Notice2025-16918
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement: “Enhancing Situational Awareness Through Use of Team Awareness Kit on USCG Navigation Systems”
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Published
September 4, 2025
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Homeland Security DepartmentCoast Guard
Abstract
The Coast Guard is announcing its intent to enter into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with (Raymarine) to determine the efficacy of Team Awareness Kit incorporation into existing and future Coast Guard navigation systems. While the Coast Guard is currently considering partnering with (Raymarine), we are soliciting public comment on the possible nature of and participation of other parties in the proposed CRADA. The Coast Guard also encourages other federal agencies with relevant research interests and capabilities to submit proposals for similar Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 169 (Thursday, September 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42770-42772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16918]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Coast Guard
[Docket No. USCG-2025-0294]
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement: ``Enhancing
Situational Awareness Through Use of Team Awareness Kit on USCG
Navigation Systems''
AGENCY: Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security.
ACTION: Notice of intent; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: The Coast Guard is announcing its intent to enter into a
Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with (Raymarine)
to determine the efficacy of Team Awareness Kit incorporation into
existing and future Coast Guard navigation systems. While the Coast
Guard is currently considering partnering with (Raymarine), we are
soliciting public comment on the possible nature of and participation
of other parties in the proposed CRADA. The Coast Guard also encourages
other federal agencies with relevant research interests and
capabilities to submit proposals for similar Cooperative Research and
Development Agreements (CRADAs).
DATES: Your comments and related material must reach the Coast Guard on
or before October 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments identified by docket number USCG-
2025-0294 using the Federal portal at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. See
the ``Public Participation and Request for Comments'' portion of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section for further instructions on
submitting comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If you have questions about this
notice of intent, call or email Mr. Paul Harvey, U.S. Coast Guard
Research and Development Center; telephone 860-271-2600, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d1839592fcb8bfb7be91a4a2b2b6ffbcb8bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b392f284602050d042b1e18080c45060207">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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I. Table of Abbreviations
DHS Department of Homeland Security
U.S.C. United States Code
II. Background and Purpose
Maritime situational and domain awareness is critical in supporting
and effectively executing the eleven statutory missions of the Coast
Guard. The Coast Guard maintains onboard navigations systems on assets
to provide accurate electronic navigation capabilities. The
incorporation of the Team Awareness Kit (TAK) within the navigational
ecosystem will provide a Tactical Common Operational Picture which will
interface with existing Coast Guard data systems.
Incorporating the TAK capability into existing and future Coast
Guard navigation systems provides an opportunity to streamline and
simplify user interfaces by co-locating both navigation and domain
awareness information into a single system reducing the necessity for
additional information systems and infrastructure onboard Coast Guard
assets.
III. Public Participation and Request for Comments
We request public comments on this notice. Although we do not plan
to respond to comments in the Federal Register, we will respond
directly to commenters and may modify our proposal in light of
comments.
We encourage you to submit comments in response to this notice of
inquiry through the Federal Docket Management System at <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. To do so, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, type
USCG-2025-0294 in the search box and click ``Search.'' Next, look for
this document in the Search Results column, and click on it. Then click
on the Comment option. In your submission, please include the docket
number for this notice of inquiry and provide a reason for each
suggestion or recommendation. If your material cannot be submitted
using <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>, contact the person in the FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document for alternate
instructions. To view documents mentioned in this notice of inquiry as
being available in the docket, find the docket as described in the
previous paragraph, and then select ``Supporting & Related Material''
in the Document Type column. Public comments will also be placed in our
online docket and can be viewed by following instructions on the
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> Frequently Asked Questions web page.
We accept anonymous comments. Comments we post to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> will include any personal information you have
provided. For more about privacy and submissions in response to this
document, see DHS's eRulemaking System of Records notice (85 FR 14226,
March 11, 2020).
IV. Discussion
CRADAs are authorized under 15 U.S.C. 3710a.\1\ A CRADA promotes
the transfer of technology to the private sector for commercial use, as
well as specified research or development efforts that are consistent
with the mission of the Federal parties to the CRADA. The Federal party
or parties agree with one or more non-Federal parties to share research
resources, but the Federal party does not contribute funding.
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\1\ The statute confers this authority on the head of each
Federal agency. The Secretary of DHS's authority is delegated to the
Coast Guard and other DHS organizational elements by DHS Delegation
No. 0160.1, para. II.B.34.
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CRADAs are not procurement contracts. Care is taken to ensure that
CRADAs are not used to circumvent the contracting process. CRADAs have
a specific purpose and should not be confused with procurement
contracts, grants, and other types of agreements.
Under the proposed CRADA, the R&D Center will collaborate with one
non-Federal participant. Together, the R&D Center and the non-Federal
participant will conduct testing, development and evaluation of the
Team Awareness Kit within the Coast Guard (SINS2) navigational system
on Coast Guard assets as well as the evaluation of future navigational
systems.
We anticipate that the Coast Guard's contributions under the
proposed CRADA will include the following:
1. Provide appropriate staff with pertinent expertise to take the
lead in accomplishing the required tasks;
2. Provide all support resources, including travel, for Coast Guard
staff that support this CRADA;
3. Obtain, transport and provide all of the ensemble items to be
used during the evaluation;
4. Provide personnel support to non-Federal participants to assist
with setting up and executing the evaluation in accordance with the
agreed upon evaluation plan;
5. Work with the non-Federal participant to develop a Final Report,
which will document the methodologies, findings, conclusions, and
recommendations of this CRADA work.
We anticipate that the non-Federal participants' contributions
under the proposed CRADA will include the following:
1. Provide appropriate staff with pertinent expertise to support
the above-mentioned tasks;
2. Provide all necessary resources to incorporate the TAK
capability into existing Coast Guard Raymarine navigation systems;
3. Provide the technical approach for system evaluation;
4. Work with the Federal participant to develop a Final Report,
which will document the methodologies, findings, conclusions, and
recommendations of this CRADA work.
The Coast Guard reserves the right to select for CRADA participants
all, some, or no proposals submitted for this CRADA. The Coast Guard
will provide no funding for reimbursement of proposal development
costs. Proposals and any other material submitted in response to this
notice will not be returned. Proposals submitted are expected to be
unclassified and have not more than five single-sided pages (excluding
cover page, DD 1494, JF-12, etc.). The Coast Guard will select
proposals at its sole discretion on the basis of:
1. How well they communicate an understanding of and ability to
meet, the proposed CRADA's goal; and
2. How well they address the following criteria:
a. Technical capability to support the non-Federal party
contributions described, and
b. Resources available for supporting the non-Federal party
contributions described.
Currently, the Coast Guard is considering Raymarine for
participation in this CRADA. This consideration is based on the fact
that Raymarine has demonstrated its technical ability and availability
of appropriate expertise to effectively develop and test Team Awareness
Kit capabilities within existing navigational systems. However, we do
not wish to exclude other viable participants from this or future
similar CRADAs.
This is a technology assessment effort. The goal of the Coast Guard
for this CRADA is to determine the efficacy of co-locating both
navigation and domain awareness capabilities into a single system
currently in use by the Coast Guard. Special consideration will be
given to small business firms and consortia, and preference will be
given to business units located in the U.S.
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This notice is issued under the authority of 5 U.S.C. 552(a).
M.P. Chien,
Captain, Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development
Center.
[FR Doc. 2025-16918 Filed 9-3-25; 8:45 am]
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