US Army PEO, Office of the Program Manager, Joint Tactical Area Communications Systems, Ft. Monmouth, NJ 07703-5000

58 -- MARKET SURVEY FOR IDENTIFYING SOURCES FOR AN ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE SWITCHING FUNCTION UPGRADE KIT DUE 030196 POC Mr. Tom Nugent, Product Manager, (908) 532-1849, Madonna Southcott, Contracting Officer, (908) 532-4809. This is a Market Survey attempting to identify qualified vendors capable of performing the Non-Recurring Engineering work necessary to design, test, joint certify and deploy in a division slice of the Army's Area Common User switching system a field installable upgrade kit that uses commercial Asynchronous Transfer Mode switching to improve the current tactical packet network throughput capability and provide switched tactical video teleconferencing capability. The upgrade kit shall be capable of being applied to the Army's AN/TTC-39D, AN/TTC-46, AN/TTC-47, AN/TTC-48, all of which have been upgraded with the JCS directed and certified Routing Improvement software and hardware, and shall include necessary bandwidth improvements to the transmission system fielded at Echelon Corp and Below. In addition to providing the aforementioned improvements, the upgrade shall not degrade backward compatibility to any interface currently supported by the aforementioned switches, including fielded transmission systems. As the Government does not own the full technical documentation and data rights to the identifed equipments, potential vendors must obtain/possess the required technical information and rights. Potential qualified vendors must also possess and demonstrate an intimate knowledge of both the MSE and AN/TTC-39 family of circuit switches. Vendors must provide the following information in writing to PM JTACS, ATTN: SFAE-C3S-JTC-CSS, Building 787, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5000. Further information can be obtained by calling Mr. T. Nugent at 908-532-1849 or E-Mail Nugent@DOIM6.Army.Mil. A). Information on proposed ATM products. B). Information on how the proposed products will be integrated into the identified switches and how backward compatiblity will be maintained. C). Information on cost and schedule. The deadline for response to this notice is 1 Mar 96. (0033)

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