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A -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREAS OF MINE WARFARE, FIRE CONTROL UNDERSEA COUNTER MEASURES, COASTAL/SPECIAL WARFARE SUPPORT, ACOUSTIC RECONNAISSANCE AND SEARCH, SPECIAL SENSORS SOL N00039-96-R-0051(S) POC Lt. Chip Zawislak, 02-21, 703-602-0821. Synopsis No. 25. This acquisition will enable the Navy to maintain essential engineering, and research capabilities at the applied research laboratories as follows: (1) Characteristics of the medium relative to the ocean acoustic environment and its effects on undersea warfare systems, and relative to electromagnetic propagation in the atmospheric, tropospheric, and ionospheric environment and its effects on electromagnetic information warfare systems. (2) High frequency sonar as applied to warfighting applications including minehunting/obstacle avoidance, reconnaissance, classification, swimmer detection, precision bathymetry, environmental characterization, under ice and ocean bottom navigation, and intelligence collection. (3) Acoustic and electromagnetic properties as related to target characteristics, including countermeasures, sensors and signal processing. (4) Signal and information processing and display as applied to acoustic, electromagnetic and electro-optical systems including advanced display/format technology, source and array technology, spatial and temporal processing, and high order spectral methods. (5) Navigation and precise location in space, air, water, and on land, including geodetic, acoustic, seismic, and electromagnetic applications. (6) Command, control, communications, computers, and intelligence (C4I) as applied to information warfare, modeling and simulation, synthetic forces, C4I testing, electromagnetic instrumentation and innovative computer and software development. Potential offerors must possess a TOP SECRET clearance.--Quantity: 20, 153 MAN/MONTHS. SPAWAR plans to award a sole source contract to: The Applied Research Laboratory, University of Texas at Austin, 10000 Burnet Road, Austin, TX 78758. As provided in FAR 5.202(a)(10), synopsis of this effort is not required. However, this effort is being publicized in order to promote subcontracting opportunities and explore the feasibility of future competition. See Numbered Note(s): 22. (0060)

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