Commandant (G-ACS-2B/PG), U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, 2100 Second Street SW., Washington, DC 20593-0001

16 -- FLIR/EO SYSTEM FOR HC-130H Contact: LCDR Paul Guinee, Ph: 202/267-0531/ Contracting Officer: L. Scott Palmer, Ph: 202/267-2489. The Coast Guard is seeking information from potential sources who can meet the requirements for a Sensor Upgrade to the Coast Guard HC-130H aircraft. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. The purpose of this announcement is to develop a list of qualified firms able to meet the Government's requirements. Organizations having the required expertise and capabilities are invited to submit complete information discussing such capabilities. Information furnished should include an outline of previous projects of similar scope and complexity. The information provided shall pertain to this synopsis only. The Government does not intend to pay for the information received. Any interested organization must submit the appropriate data within 45 days of the date of this announcement. Respondents will not be notified of the results of the source data received, nor will a source list be provided. The Sensor Upgrade system will be comprised of a Forward Looking Infrared/Electro Optical device (FLIR/EO), an Airborne Tactical Workstation (ATW), and Satellite Communications (SATCOM). The System must have the following overall capabilities. (1) Be interchangeable between aircraft within one hour utilizing a palletized operator station and universal external FLIR/EO mount concept. (2) Have a reliability rate of a minimum of 95%. (3) Achieve a minimum programmed usage rate of 600 flight hours per year. (4) Be capable of operating within all the environmental conditions encountered by the Coast Guard HC-130H including temperature variations from -35 to +50 degrees centigrade and relative humidity from 0 to 100%. (5) Be operated by the current crew compliment of 7 persons. (6) Be capable of serving as a ground training device in a classroom type environment. The components of the System must have the following capabilities. FLIR/EO-(1) Must provide a 360 degree field of regard. (2) Must be capable of operating at indicated air speeds up to 340 knots. (3) Structural modifications to the airframe must be kept to a minimum. (4) The unit must interface with the AN/APS-137(V)4, Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar in all dimensions. (5) It must also be able to interface with installed aircraft navigation systems via a 1553 data bus to accept aircraft attitude information for target acquisition. (5) The imagery must be recordable and annotated with at a minimum date, time and position. ATW - (1) WindowsNT is the required operating system. (2) Must process track data and prepare it for transmission within 5 minutes of acquisition. (3) Must transmit classification data within 5 minutes of classification. (4) Must be able to transmit imagery of the contact within 10 minutes of evaluation. SATCOM-(1) Must provide both voice and data capability. (2) Must provide data transfer rates required to transmit still imagery. (313)

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