REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

The consultancy support for this work requires the following expertise:

• Senior-level communications expertise, specifically in both STANAG 4372 and AES-256 development.
• Demonstrable, evidence-based expert knowledge of STANAG 4372 and practical experience evaluating SATURN radios, including conformance testing for legacy SATURN TRANSEC compliance.
• Demonstrable, evidence-based experience with AES-256 for TRANSEC as defined within the Line of Sight (LoS) Capability Team (CaT) folders on the NDS Web, encompassing standardization, key management, and emulation to support test vector generation.
• At least 10 years of evidence-based experience working with the AES-256 algorithm for standardization purposes in the context of TRANSEC and/or COMSEC.
• At least 10 years of evidence-based experience in LoS CaT Air/Ground/Air waveform development, including specific standardization work on SATURN for STANAG 4372 (identifying technical requirements, generating STANAG technical updates, etc.).
• At least 10 years of evidence-based expert knowledge and experience working on COMSEC modernization for SATURN, including modernized Tactical Secure Voice (TSV) CIS initiatives and COMSEC standards to be used alongside modernized SATURN TRANSEC.