US Army ARDEC,AMSTA-AR-PCW-D,Building 10, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

A -- SOLDIER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM POC Patricia A. Hypes,email=phypes, Contract Specialist, 201-724-4674 Michael W. O'Connell, Jr., Contracting Officer, 201-724-6630. The Product Manager - Small Arms at the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC) is soliciting information on existing items of materiel which can enhance the battlefield effectiveness of infantrymen. This activity is in support of the Congressionally mandated and Army managed Soldier Enhancement Program (SEP). The following areas are of interest: Conventional and unconventional armaments which may include but not be limited to weapons, ammunition, fire control, ancillary devices and special purpose anti-personnel/materiel munitions or devices as well as any items which enchance combat effectiveness such as flares, smoke or illumination capabilities and training devices. These items must apply to the soldier as a system and, therefore, only those items which the individual soldier can carry, consume or wear should be submitted. Information to be supplied should include product literature, pictures, item identification, intended mission or function (what existing Army item will be replaced, if applicable), physical parameters, description, approximate unit cost, production status and any other data considered relevant to the purpose of this survey. Responses must be limited to items which are off the shelf or in near term production status. Information received by the Government will be reviewed by a Technical Evaluation panel to assess technical feasibility and near term production capability with the results presented to the appropriate U.S. Army Schools and Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) as potential FT97 Soldier Enchancement Projects. All information previously submitted under the Soldier Enchancement Program has been evaluated, presented through the schools, TRADOC System Manager (TSM) - Soldier and Product Manager (PM) - Soldier and need not be resubmitted. It is requested that all responses to this notification be received by the Government NO LATER THAN 1 September 1995. (0165)

Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0017 19950615\A-0017.SOL)