U.S. Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC -C, Bldg10, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

59 -- 59-MULTI-SPOT X-RAY GENERATOR POC Contact Dr. Paul Willson, Project Engineer, (201) 724-2135 or Al Heller, email aheller, Contract Specialist, (201) 724-2749. Sources Sought for Product Information for a MULTI-SPOT X-RAY GENERATOR. This is a Request For Information to support the design, development and fabrication of a multi-spot x-ray generator by the U.S. Army Armament Research, Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC). The x-ray generators will have in each unit a high voltage generator and four or more x-ray source spots. The source spots will be along a straight line separated by approximately 18 centimeters. Each source spot size should be 1 mm2 or less. The unit will include a controller for setting the x-ray electron current and electron acceleration voltage. The upper electron acceleration voltage should be 160 KeV. The current should be variable to provide x-ray flux of one million x-ray photons/second/mm2 at a distance ranging from 120 mm to 180 mm in air. The unit must include collimation of the x-ray beam such that it covers a region approximately one meter by one centimeter at a distance of 120 mm to 180 mm from the spot. Control must be provided for switching the current on or off on each of the x-ray source spots independently upon signal from an external controller using TTL logic. Each source spot is expected to be emitting x-rays for one to two milliseconds of every 16 millisecond period. Switching times between spots must be less than 100 microseconds, preferably less than 20 microseconds. Outside enclosure dimensions must be small enough to maintain source spot-to-spot separation of less than 18 centimeters between spots in adjacent enclosures. Regulation of current and voltage should be such that variation in x-ray flux is less than one percent. Lifetime expectancy of each x-ray generator should be greater than eight years with a 25% duty cycle. The information should be Submitted no later than 15 days from date of publication of this Notice to the POC and address listed. This is not as a Request For Proposal or an obligation on the part of the Government to include ideas in any part of a solicitation. The Government does not intend to award a Contract on the basis of this Request for Information (RFI) or otherwise pay for the information provided. No basis for claims against the Government shall arise as a result of a response to this RFI or Government use of such information. This RFI does not constitute a Solicitation of Proposal. All responses should be sent to Dr. Paul Willson, U.S. Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-QAT-T, Bldg 908, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000. (0320)

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