HQ Electronic Systems Center, Directorate of Joint STARS Contracts, (JS-5), Hanscom AFB, MA 01731-2138

58 -- JOINT SURVEILLANCE TARGET ATTACK RADAR SYSTEM (JOINT STARS) MULTI -STAGE IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (MSIP) BLOCK 1 SOL F19628-96-R-0002 POC Major Joseph Wotton, ESC/JS-IS, 617-377-6727; Major Jacques Hamann, ESC/JS-5, Contracting Officer, 617-377-6679. The Government plans to solicit Grumman Melbourne Systems Division, Melbourne FL, for the Joint STARS Constant Source (CS) effort. This effort requires the integration of CIS AA (Combat Intelligence System (CIS) Automatic Associator (AA)Constant Source into the E-8C Joint STARS airborne platform. The proposed contract action will be issued and negotiated on a non-competitive basis pursuant to FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(ii). The E-8C platform development and integration necessary to support the interface to CIS AAof CS enhancements is dependent upon the hardware and software configuration of the E-8C Joint STARS aircraft which is currently in development by Grumman under contract F19628-90-C-0197. Only Grumman Melbourne Systems Division has the requisite management, technical expertise and resources as a system integrator to accomplish, within schedule, the design, development, and integration of thesoftware for the Joint STARS CS enhancements into the E-8C software baseline to support the CIS AA interface. This effort will require the development of approximately 11K of new or modified software lines of code in the E-8C platform software. There will be approximately 5 Computer Program Configuration Items that will be affected all of which are still in the development phase as the E-8C baseline for Joint STARS is not yet complete. CSCS provides simultaneous reception and input to the E-8C platform of near real-time intelligence information from national and tactical sources. The integration is intended to provide complementary processing, correlation, and display of messages to provide a dynamic order of battle. A Sources Sought Synopsis was published 01JUL94 and a Notice of Contract Action was published 01DEC94. Subsequent to publication of these synopses, the Government has eliminated the Radar Management Upgrade (RMU) and the software portion of Joint Tactical Information Distribution System (JTIDS) Interface Upgrade Phase 2 segments from the overall requirement. The Government anticipates release of an RFP for the Constat Source requirement NOV95. Firms interested in subcontracting work should contact the prime contractor. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0292)

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