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A -- FIELD LADAR TACTICAL TRANSITION DEMONSTRATION SOL DASG60-96-R-0066 POC Susan Rogers, Contract Specialist, (205) 955-3409, W. L. Schick, Contracting Officer, (205) 955-3409 Field Ladar Tactical Transition Demonstration. The U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command, Sensors Directorate, intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Textron Systems Division, 201 Lowell Street, Wilmington, MA 01887. The primary objectives of this proposed effort are to perform operation, maintenance, modification and tactical experiments on field ladar hardware developed by Textron Systems Division under contract DASG60-90-C-0117. The proposed acquisition is directed to Textron Systems Division pursuant to the authority of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the Government that is not expected to be recovered through competition. A cost-plus-fixed-fee level-of-effort contract for a basic (one year) period of performance with two one year options is anticipated. The field ladar is currently housed within the Air Force Maui Optical Station (AMOS) at the Maui Space Surveillance Site (MSSS), Maui, HI. The contract will exploit unique and innovative carbon dioxide laser radar technology by determining the full range of possible military applications. The required contract effort will include, but not be limited to the following: (1) Performing modifications to a coherent, pulsed carbon dioxide ladar/lidar system which will include altering the pulsed power subsystem to achieve required discharge waveforms, modifying the resonator optics for simultaneous wavelength and waveform agile operation, refining a wideband imaging capability with optical offsets adequate for fast/strategic targets, fabricating hardware for chemical warfare agent simulant detection, modifying a real-time processor for chemical species identification and concentration determination, and implementing an active angle tracking system using a quadrantal, HgCdTe, coherent photomixer. (2) Operating and maintaining additional equipment at AMOS. Examples of such equipment include: a passive, visible acquisition/tracker for hard-body measurements, a remote calibration site for IR beam diagnostics, interfaces to the AMOS Mount Control System, two field sites for hard-body signature and chemical remote sensing demonstrations, and an optical alignment system for bore-sighting passive visible and active IR beam trains. (3) Providing data reduction and technical analyses of tactical experiments. These will include range, range rate, azimuth, and elevation determination for targets illuminated with an IR ladar, processing of ladar and lidar speckle dominated return signals from diffuse targets, detection and tracking of maneuvering targets via coherent ladar return signal analysis, extraction of chemical species concentration and identification from natural terrain backscattered coherent lidar return signals and implementation of target tracking algorithms for an active system. This notice of intent to award a sole source contract is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties are advised that the field ladar hardware is currently undergoing development and that system documentation is not currently available. This action is not open to allied participation. Interested parties who believe they can perform this requirement without substantial duplication of cost to the Government are invited to submit a written narrative statement of capability, including detailed technical information sufficient to permit agency analysis in order to determine a bonafide capability to meet the Government's requirements. In order to be responsive, the statement must demonstrate (1) a history of proven experience in operating, maintaining, and modifying high power (30-40 Joules), wavelength agile, coherent carbon dioxide electric discharge sensor systems; (2) the ability to immediately assume the on-going project without disruption to current operations; (3) the ability to operate, maintain, and modify the field ladar hardware equipment at AMOS to provide ladar measurements on tactical targets such as cruise missiles and coherent differential absorption lidar (DIAL) measurements on chemical warfare agent simulants. Responses without the required documentation will be considered nonresponsive. The above stated information must be received no later than 15 days after publication of this synopsis and should cite number DASG60-96-R-0066. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. This is not a formal notice of solicitation. Telephone or facsimile inquires and/or responses will not be accepted. See notes 22 and 26. (0215)

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