Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, P.O. Box 5152, Warminster, PA 18974-0591

A -- STABLE CO2 LASERS AND/OR LASER RADAR SYSTEMS FOR AIRBORNE AND SHIPBOARD PLATFORMS TO DETECT/MEASURE VIBRATION SIGNATURES OF POTENTIAL TARGETS. SOL N62269-96-R&D-454 DUE 113095 POC Point of Contact : GEORGE KLIMA, Code 212 MS89, 215-441-1241/ Contracting Officer, CHRISTOPHER VEITH The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, Warminster, PA 18974-0591 seeks to identify qualified sources of stable CO2 lasers and/or laser radar systems for airborne and shipboard platforms to detect and measure vibration signatures of potential targets. The laser master oscillator should have a maximum laser frequency instability of (100 cycles over a 0.5 msec period; minimum output power of 15W at 9.11(m, CW; beam quality-gaussian, single mode. Laser power amplifier shall be mode locked with the master oscillator and generate minimum laser output power of 80W, CW at 9.11(m wavelength and maintain the laser frequency stability. The laser radar system shall utilize homodyne coherent detection scheme to provide target range, speed and vibration signature. Furthermore, special consideration shall be provided for strong radar and EMI environment aboard ships and aircraft. This is not a Request for Proposal nor is it an Invitation for Bid, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government to ultimately issue an IFB, RFP, RFQ, or contract. All interested sources are to send information to C. Shen, Code 45563 M/S 07, Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division, P.O. Box 5152, Warminster, PA 18974-0591 or FAX 215-441-3470. (0303)

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