US Army CECOM, C4IEW Acquisition Center, AMSEL-AC-CC-A-CC, FT. MONMOUTH, NJ 07703-5008

58 -- LONG RANGE ADVANCED SCOUT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (LRAS3) SOL DAAB07-96-R-J232 POC Contact John M. Adamitis, Contract Specialist, (908)532-1093, or Stephanie J. Allen, Contracting Officer, (908)532-1093. The US Army Project Manager for Night Vision/Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition is planning to hold an advanced planning briefing for industry (APBI) in the January 1996 time frame to outline the program plan for the Long Range Advanced Scout Surveillance System (LRAS3). Details of the APBI will be posted on the US Army CECOM Electronic Bulletin board (EBB). The LRAS3, as described in the LRAS3 Operational Requirements Document (ORD), dated 12 Mar 1994, classified SECRET, is a long range, line of sight system used by Army maneuver battalion scouts in both mounted and manportable mode for reconnaissance of terrain and surveillance of objects of tactical interest. It will provide near all-weather reconnaissance/surveillance and target acquisition capability with integrated 2nd Generation Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR), low light level TV, eye safe laser range finder, digital compass, and global positioning system. The objective LRAS3 must incorporate Standard Advanced Dewar Assembly (SADA) II 2nd Generation Horizontal Technical Integration (HTI) B-Kit FLIR. The LRAS3 system will operate in mounted mode on the scout up-armored high Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV). The system will have the capabilities such as ability to digitize and provide imagery/information transmitted over Army standard tactical communications networks. The Government may initially award two or more study contracts for the LRAS3 effort or the Government may decide to go straight into a full scale developmental contract. Further information regarding this decision will be posted on the CECOM EBB. The Government forecasts that the LRAS3 program will enter Engineering & Manufacturing Development in FY 96/97 with anticipated production of 650 systems beginning in FY 99. The LRAS3 program is being considered for Cost as an Independent Variable (CAIV) and oral proposal acquisition reform techniques. To briefly explain CAIV, it has three program parameters; Schedule, Performance, and Cost (Price). Two of these variables must depend on the third. CAIV means making performace and scheule a function of available (budgeted) resources. Suppliers interested in the LRAS3 program and the upcoming APBI should monitor the US Army CECOM EBB for further information. Contractors interested in accessing the CECOM EBB may contact Mr. Thomas Newman or Ms. Marylynn Janwich at (908)532-3820 to obtain a CECOM EBB User's Manual, Identification Code, and Password. (0363)

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