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58 -- SINGLE CHANNEL GROUND AIRBORNE RADIOS (SINCGARS) MONITOR AND CONTROL SUBSYSTEM INTEGRATION UPGRADE POC Mrs. Linda Hursh, Contract Specialist, at (407)380-4058/Mr. William E. Kitterman, Contracting Officer, at (407)380-8171 The US Army Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) is planning to provide industry with a draft statement of work and performance oriented specification along with other draft sections of the upcoming solicitation prior to formal release of the following requirement: Development, delivery, installation, test and integration of a SINCGARS Monitor and Control Subsystem (SMCS) consisting of the Government Furnished Equipment (GFE) SINCGARS/SINCGARS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (SIP) radios, as part of the National Training Center (NTC) Range Monitoring and Control Subsystem (RMCS) Upgrade of the NTC Instrumentation System (NTC-IS) at Fort Irwin, California, with options for the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, Louisiana and the Combat Maneuver Training Center at Hohenfels, Germany. This SINCGARS Monitor and Control Subsystem will support two-way digital communications between rotational units and the Core Instrumentation Subsystem (CIS). This subsystem must be capable of processing, time tagging, and storing radio traffic for incorporation into After Action Review (AAR) and Take Home Packages (THP). The Operations Center, Building 988, will house the operator workstations, an automated routing system of the voice and data messages, and the message recording system. The SINCGARS Monitoring and Control Subsystem will interface with the Core Instrumentation System at the NTC, and the SINCGARS/SIP radios must be backward compatible with the SINCGARS/ICOM (A/B) radios now in place. The system will require innovative approaches to coupling multiple radios and antennas for receipt and transmission of radio messages, routing of the messages to instrumentation operators for selection of radio networks to monitor and transmit messages, remote setup of radios, recording of messages for storage and ease of access for AAR purposes. Instrumentation personnel must be able to change frequencies, hopsets, crypto variables, and transmission sequence at the operations center. The RMCS Upgrade must be able to monitor SINCGARS communications while it is in the ECCM mode (frequency-hopping). Expansion capabilities must be addressed for additional engagement simulations areas which are not currently instrumented in land expansions at NTC and future projected tactical communications systems projected through the year 1999. Existing NTC-IS Computer Software Configuration Items were developed and documented in accordance with DOD-STD-2167A and MIL-STD-1815, Ada Program Language. Contract award is projected for first quarter FY 96. Portions of the draft solicitation will be available via the STRICOM/INDUSTRY/ACADEMIA (SIA) electronic bulletin board, telephone number (407) 381-8666, beginning on or about 18 May 1995. The SIA menu driven bulletin board is available 24 hours a day. To set up your account, the following information will be required: Your name, company, address, 3-9 letter User ID, and a password, 1-9 characters in length. Responses and questions to the draft Request for Proposal (RFP) should be submitted to Ms. Linda Hursh at the address stated above no later than 30 June 1995. Please include in your responses the size/status of your company and the level at which you plan to participate in the procurement, i.e. as prime or subcontractor. This advertisement does not constitute a request for a proposal; but is solely for the purpose of refining the RFP in preparation for its formal release. (0136)

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