COMMANDER, USA WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, STEWS-DOC, WSMR NEW MEXICO 88002-5201

66 -- SELF-CONTAINED EYE-SAFE AUTOMATED LASER (SEAL) TRANSCEIVER SUBSYSTEM SOL 106&&&-9608-0003 POC Mr. Ron Taft, Procurement Analyst, (505) 678-3209, U.S. Army White Sands Missile Range, ATTN: STEWS-DOC-C (Ron Taft) R, New Mexico 88002-5201. (Site Code DAAD07) White Sands Missile Range is requesting information on Self-contained Eye-safe Automated Laser (SEAL) units to integrate with its present inventory of servo control systems and complement its TV/FLIR-based tracking systems residing on Kineto Tracking Mount (KTM) platforms. The SEAL must be able to actively track cooperative (reflector augmented) aircraft and missile targets, thus providing real-time boresight error and ranging data to the KTM servo control system, even while the system is operated via remote-control. One variation could include an integrated laser-sensitive camera (ideally gated synchronously with the laser output, if pulsed); this would enable the SEAL to provide range-gated video imagery of the laser-illuminated target characterized by high temporal resolution. The SEAL's performance envelope will obviously depend upon several external factors, such as target type, test geometry, atmospheric conditions, safety requirements, etc. As an eyesafe-at-the-aperature system operating within the typical range of conditions prevalent at WSMR, the SEAL needs to be able to acquire and track an aircraft target equipped with a hemispherical array of nine 1 inch retroreflectors to a distance of at least 25 kilometers. Likewise dynamic missile targets, typically augmented with .025 to 0.1 square meters of retroreflective tape, need to be tracked out to 10 kilometers. The overall system (KTM platform, servo control system, and SEAL) is expected to maintain automatic track of small diameter missiles with high angular rates (with respect to mount) - up to 100 degrees/sec in velocity and 100 degrees/second/second in acceleration. The SEAL should demonstrate excellent detector output signal stability overall, yielding a consistently measured range and error angle accuracy such that space point position errors fit within a 1.0 to 1.5 meter virtual box at 10 kilometers and 25 kilometers, respectively. Tracking of highly dynamic missile targets will necessitate the use of measurement sample rates in excess of 200 Hz to provide the desired trajectory resolution. The SEAL design should be self-contained and provide for straight-forward integration onto existing KTM platforms. The mounts and their support vans will provide system power, computer control, and data collection via different optional digital interfaces on the SEAL. WSMR tracking instrumentation is highly mobile and subject to severe environments during all operations. Consequently, the SEAL design should be extremely rugged, reliable, and modular so as to allow easy access to any short-lived components, enabling rapid field repair or replacement by factory-trained WSMR technicians and thus minimize operational down-time. WSMR desires submission of any innovative and alternative design approaches which can provide high quality acquisition, tracking and data collection capabilities pursuant to the mission requirements stated above. WSMR is also interested in technological approaches which could provide non-cooperative target ranging/tracking or real-time target attitude information. No solicitation document exists. A solicitation may be issued at a later date based upon information received as a result of this announcement. This synopsis is for informational purposes only, it is not a request for proposals and is not to be construed as a committment by the Government. The Government will not pay for any effort expended in responding to this announcement. Information is requested to be sent to the above listed address by 30 September 1996. (0254)

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