Office of Naval Research, 800 North Quincy Street, Arlington, VA 22217-5660

A -- CALL FOR TECHNICAL PAPERS ON ELECTRICAL POWER APPLICATIONS TO NAVAL SHIPS SOL N00014- POC Ms. Geanie Stokes, ONR 334 (703) 696-7740. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) are jointly soliciting information in the form of technical papers to support an assessment of current and cutting edge electrical power technologies for application to a broad range of future ship types. In particular, it is desired to identify commercial technology or commercial parallels that can be leveraged for future ship application. This is not a formal request for proposals. ONR and DARPA have chartered a technology assessment study of a broad range of commercial and military high density electrical power technologies and applications in order to determine levels of technical maturity, areas requiring engineering development, or those areas that still require research in order to meet the specific requirements for a fully integrated application to future Naval surface ships and submarines. The study will be conducted by an independent group of senior industry and internationally known experts in the fields of ship systems and electrical power technologies. This study will address the current state of technology and evaluate future technology enablers for technical shortfalls, technical maturity, and technical risks in six basic technology categories. They are: (1) Generation, (2) Distribution, (3) Consumption, (4) Conditioning, (5) Storage and (6) Control. In order to address the scalability for electric power technologies, the study will consider electrical system technologies that apply to four bounding ship types, namely: a large combatant, a small combatant, an attack submarine, and a mid-range amphibious ship. For each technology candidate, assessments will include a review of the ''ilities'', identification of expected affects on ships signature, and an analysis of risk and associated costs. Inputs from the power industry, commercial interests, government laboratories, etc., both domestic and foreign are welcome. Based on your input, ONR may invite a submitter to a private briefing with the study group in order to allow a more in-depth technical exchange of ideas. Technical papers may be submitted at any time during this period to the ONR POC : Geanie Stokes, 800 North Quincy Street, Code 334, Arlington, VA 22217-5660. However, since these papers will, in part, serve as a basis for scheduling meetings with the panel, they will be considered in the order in which they are received. All submittals must consist of three (3) copies of the paper using the following format: (A) Cover page, clearly labeled ''ELECTRIC SHIP TECHNICAL PAPER'', including this notice title and date, the basic technology area being addressed (one of the six listed above), plus administrative and technical points of contact along with telephone and fax numbers, and (B) A concise summary, not to exceed three pages, describing the specific technology candidate that you are offering including technical rationale and instances of actual commercial application or other implementation. Submitters may offer more than one technical paper, however, it is requested that each paper limit itself to a single technology candidate in one of the six technology areas of interest. The government may use selected support contractors as special resources to prepare the technical assessment study. These contractors are restricted by their contracts from disclosing proprietary information or for using it for other than technical assessment. All papers are to be developed at private expense and are not returnable. Any data considered proprietary should be clearly marked. Submission of technical papers is not restricted in any way to any particular entity. Interested parties can obtain additional information from the POC identified above. Papers should be received by COB 20 December 1996. The government does not represent that any future program opportunities will result from this solicitation. This notice constitutes a Special Notice. (0332)

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