SOURCES SOUGHT
58 -- Lightweight Video Reconnaissance System (LVRS)
- Notice Date
- 12/11/2002
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army Communications-Electronics Command, CECOM Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008
- ZIP Code
- 07703-5008
- Solicitation Number
- DAAB07-03-R-J018
- Archive Date
- 2/25/2003
- Point of Contact
- Kathleen Hageman, 732-532-5388
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to US Army Communications-Electronics Command, CECOM Acquisition Center
(kathleen.hageman@mail1.monmouth.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NA This is a market survey to locate sources (System Integrators) for the Lightweight Video Reconnaissance System (LVRS). The LVRS is used by United States Special Forces reconnaissance/scout squads to capture digital still pictures, compress, and transmit n ear real-time, still frame images to base stations or battalion tactical operations centers (TOCs) over standard military radios. The system is comprised of a base station and multiple outstations. The outstation consists of a day camera to capture the i mages, an Image Intensification (I?) attachment for use during periods of extremely low light (10-4 Foot Candles), as well as a computer to compress the image, add desired text or symbols, display the image, and interface with squad or team organic radios. The base station consists of a computer to interface with the TOC base station radios and a printer to print the images. Further, the LVRS base station can retransmit images to other base stations. The LVRS shall be MIL-STD-2500B with Notice 1, National Imagery Transmission Format Version 2.1 (NITF 2.1) Certified (minimum Level 3). The LVRS shall be Joint Technical Architecture - Army (JTA-A), Version 6.0 compliant. LVRS shall provide a full range of data transmission capabilities, communication links (e.g. SINCGARS, PSC-5 (Narrow Band, Wide Band, and DAMA), AN/PRC-148, AN/PRC-150, other HF and SATCOM). Imagery and Data shall be able to be sent over all government voice bandwidth circuits in harsh tactical environments where airtime for transmissions is limited and using cryptographic devices (e.g. KY-57, KY-58, KY-99, KY-99A, KG-84A, KG-84C, KIV-7, and KY-100) or secure telephones (STU-III, STE). The LVRS shall be compliant with; MIL-STD-188-184, Interoperability and Performance Standard for the Data Control Waveform; MIL-STD-2045-44500, National Imagery Transmission Standard (NITFS); and Tactical Communications Protocol 2 (TACO2). Hardware and Software shall be user friendly to allow non-technica l users to operate the system and be able to transmit imagery in Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) Image Compression for the National Imagery Transmission Format Standard (MIL-STD-188-198A with Notice 2). The LVRS shall be configurable for use on var ious platforms, i.e. vehicle, aircraft, and man-portable. The LVRS shall consist of the following major components: an out station and a base station. The outstation consists of a camera with a removable image intensified night channel (I2 tube will be provided as Government Furnished Equipment (GFE)) to include a lightweight handheld portable processor and a sensor with day/night capabilities, which can be remotely triggered. A remote shall give the operator the ability to remotely control the modular sensor (e.g. focus, zoom, capture, save) and send still fram e images when the handle held portable processor is being operated from a remote location. Image compression and military communication interfaces allow the user to record digital still frames. Standard military batteries power the camera. The outstatio n will also interface with organic communication equipment. The day sensor system will capture and transmit still-frame color images to the base station when frame integration is turned off. Otherwise, the images are monochrome. It will provide digital compression and transmission of images. It will be operable by soldiers in a field environment wearing cold weather equipment and/or Individual Protective Equipment (IPE) clothing. The LVRS shall also provide an interface to a National Television Systems Committee (NTSC) video in and video out sources. The resident software shall be capable of manipulating, compressing, capturing, recording, and transmitting still frame and multi-frame images that will allow the base station operator to recognize a light vehicle with a probability of 70% out to a range of 1500 meters in daylight with a 7-kilometer visibility conditions. The out station will not be aco ustically detectable by unaided hearing at any range greater than 5 meters. The base station consists of imagery compression/decompression and communications interface hardware, a monitor, and a color image printer. The base station can be operated in a HMMWV, M577, or any other shelter with a 115-volt alternating current, 12-volt or 24-volt DC power supply source. It will interface with organic communication equipment, retransmit to other base stations, and receive images from the outstation without any discernable loss of resolution or image quality. The base station will store multiple images capable of being selected and displayed on a video monitor. In addition, it will record outstation spot reports and salute reports on the printed copy of the im age or on the retransmitted image. The base station will not be acoustically detectable by unaided hearing at any range greater than 50 meters. This equipment is to be Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) / Non-Developmental (NDI) or COTS/NDI with minor modifications which include but are not limited to hardening for field and inclement weather use and Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI). This is not a Request For Proposal (RFP). This is limited only to contractors currently manufacturing systems capable of providing a completely integrated end-to-end system, who can provide a complete end-to-end working system and must submit technical information, i n writing, no later than 27 December 2002, to Project Manager Soldier Sensors and Equipment; Product Manager Multi-Spectrum Sensors; ATTN: Jaime Gonzalez; 10401 Totten Road; Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060-5806.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Communications-Electronics Command, CECOM Acquisition Center ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208 Fort Monmouth NJ
- Zip Code: 07703-5008
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 07703-5008
- Record
- SN00221497-W 20021213/021211213430 (fbodaily.com)
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