Civilian Mariner Wireless Network is being installed to provide a wireless network enabled by high throughput proliferated low Earth orbit (pLEO) satellite services onboard MSC ships to support internet connection of Mariner’s approved personal electronic devices and provide access to human resource, fiscal, training, and educational capabilities such as MyPay, personal email, banking, insurance, e-commerce, etc. Wireless access is provided in berthing and common spaces to include mess deck, lounges, etc. The network uses software defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) overlays and U.S. based internet egress via a cloud edge network hosted and operated within a government cloud environment. The network also provides centralized management for administration, cybersecurity, configuration control, remote administration, and monitoring via a unified cloud management architecture hosted and operated within a government cloud environment. The network will be expanded to provide coverage of operational spaces to allow for integration of Azure hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) stack supporting Navy Flank Speed services which will allow for integration with the Navy Enterprise Network.
The Government invites industry to review the draft Performance Work Statement (PWS) and provide capability statements as requested in the attached RFI as well as comments on efficient and/or economical requirements development consistent with industry best practices.
