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58 -- P-70 ENGINEERINTG AND TECHNICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS TO BUILD 300 EACH VERY HIGH SPEED INTERGRATED CIRCUIT (VH SIC) ENHANCED PLRS USER UNITS. DUE 061595 POC POC. MR. JAMES HIGGINS, Contract Specialist, (908)532-1187, KEVIN LOESCH, Contracting Officer, (908)532-1711, AMSEL-ACCA-C-AS. PM TRCS/(E) PLRS PROGRAM This is a Market Survey for acquisition of approximately three hundred (300) Very High Speed Integrated Circuit (VHSIC) Enhanced PLRS User Unit or VEPUUs including Usereadouts (UROs) and URO cables, to support the U.S.Army. At present, Hughes Aerospace and Electronics Company (HAEC), El Segundo, CA. is the sole producer of the VHSIC and EPUUs; HAEC is also the sole integrator of same which results into a VEPUU. Technical data for UROs and URO cables is available; however, First Article Testing (FAT) will be required for these item if the respondet is not the regular producer. Technical data is not available for VEPUUs. In addition, delivery for these items shall be no later than 1 QTR FT98. Description: a. The EPLRS system consists of a central control station called the Downsized Net Control Station (NCS) that locates position and tracks a community of User Units called VEPUUs. The DNCS provides these services to the field commander and the user units. In addition, EPLRS provides digital data distribution to Battlefield Functional Areas (BFAs). Current systems requiring data distribution for mission effectiveness experience communications delays, contention access, and non-efficient data transfer. EPLRS was designed to fill the data communications need as each BFA is provided with reliable, on-time data service with standard Army interfaces. Secure data transfer among and between BFAs is an EPLRS capability along with providing services such as relative Position/Navigation (POS/NAV) and battlefield control measures (lanes, zones, air corridors, etc.). These capabilities provide an enhancement to existing and emerging Command and Control (C2) capabilities beyond that of individual POS/NAV systems. b. The EPLRS Radio Set (RSs) provide direct high throughput user-to-user data communications capability with a dual level of security and a anti-jam margin. EPLRS incorporates integral, automatic relays that are routed via RS control. The DNCS controls the allocation of resources required to establish user-to-user communication links to allow Army hosts to exchange digital data. The power source for the manpack configuration is from a battery pack that holds two (2) BA5590 lithium batteries for 24 hours of operation. Power sources from the vehicle and airbourne configurations are from a Selectable Power Adapter (SPA) and an Airbourne Power Adapter (APA), respectively. The VEPUU shall operate from an input voltage range of +18.5 to +32 VDC. The VEPUU must be compatible with the EPLRS Electronic Test Set (ETS) and must be deployed concurrently with the ETS. Because of the embedded COMSEC equipment in the VEPUU, a respondent must have a SECRET CLEARANCE, a required COMSEC brifing, and the ability to access COMSEC information. The RS consists of an VHSIC EPLRS User Unit (VEPUU), a User Readout (URO) device or a Pilot Control and Display Panel(PCDP), and an appropriate installation kit for ground, surface vehicle, or airborne use. c. The URO is an input and output device which allows the VEPUU operator to communicate with the NCS and other user units, i.e.VEPUUs. The URO has twenty-two (22) alphanumeric displays and two (2) lighted status indicators. The URO when connected to the VEPUU via an extension cable (URO cable), is capable of being operated while being handheld. Responses are requested NLT two (2) weeks after the CBD publication date. POCs are Victor Pinlac, 908-544-3982 or Don Crawford, 908-544-4153. U.S. Army CECOM, Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C4IEW) Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008. (0152)

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