US Army CECOM, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence and Electronic Warfare (C4IEW) Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5008

58 -- 24 EA. SINCGARS AIRBORNE PILOT PRODUCTION RECEIVER/TRANSMITTERS SOL DAAB07-95-R-C515 POC MS. LINDA LEFKER, Contract Specialist, AMSEL-ACCA-C-AR(LEF), (908)532- 4471, WILLIAM E. NEWELL, Contracting Officer. This acquisition is for the procurement of 24 each additional SINCGARS Airborne, Pilot Production Receiver/Transmitters. The Army has contracted with ITT. Aerospace/Communicatons Division for a SINCGARS Airborne Improvement Program. The objective of the program is to develop an improved RT-1478/ARC-201 radio capable of satisfying the following requirements provide position reporting capability packet data switching capability, an automated interface into the Area Common User System, and implement improved forward effort correction modes for data operation. Thirty Pilot Production R/T's will be produced to support initial qualification testing of the new R/T. These additional R/T's are required to support initial integration into Army helicopter platforms and subsequently to support the Task Force XXI Brigade Experiment. The government does not possess configuration control of drawings for the RT-1478D SINCGARS Airborne SIP R/T. No technical data package will be available until the system development is complete. Based on the above, this award will be awarded on a sole-source basis to ITT Corporation Aerospace/Communications Division, Fort Wayne, IN. No other sources will be considered except for subcontracting opportunities. (0132)

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