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B -- IMPACT OF THE RMA ON RUSSIAN MILITARY AFFAIRS Due 0705. Contact Sally Williams, Contract Specialist (703) 693-5017, Contracting Officer, Joyce Rose. The Impact of the RMA on Russian Military Affairs--Notice of intent to award a purchase order to the Hudson Institute for a study entitled Impact of the RMA Russian Military Affairs''. The research includes four topics: (1) Russian norms (measures of effectiveness) for many of the new technologies, missions, and operations covered under Contract Number DASW01-94-C-0075; (2) new Russian military-scientific theory on the modelling simulation, and wargaming of the topics covered under the above mentioned contract; (3) extensive Russian use of new training methods/exercises to validate the concepts covered by the above mentioned contract; (4) new Russian weapons systems designed to implement the concepts covered under the original contract. The research effort requires a highly developed expertise in analyzing Russian military doctrine with a view to arriving at central strategic concepts. The study also requires an established data base of information keyed to such aspects of doctrine as the nature of future war and the revolutionary impact of emerging technologies on Russian military are and force structure. A proven analytic methodology whereby Russian assessments are documented and validated in terms of discrete facets of military operations; relationship to current Russian doctrine and capabilities; and long-term implications for Russian military art and force structure. The proposed period of performance shall be for eight months. Contractor must possess a SECRET clearance as access to classified material is required. There is no solicitation document. Interested parties may submit a capability statement for satisfying this requirement. See Note 22. (176)

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