Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, SEA 0263, 2531 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Arlington, VA 22242-5160

58 -- INTEGRATED COMBAT WEAPON SYSTEM (ICWS) SOL N00024-97-R-6362 POC Mr. Rick Gunderson, (703) 602-0951, Contracting Officer, Mr. Steve Caracciolo, (703) 602-0951 The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) intends to negotiate a sole source contract with a team consisting of Raytheon Electronic Systems, Portsmouth, RI, Lockheed Martin Tactical Defense Systems, Manassas, VA and Alliant TechSystems, Inc., Mukilteo, WA to develop the Integrated Combat Weapons System (ICWS). The ICWS shall be an upgrade to and an integration of the following US Navy MCM and MHC platform systems: (1) AN/SQQ-32 Minehunting Sonar, (2) the AN/SLQ-48 Mine Neutralization System (MNS) and (3) the AN/SYQ-13 and AN/SSN-2 Navigation, Command and Control System. Coordination with the current OEMs and Navy activities (JMCIS, RADARS, BFTT, and CSITE) to integrate the upgrades to the legacy systems to an Open Systems Architecture will be required. The ICWS shall maximize the use of common COTS designs for all systems, thus providing a more fully integrated mine warfare platform with a lower overall life cycle cost. The ICWS shall address the identical operational requirements of the existing systems, and will ensure the same system effectiveness, availability and supportability. The Government expects to achieve significant life cycle cost avoidance. The ICWS shall be robust and shall be more easily configured for other operational needs as requirements may be defined in the future. The Government intends to award a sole source contract pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) because the Raytheon/Lockheed Martin/Alliant TechSystems team is the only known entity with the requisite knowledge of mine warfare sonar systems, mine engagement systems, mine ship navigation and command and control systems and ship systems integration capabilities to perform the required combat system integration effort. This synopsis is not a request for proposal and in no way binds the Government to award a contract. See Numbered Note(s): 22 (0260)

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