LONG TERM MINE RECONNAISANCE SYSTEM (LMRS) ELECTRONIC LIBRARY OPENING POC Valerie Mosqueira, SEA 02612V, (703) 602-7707 Ext. 616. The Navy's development and acquisition of Unmanned Undersea Vehicles (UUVs) is focused on providing the Fleet with a clandestine mine reconnaissance capability. Correspondingly, the Navy's UUV Program Plan, developed and forwarded to Congress in April 1994, identifies the development of a near-term, interim clandestine mine reconnaissance system as its highest priority. The submarine-hosted Near-Term Mine Reconnaissance System (NMRS) is being developed to meet this need, as synopsized in the CBD on June 22, 1994, the NMRS Operational Prototype will be delivered to the Fleet in early 1998. NMRS will provide an effective and much needed capability to the Fleet. However, because of its near-term focus, it will be inherently limited in specific areas of capability (e.g., endurance, search rate, reliability) and, therefore, cannot provide all of the capability required to meet the full clandestine undersea mine warfare challenge. The Navy's second UUV priority, therefore, is to develop a greatly improved, cost-effective systems to conduct clandestine mine reconnaissance form submarines. This system has been designated as the Long-Term Mine Reconnaissance System (LMRS). The LMRS will operate from and interface with SSN688, 6681, and NSSN submarines. The LMRS will consist of UUV(s) launch and recovery equipment, all required submarine interface, command and control, and support equipment. The system will be installed on its host submarines as a Temporary Alteration (TEMPALT). The concept of operations for the system's UUV(s) consists of several phases, including: (1) launch from the submarine, (2) transit to the area of interest, (3) use of an onboard acoustic sensor suite to perform clandestine mine reconnaissance, (4) transit back to the submarine, (5) recovery by the submarine, (6) replenishment and preparation for follow-on cycles. As stated in the June 22, 1994 CBD synopsis, the Navy intends to develop the LMRS via full and open competition, starting in FY1996. The Navy is currently completing its Concept Exploration and Definition studies and analyses that will define the detailed requirements for the LMRS, and is in the process of developing the acquisition strategy for the program. There will be three phases to the Navy's dialogue with industry in FY1996: (1) in the first phase, an Electronic Technical Information Center (ETIC) will be established and will be accessible to industry via the Internet and World Wide Web, (2) in the second phase, an Industry Brief will be held, currently expected to occur in late January 1996, (3) in the third phase, a formal Request for Proposal will be released for competition and contract awards by the end of FY1996. The ETIC will provide programmatic and technical documentation which may assist prospective offerors in developing their proposals, The ETIC will be updated at periodic intervals, however, these updates will not be announced in separate CBD announcements. It will be the responsibility of prospective offerors to review the ETIC for updated information. Only unclassified information will be available on the ETIC. Any LMRS classified information will be synopsized on the ETIC, and specific instructions on how to access the actual classified document will be provided. Contractors will be required to submit classified documents. The Industry Brief will be designed to continue fostering communication between the Navy and industry, providing a forum for additional information exchange and a question and answer session. Results of the Navy's LMRS studies and analyses, and the resultant system performance requirements and proposed program acquisition strategy are expected to be provided at the Industry Brief. The brief is scheduled for January 31, 1996, at the Kossiakoff Center, of the Applied Physics Laboratory at the John Hopkins University in Laurel, Maryland. Details regarding the procedures for attendance will be announced at a later time on the LMRS World Wide Web Home Page. The RFP for the LMRS is expected to be released in the spring of 1996. It is anticipated that portions of a draft version of the RFP, and specifically, a draft version of the system's performance specification, will be released at the Industry Brief for review and comment. The Navy intends to conduct the majority of its communications with industry in an electronic manner, this includes release of unclassified portions of the formal RFP. The Government is strongly encouraging extensive use of acquisition reform initiatives on this program, including the use of integrated product teams, the use of commercial off the shelf items/non developmental items, and minimizing the use of military specifications and standards. Qualified potential offerors are encouraged to participate in this full and open competition by accessing the ETIC at the address, http://sea02www.navsea.navy.mil. This address will bring up the NAVSEA Contracts Directorate home page. This home page will have an option available for E-TIC. Clicking on the E-TIC will bring up available libraries. Under available libraries click on Unmanned Undersea Vehicles PM0403. Clicking on this library will bring up the UUV ETIC home page, which has a library for LMRS. Clicking on this library will bring up a list of documents available in the E-TIC for LMRS. The ETIC will be available at the above address on December 18, 1995.

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