Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826-3224

R -- DIGITAL COMMAND, CONTROL AND COMMUNICATIONS VEHICULAR TRAINER (DC3VT) POC Austin J. Sansone, Contract Specialist, (407)380-4691 TRAINING AIDS AND DEVICES - POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT -- DIGITAL COMMAND, CONTROL, AND COMMUNICATIONS VEHICULAR TRAINER (DC3VT), DUE 12/15/95, POC Austin J. Sansone, Contract Specialist, (407) 380-4691, The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division and the U.S. Army Office of the Project Manager for Training Devices (PM TRADE) are interested in sources qualified to produce quantities of the Digital Command, Control, and Comunications Vehicular Trainer (DC3VT). The purpose of the DC3VT is to provide initial and sustainment training for vehicle commanders, platoon leaders, company Comanders, S-1s, S-2s, S-3s, S-4s, and battalion commanders in digital command, control, and communications (C3). Cognizant skills include M1A2 and M2A3 Commander s Integrated Display (CID) and complete InterVehicular Information System (IVIS) operation including development/ manipulation/transmission of digital tactical and logistical reports, situational awareness, and utilization of proper communication protocols. DC3VT wireless local area networks (LANs) shall be located at the Armor School, Fort Knox, Kentucky; the Infantry School, Ft Benning, Georgia; the Air Defense Artillery School, Fort Bliss, TX; the Field Artillery School, Fort Sill, OK; and at Brigade level with M1A2 and M2A3 units. The DC3VT shall be a network consisting of commercial off the shelf (COTS) stations and a network server and shall have the capability to link digitally and interact with actual on-range vehicles. DC3VT networks shall consist of up to thirty (30) DC3VT stations per server. One of the DC3VT stations shall be fully dedicated as an Instructor station. The remaining stations shall each be reconfigurable according to the login identification, i.e., M1A2 or M2A3, Vehicle Commander.....Batallion Staff Officer. The DC3VT shall utilize tactical vehicle software and shall have the capability to incorporate tactical software revisions with no impact to the DC3VT hardware and trainer unique software. The DC3VT shall provide initial and sustainment training that fully utilizes all IVIS capabilities. The DC3VT shall provide interactive tutorial modules which guide the trainee throgh an increasingly difficult training matrix for IVIS specific Army Training and Evaluation Publications (ARTEP), Career Management Field (CMF), and Soldier Training Publication (STP) tasks. The DC3VT shall also be capable of running both preprogrammed or free play scenarios to provide vehicle crew and institutional digital C3 training. The present M1A2 Crew Station Trainer (CST) will be the baseline for the new system. The new system shall be superior to the CST in all hardware, software, and operational categories. The approximate M1A2 initial buy will be for 98 stations with potential follow-on buys of 200+ M1A2 stations and an unspecified number of M2A3 stations. Delivery of the first units would be approximately one year after contract award. Contract award is projected for Dec 96. Interested and qualified concerns are invited to submit written responses to this notice. Responses should include the following information: 1) Technical qualifications, 2) Managerial qualifications (experience, facilities, staff), 3) Experience with production of the types of trainer described above, 4) Past performance on Government contracts of like or similar nature to include the Government Procuring Activity; contract number; dollar value; Procuring Contracting Officer name and phone number; Technical representative name and phone number; brief description of the requirement; actual tasks and percentage of work performed by your company to complete the requirement. Also indicate the size and status of your company based on SIC Code 3699 (Size standard 750 employees). Responses should be submitted to the Contract Specialist at the address stated above no later than 15 Dec 95. This advertisement does not constitute a request for proposal; but is solely for the purpose of planning by surveying the market for qualified sources interested in the above requirement. (0312)

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