Lockheed Idaho Technologies Company, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3790

A -- ROBUST MULTI-PURPOSE, MULTI-TASKING COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM BASED DATA COLLECTION AND CONTROL Contact Mr. Scott G. Bauer. Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies (LMIT), P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3790. Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies, a management and operating contractor for the Department of Energy at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) is seeking a participant in Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) for the joint development of a robust multi-purpose, multi-tasking computer system for Global Positioning System (GPS) based data collection and control. The system will be developed for non-profit agricultural research institutes and the commercial agriculture community. The selected participant must have: (1) a successful record in the fabrication and commercialization of agricultural products for commercial growers; (2) experience with the production of electronic system that can withstand extreme weather and a dusty dirty environment; (3) experience in the design, development, and fabrication of intelligent multi-drop instrument communication busses; (4) experience in the design, development, and fabrication of small graphical display systems and input devices; (5) knowledge of control systems required for the production and harvest of agricultural crops; (6) familiarization in the integration of sub-meter GPS for field data collection and control system; and (7) an interface directly to existing yield monitor and chemical application system instrument busses. Participant must aid in feature design of user friendly software but permit the INEL to be the key facilitator in the production of software. A license option agreement will be negotiated with the participant for any software produced. Those interested in participating must provide a written response which includes; a brief description of their technical and financial capabilities, and examples of systems which show expertise in the required areas 1-7 listed above. This is not a government contract. Respond in writing by mail, fax, or E-mail within two weeks of the published date to: Mr. Scott G. Bauer, INEL, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3790, fax (208) 5267-2818, or E-mail to sgb@inel.gov. (324)

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