US Army CECOM, Product Integrity & Production Engineering Directorate, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5000

59 -- FORWARD ENTRY DEVICE UPGRADE POC Linda Johnston Project Engineer 908 532-6052. This is a market survey to locate additional sources capable of accomplishing an upgrade to the current Common Hardware Software I Simplified Handheld Terminal Unit used specifically in support of the Field Artillery's Forward Entry Device (FED) program. The upgrade is required to support digitization/interoperability requirements (as identified in MIL STD 188-220A), to provide additional RAM and to enhance processor performance (over that of the current 80286 based system). Specific requirements for the upgraded platform include: DRAM expansion from 2 MB to a minimum of 4 MB (expandible to 16MB), a minimum of 8 MB of flash memory (expandible to 16 MB), an upgraded processor (80486DX or better will be considered), a PCMCIA slot capable of supporting one Type III or two Type II cards, and a MIL STD 188-220A and X.25 compatible modem (with associated firmware drivers). The upgraded product will include hooks for future expansion to include: external VGA monitor and external hard drive interfaces. The hooks will include the allocation of board real estate, appropriate lands and circuitry to accept components required for implementation of the identified functions without further design or modification and appropriate modifications to the SHTU power supply to support implementation of the hooks. The program is being executed with the baseline being the existing product modified in order to support the new functionality and to reuse existing peripheral cabling, battery adapters, carrying cases, batteries and installation kits. The existing maintenance and supply support system and logistics products will be used to the maximum extent possible. The upgraded product will also support simultaneous operation of the SINCGARS SIP radio with a G/VLLD device or printer (via an additional RS 232 connector). The upgraded product is required to meet the minimum requirements of the product specification for the Handheld Terminal Unit (Rev R) (i.e. power consumption, environmentals, physical characteristics, reliability, etc.). The current source for the item and for the non recurring engineering associated with the upgrade effort is MILTOPE Corporation. Detailed technical data associated wih the manufacture and acceptance of the current SHTU is not available from the Army. Suppliers capable of furnishing the upgraded product must so indicate by writing to Commander, CECOM, Linda Johnston, AMSEL-LC-SM-S2, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703. All responsible sources may respond to this market survey by submitting a narrative statement of capability, including detailed technical information and other technical literature, demonstrating their ability to meet the requirements identified above. The response must include documentation such as test results, copy of purchase order if the supplier was a vendor to the current source or a statement from the current source demonstrating that the supplier can provide an item that will be physically and functionally interchangeable with the items that the current source supplies for this product. Successful suppliers may be required to warrant that the items supplied will satisfactorily perform when used for the purpose intended by the Army. Respondents are further requested to provide rough order of magnitude pricing associated with accomplishing this effort on a per unit basis (under assumptions of range quantities of 1-1000, 1001-2000, 2001-3000, 3001-4000 and 4001-5000 over a 4 year production period). The deadline for response to this notice is 15 days subsequent to the date of publication of this notice. This synopsis is for market survey purposes only and does not constitute a requirement or intent to release a solicitation. For additonal information contact Ms. Linda Johnston, 908 532-6052. (0296)

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