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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 02, 2008 FBO #2349
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A -- Urban Leader Tactical Response, Awareness & Visualization (ULTRA-Vis) - BAA 08-36

Notice Date

4/30/2008
 

Notice Type

BAA 08-36
 

NAICS

541712 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
 

Contracting Office

Other Defense Agencies, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Contracts Management Office, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, Virginia, 22203-1714
 

ZIP Code

22203-1714
 

Solicitation Number

BAA08-36
 

Point of Contact

IPTO BAA Coordinator, Phone: XXXXXXXXXX
 

E-Mail Address

see_admin_address@announcement.mil
 

Description

Current military operations are focusing efforts on urban and asymmetric warfare, as well as distributed operations, but small unit leaders lack the capability to issue commands and share mission-relevant information in an urban environment non-line-of-sight. Various factors that can impact mission effectiveness and tempo of operations are: leaders communicate by shouting and hand signals, teams operate within earshot and line-of-sight, intra-squad radios are hard to hear, and leaders must stop to use handheld displays. Military operations in the urban terrain (extensive areas with hostile forces, non-combatant populations, and complex infrastructure) require special capabilities and agility to conduct close-combat operations under highly dynamic, adverse conditions. In short, tactical leaders need the ability to adapt on the move, coordinate small unit actions and execute commands across a wider area of engagement. Significant tactical advantages could be realized through the small unit leader’s ability to intuitively generate/route commands and timely actionable combat information to the appropriate team or individual warfighter in a readily understood format that avoids information overload. Thus, the goal of the ULTRA-Vis program is to enable the small unit commander to disseminate commands and actionable combat information over a wider area to support distributed, non-linear, operations. To accomplish this goal, the ULTRA-Vis program will be focused on: developing information processing techniques to recognize/interpret a small unit leader’s gesture/ voice commands, develop techniques to create/disseminate/display geo-registered icons and actionable combat information for Fire Team Leaders/Dismount Warfighters in real time over an existing soldier radio network, and developing/integrating the necessary critical enabling technologies, such as 1) a low profile, see-through display, and 2) demonstrating multi-modal iconic C2 in a NLOS, urban environment with prototype systems.
 

Web Link

FedBizOpps Complete View
(https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=99c289a07511148d3420a840ea6bcf0f&tab=core&_cview=1)
 

Document(s)

BAA 08-36
 

File Name: BAA 08-36 (ultra_vis_baa_april_29.pdf)

Link: https://www.fbo.gov//utils/view?id=fe5b5670e85f5fb24372fc640a0bb2df

Bytes: 459.38 Kb
 

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Record

SN01563874-W 20080502/080430221220-63b3947c9747c143775157f49cb1b602 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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