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66 -- INSTRUMENTS AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENT SOL N00014-95-Q-DM01 POC Donna Washington, Procurement Technician, Code 3230.DM (202) 767-0667 Helen Paul, Contracting Officer, Code 3230.HB (202) 767-0667. The Naval Research Laboratory intends to negotiate on an other than full and open competitive basis with Amherst International Inc. for a Ericsson Business Networks AB FSU 925 RTC Fusion Splicer with Erbium Software upgrade. The Ericsson FSU 925 RTC Fusion Splicer with Erbium upgrade is the only optical fiber splicer available which actively monitors the fiber's optical mode fields during the act fusion splicig and adjusts the arc's temperature and duration to taper the two modes such that they match each other at the splice interface. (This is achieved by diffusing the fiber dopant into cladding layer through heating of the fiber.) Amherst International Inc. is the only known manufacturer who can use this Patent pending process. The anticipated award date is 46 days from date of synopsis. See Note 22. Synopsis N00014-95-Q-DM01. (0191)

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