SOURCES SOUGHT
69 -- Infrared Sensor Stimulators (IRSS) Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I)
- Notice Date
- 3/26/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, 12350 Research Parkway Code 253, Orlando, FL, 32826
- ZIP Code
- 32826
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-IRSS-P3I
- Response Due
- 4/12/2002
- Archive Date
- 4/27/2002
- Point of Contact
- Felix Marrero, Contract Specialist, Phone 407-380-4735, Fax 407-384-3888, - Felix Marrero, Contract Specialist, Phone 407-380-4735, Fax 407-384-3888,
- E-Mail Address
-
felix_marrero@stricom.army.mil, felix_marrero@stricom.army.mil
- Description
- INFRARED SENSOR STIMULATOR (IRSS) PRE-PLANNED PRODUCT IMPROVEMENT (P3I) SOURCES SOUGHT / REQUEST FOR INFORMATION The U.S. Army Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) desires industry interface to gain information on available products and technologies to further define/refine the requirements and the acquisition approach for the Infrared Sensor Stimulator (IRSS) Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) program. The primary sponsor for the IRSS P3I program is the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program (CTEIP). The IRSS P3I is designed to support the Tri-service electro-optical (EO) sensors Test and Evaluation (T&E). The Air Combat Test and Evaluation Facility (ACETEF), Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Patuxent River, MD is the Lead for Program Management. The Electronic Combat Integrated Test (ECIT), Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards Air Force Base, CA is the Deputy Program Manager. The U.S. Army STRICOM is the Technical Lead. Presently, T&E organizations from each of the three services utilize resistive-array-based Infrared Scene Projectors (IRSP) for developmental testing of tactical IR sensors in the laboratory environment. The IR resistive array consists of a packaged integrated circuit utilizing several hundred thousand micro-resistors (micro-emitters) which each emit individually controlled IR energy when a current is passed through them. Combining the resistor array with a scene generator, drive electronics, and matching collimator optics provides an IRSP with the capability to project realistic IR scenes into the entrance aperture of a sensor under test that are dynamic, and radiometrically correct. Consequently, the resistive array based IRSP has proven itself to be the most versatile, realistic, and cost effective means of testing IR sensors in the laboratory. The state-of-the-art in IR scene projection is represented in IRSPs utilizing resistive arrays containing up to 672x544 pixels. These devices are sufficient for testing many presently fielded sensor systems. However, they do not provide the necessary resolution and field-of-view (FOV) coverage to adequately test advanced-sensors presently under development (i.e., Target Acquisition Sensors, Threat Warning Sensors, Directed IR Countermeasures Sensors, IR Search and Track Sensors, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Sensors, and Missile Seekers). Subsystem test laboratories, and installed systems test facilities, both need higher resolution IRSPs (up to 1024x2048 pixel format in the near term, with growth path to 2048x2048 pixel format) to cost effectively test the next generation of sensor systems in the confines of the laboratory, depot, chamber, hangar, and dock. The IRSS P3I Project is a ?Follow-On? upgrade to complete the required performance capability requirements of the Full Operational Capability (FOC) IRSS system. IRSS P3I will satisfy the requirements for Full Field of View (F-FOV) scene projection in the IR, middle to long wavelength IR spectrums. It also addresses corresponding upgrades commensurate to the increased data throughput and computational requirements for the supporting simulation and rendering capabilities Information is being requested at this time specifically on developed COTS, emerging technology and products on F-FOV Large Format Resistive-emitter Array (LFRA) having the following characteristics:  Micro-resistive array for a scene projector with a large format configuration of 1024x1024 and 1024x2048 pixel formats with growth path to 2048x2048 pixel formats or larger.  Technically sound design, approaches and processes to fabricate, package and cool the large format arrays.  Continuous emission over the entire 3 to 12 micron spectral range.  Emit dynamic and radiometrically accurate IR images of targets and battlefield/test environments that replicate scenes as presented to the sensors in real world scenarios.  Technically sound design and approaches to perform projection at real time frame rates of up to 200 Hz.  Windowing techniques at 400 Hz. frame rates or higher for applications that require lower resolution (e.g., 512x1024) stimulation.  Emphasis on uniformity, pixel yield, and heat load.  Form, fit and function that provide portability, mobility and reconfigurability needed to fully support installed system testing.  The scene signal/imagery will be in digital format and transmitted to the LFRA via fiber. It is preferred that digital to analog conversion of the signal be performed on or near the back-plane area of the LFRA. The Tri-service IRSS P3I Integrated Product Team believes industry feedback is vitally important, and will be receptive to any and all ideas received from industry. The government does not intend to pay for the requested information nor respond to submissions. Proprietary information is not being solicited; however, if it is submitted, it should be appropriately marked. Please limit formal white paper submission to no more than 5 pages to include cover letter and white paper. In addition, you may include up to five attachments that consist of pre-printed brochures and/or related commercial product literatures. Please mail responses to: NAWCTSD, Code 2536, 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826 or e-mail to Mr. Felix Marrero, Contract Specialist, at Felix_Marrero@stricom.army.mil and / or Mrs. Shirley Eaton, Contracting Officer, at Shirley_Eaton@stricom.army.mil. Please provide responses no later than 1300 hours, 12 April 2002.
- Place of Performance
- Address: TBD
- Record
- SN00048704-W 20020328/020326213319 (fbodaily.com)
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