joint and coalition C2 systems, tactical data links (TDLs), and modern sensor networks; and susceptibility to kinetic and non-kinetic threats, including electronic attack, cyber intrusion, and electromagnetic pulse (EMP). These limitations create unacceptable risk to air operations under the pacing challenge and the requirement to project airpower from dispersed, austere locations. TACOS is envisioned as a critical enabler of the Department of the Air Force (DAF) Battle Network, providing the essential link between aircrew and the airfield environment across the full spectrum of operational environments — from permissive airspace to highly contested, denied areas of operation. TACOS shall be a modular, scalable, and highly interoperable system that ingests and processes tactical data feeds from Battle Management Command and Control (BMC2), Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), and Weather (WX) networks, fusing them with traditional Air Traffic Control (ATC) processing to display a unified airspace awareness picture. This provides commanders the flexibility to tailor Airfield Operations (AO) ATC services to the specific warfighting mission and threat levels. Core attributes include agility and speed (rapid deployment, minimal airlift, setup and teardown by a small team in hours); survivability and resilience (operation through kinetic and non-kinetic attack, low probability of detection, and function in a communications-degraded or -denied environment); seamless interoperability acr…