IGF::OT::IGF THE CONTRACTOR SHALL APPLY UNIQUE CAPABILITIES AND EXPERIENCE TO AID THE GOVERNMENT IN ACCOMPLISHING THE FOLLOWING. 1. IDENTIFYING AND UNDERSTANDING AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL SYNERGIES BETWEEN THE DSG PPE SPECIFIC CAPABILITIES AND CURRENT AND-OR FUTURE COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE CAPABILITIES; 2. EVALUATING AND UNDERSTANDING DRIVING TECHNICAL DIFFERENCES AND IMPLICATIONS BETWEEN PRIOR CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES DEVELOPED UNDER THE ARRM AND THE PROPOSED CONCEPT FOR THE PPE, SUCH AS IMPLICATIONS TO MEETING REFERENCE TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND-OR DRIVERS FOR VALIDATING A CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS; AND 3. PROVIDING DATA THAT SUPPORTS THE GOVERNMENT ABILITY TO DEFINE, DERIVE, AND VALIDATE THE PPE REQUIREMENTS AND A BASELINE MISSION CONCEPT TO INCLUDE IDENTIFICATION OF OPTIONS AND APPROACHES TO MEETING PPE SPECIFIC CAPABILITIES AS DESCRIBED IN THE PPE REQUIREMENTS IN ATTACHMENT B, AND FOR CONTRIBUTING RELIABILITY AND VERIFICATION - VALIDATION DATA FOR A PPE APPROACH THAT SUPPORTS A HUMAN RATED DSG SYSTEM. THIS STATEMENT OF WORK - SOW - SHALL SUPPORT THE COOPERATIVE ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE CONTRACTOR, DESCRIBE THE WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE, AND PROVIDE A DESCRIPTION OF THE MAJOR TASKS, MILESTONES, AND DELIVERABLES ASSOCIATED WITH THE GOVERNMENT NEXTSTEP-2 APPENDIX C POWER PROPULSION ELEMENT STUDIES OVER THE PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE.