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58 -- S-BAND ANTENNA FOR AIRBORNE OPERATIONS POC Contacts: Margaret Cooke, Subcontract Administrator, (510) 423-2178 or Mark Miller, Technical Representative, (510) 423-9434 The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), operated by the University of California for the Department of Energy (DOE), is seeking information about companies which have the capability to provide an S-band antenna for an airborne synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system. No solicitation document is available at this time; this is a sources sought announcement. The horizontally polarized antenna should have the capability to radiate approximately 10kW peak power at a 4% duty cycle, provide beamwidths between 3 and 7 degrees in azimuth and between 8 and 25 degrees in elevation, and allow for chirp bandwidths of approximately 100MHz. The antenna will be mounted on a 2-axis stabilized platform which will be located in an unpressurized belly radome of a jet aircraft. Benign flight operation are anticipated from altitudes from 500 - 48,000 feet over ocean and land surfaces. Interested firms should respond by Thursday, May 9, 1996 with a written statement of capabilities. Do not provide costing information in your submittal. If you are a small business, please so state. This notice is for information and planning purposes only; it does not constitute a solicitation for bid or proposals, and it is not be construed as a commitment by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory or the University of California. No solicitation document is available at this time. Facsimile and telephone responses will not be accepted. No further announcements will be published for this requirement. (0108)

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