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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MARCH 05, 2003 FBO #0458
SOLICITATION NOTICE

58 -- AN/ARC-210 Electronic Protection (EP) Radios and Support Equipment

Notice Date

3/3/2003
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, NAVAIR HQ, Building 2272 47123 Buse Road Unit IPT, Patuxent River, MD, 20670
 

ZIP Code

20670
 

Solicitation Number

N00019-03-R-0034
 

Archive Date

6/15/2003
 

Point of Contact

Rebecca Wathen, Contract Specialist, Phone 301-757-5894, Fax 301-757-5955,
 

E-Mail Address

wathenbj@navair.navy.mil
 

Description

The Naval Air Systems Command, Air Combat Electronics Program Office (PMA-209), intends to award a sole source firm fixed price contract to Rockwell Collins Government Systems (RCGS), 400 Collins Road NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52498, for a two-year (one base year and one option year) production procurement for the fiscal years (FY) 2004 and 2005 for the AN/ARC-210 family of Electronic Protection (EP) radio equipment requirements for domestic and foreign military sales (FMS). The FY04 and FY05 procurement requirements include up to approximately 1200 AN/ARC-210 family of EP radios consisting of the RT-1556B, RT-1747D, RT-1824(C), RT-1803, RT-1794(C), RT-1851(C) and FMS variants, inclusive of options and associated equipment; a five (5) year Performance Warranty/ Commercial Repair Depot services; support equipment; engineering technical support; integrated logistics support; spare and repair parts; and associated data. The RT-1556B configuration functional capabilities include simplex two-way communication of normal and secure voice amplitude modulated (AM) or frequency modulated (FM) signals in the 30.000 MHz to 400 MHz radio frequency (RF) bands. The RT-1556B also provides the following modes of operation: a dedicated guard receiver which can provide continuous monitoring of the guard frequency in UHF/VHF bands of 243.000 MHz or 121.500 MHz, a receive-only mode of operation in normal and secure voice from 108.000 through 117.9975 MHz (AM), a maritime mode of operation in the 156.000 MHz through 162.025 MHz frequency band, and variable AM and FM electronic counter-countermeasure (ECCM) mode(s), these being HAVEQUICK, HAVEQUICK II, and SINCGARS. The RT-1556B utilizes several types of data buses to convey control and status information among the various WRAs making up the system. These include the MIL-STD-1553B AVMUX Bus, the Remote Control Data Bus, the Antenna and Filter Data Bus, and the DS-101 Data Loading Bus. The RT-1556B provides 8.33 kHz channel spacing capability for compatibility with EuroCae (ED-23B), and is software loadable using Advanced Memory Loader Verifier (AMLV). The RT-1747D has all the modes of operation, features, and performance characteristics of the RT-1556B, plus an added 70 MHz half-duplex converter and the software needed to select half-duplex channels, including SATCOM channels, and operates in the 70 MHz half-duplex mode for UHF beyond line of sight operation. The RT-1803 has all the modes of operation, features, and performance characteristics of the RT-1556B, except the frequency of the dedicated guard receiver function is 156.8 MHz (maritime guard), and the RT-1803 interoperates on ?alpha? maritime channels. The RT-1794(C) has all the modes of operation, features, and performance characteristics of the RT-1556B, plus added capabilities including embedded COMSEC, embedded DAMA for UHF SATCOM, Link 4/4A/11/Aircraft Carrier Landing System (ACLS), MIL-STD-188-220A protocol implementing Variable Message Format, and DS-101 COMSEC keyfill capability. The RT-1824(C) has all the modes of operation, features, and performance characteristics of the RT-1794(C). Additionally, the RT-1824(C) provides hardware compatibility for future DAMA A SATCOM interoperability, a plain text data mode, and enhanced VMF message processing. The RT-1851(C) has all the modes of operation, features, and performance characteristics of the RT-1824(C), and incorporates an embedded FM Immunity filter and upgraded processors, allowing for software upgrades to add VHF Data Link (VDL) modes II and III, CSEL, Saturn, JPALS LAAS, and Bandwidth Efficient Advanced Modulation (BEAM), a waveform compression algorithm providing 80 KBPS in a 25KHZ SatCom channel and 100 KBPS in a 25KHZ LOS channel. The FY04 and FY05 procurement will be supported by an organizational to commercial depot maintenance strategy. RCGS is the designer, developer, and sole manufacturer of the AN/ARC-210 Electronic Protection (EP) radio equipment and is the only firm with the necessary knowledge, data, equipment, and experience to perform this effort within the required time frame. See Note 22.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Rockwell Collins Government Systems, 400 Collins Road NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Zip Code: 52498

Country: United States
 

Record

SN00268229-W 20030305/030303213446 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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