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58 -- DEVELOPMENT AND INITIAL PRODUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO THE SINGLE CHANNEL GROUND AND AIRGBORNE RADIO SYSTEM SOL DAAB07-96-R-C503 POC POC KAREN SUMMONTE, Contract Specialist, AMSEL-ACCA-C-AR, (908)532- 2766, CHARLES J. ROBERTSON, Contracting Officer. This is a Market Survey conducted by the Department of the Army to determine the existence of additional sources to support development and initial production of improvements to the Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System. The SINCGARS is a VHF/FM receiver-transmitter designed to operate in the 30 to 88 Mhz frequency band in 25 Khz discrete channels for both frequency hopping and single-channel operation. The Electronic Counter-countermeasures (ECCM) capability and the embedded Communications Security of the SINCGARS radio allow for secure voice and data operation in a jamming environment. Additionally, the SIP radio and associated Internet Controller provide seamless packet data communication across the battlefield by automatically routing data messages through multiple SINCGARS nets to the intended message destination. Any potential supplier of the radio system must be completely interoperational with the current Army SINCGARS radio set in all modes of operation to include frequency hopping, cypher test, and enhanced/packet data modes. Planned improvements to the system will enhance the radio's ability to forward digital data messages in benign and hostile radio frequency environments; simplify and improve operation in the tactical internet; aid in the identification of friendly forces thereby reducing the incidence of fratricide; improve the man-machine interface for establishing circuit switched communications with the Area Common User System and procure documentation necessary for complete configuration control of the system to transition to the Army. The Government presently does not possess configuration control of drawings nor sufficient software documentation to support development of a technical data package. This notice is not a request for bids or proposals. There is presently only one source for development of modifications of SINCGARS software resident in the SINCGARS Internet Controller, the SINCGARS Airborne transceiver, as well asthe SINCGARS Ground transceiver - ITT Corporation, Aerospace/Communications Division, Fort Wayne, IN. The deadline for response to this notice is 20 OCTOBER 1995. (0277)

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