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

58 -- P-70 ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES AND MATERIALS TO BUILD 300 EACH VERY HIGH SPEED INTERGRATED CIRCUIT (VHSIC) ENHANCED PLRS USER UNITS. SOL / / DUE 092495 POC POC MR JAMES HIGGINS, Contract Specialist, (908)532-1187, KEVIN LOESCH, Contracting Officer,(908)532-1711 AMSEL-ACCA-C-AS. PM TRCS/(E) PLR PROGRAM This is a Market Survey for the acquisition of approximately three hundred(300) Very High Speed Integrated Circuit (VHSIC) Enhanced PLRS User Units or VEPUUs to support the U.S. ARMY. At present, Hughes Aircraft Company (HAC), El Segundo, California is the sole producer of the VHSIC Signal Message Processor (SMP) and EPUU; HAC is also sole integrator of same which results into a VEPUU. Technical data is not available for VEPUU. Delivery for these items is required no later than 1 QTR FY98. Description: The EPLRS system consists of a central control station called the Downsized Net Control Station (NCSD) that locates position and tracks a community of User Units called VEPUUs. The NCSD provides these services to the field commander and the user units. In addition, EPLRS provides digital data distribution for Battlefield Functional Areas (BFA's). 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. The EPLRS Radio Sets(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 NCSD 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 tha holds two (2) BA5590 lithium batteries for 24 hours of operation. Power sources from the vihicle and airborne configurations are from Selectable Power Adapter (SPA) and an Airborne 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 briefing, and the ability to access COMSEC information. Responses are requested NLT two (2) weeks after the CBD publication date. POCs are Victor Pinlac, (908)427-3982, Gary Vittorini,(908)427-4200 or Don Crawford,(908)427-4153. U.S. ARMY CECOM, Command, Control,Communications, Computer, Inteligence, Electronic Warfare (C4IEW) Acquisition Center, Ft. Monmouth, N.J. 07703-5008. (0250)

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