Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, P.O. Box 5152, Warminster, PA 18974-0591

A -- SIGNAL PROCESSING AND HARDWARE TECHNOLOGIES APPLICABLE TO AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING (AEW) AND TACTICAL RADAR SYSTEMS SOL N62269-95-BAA-005 DUE 960401 POC Point of Contact: JIM WILLIAMSON, Code 845233, (215) 441-1361 Contracting Officer TODD DOUCETT This BAA is to solicit technical/cost proposals for signal processing and hardware technologies that are applicable to Airborne Early Warning (AEW) and tactical radar systems. This announcement will be open for 12 months, and proposals will be accepted anytime during this period. However, it is preferred that proposals be submitted before 30 September 1995. Responses are required to be submitted in accordance with the guidelines set forth herein. The selection of one or more sources for contract award will be based on a scientific and engineering evaluation of your response (technical and cost as it relates to technical effort) to determine the merit of the technical approach used to respond to this announcement. New, innovative and creative approaches to the technical problems presented herein that significantly advance system performance are sought. Primary interest areas are AEW radar operating at UHF through L bands, and S-band, and tactical radar operating at C, X and Ku bands. Examples of the technologies include, but are not limited to, phased array antenna concepts, high power broadband T/R modules and associated subassembly/device technologies, direct digital synthesis exciter concepts, massively parallel processing architectures for multi-channel space-time adaptive processing (STAP), and advanced signal processing concepts for multi-mode sensor operation. Proposed technologies should be fully addressed as part of an overall system concept and include platform considerations as applicable. The proposed effort can include research and/or development of relevant processing concepts and/or enabling technologies. Risk, potential payoffs, and time frame for proof-of-concept demonstration should also be included. Proposals submitted may be evaluated as they are received or they may be collected and reviewed periodically by in-house scientists, a Government team or by a group of scientific peers. Award decisions will be based on competitive evaluation using the following criteria: 1) Potential contributions of the effort to DOD priorities in radar related technologies; 2) Overall scientific and technical merits of the proposal; 3) The offerer's capabilities, related experience, and facilities; 4) Proposed cost, adjusted for cost realism. Proposals submitted should consist of a clear statement of the objectives, a technical section which should include, but not necessarily limited to, expected contribution of the hardware/research to the DOD radar Mission, analysis that supports feasibility, background experience, concepts ideas, methodology, a statement of work and milestones. A biographical section describing key individuals, and a cost section. Details of any cost sharing to be undertaken by the offerer should be included in the proposal. Technical proposals should be limited to 50 pages. The cost of preparation or the response to this BAA will not be considered an allowable direct charge to the resulting contract or any other contract. The RF Sensors Division of the Avionics Department of NAWCADWAR has technical cognizance and responsibility for the interest identified above. Point of contact for technical issues is Mr. Randall Huckaba, (215) 441-1004. Point of contact for contractual matters is Mr. Jim Williamson, (215) 441-1361. Offerers may at any time contact these individuals for clarification of technical/contractual issues and cost response format. Offerers are cautioned that only Contracting Officers are legally authorized to commit the Government. For planning purposes, the period of performance is estimated to be one to three years at a Level of Effort of approximately 1-4 man years per year. Contract type is anticipated to be Cost-Plus Fixed-Fee Completion. Exterior markings on response shall be as follows: J. Williamson, Code 212000R89, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, P.O. Box 5152, Warminster, Pa. 18974-0591. NO FORMAL RFP WILL BE ISSUED; THIS BAA IS THE SOLICITATION. (0121)

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