CECOM Acquisition Center, Washington Business Office, AMSEL-AC-WB-B, 2841 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22331-0700

A -- AIRBORNE MINEFIELD DETECTION DUE 011797 POC Point of Contact -- Craig Martin, Project Engineer, 703-704-2851, Ana M. Kimberly, Contracting Officer, 703-325-5800 WEB: CECOM Acquisition Office, 143.134.132.78. E-MAIL: USACECOM NVL, crmartin@nvl.army.mil. The US Army Program Manager for Mines, Countermine, and Demolitions and the US Army Communications-Electronics Command are seeking sources who have technological system solutions for airborne detection and location of minefields. Systems must be suitable for use on a fixed-wing or rotary-wing aircraft. These systems must detect buried and surface-laid antitank mines of all types, constructed of metal, plastic or wood, under varying weather conditions, in varying types of terrain. These systems must also accurately delineate minefield boundaries and report individual mine or mine cluster locations using digital mapping and Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) or similar technology. System performance goals are as follows. 1) Demonstrate detection of buried patterned and unpatterned scatterable minefields at 80% probability of success, surface patterned minefields at 90% probability of success, and buried nuisance mines (single mine or cluster) at 70% probability of success. 2) Demonstrate a false alarm rate (FAR) of less than 0.5 per square kilometer for initial detection and a FAR of less than 0.1 per square kilometer for verification flights. 3) Provide accurate ground locations of detected mines or minefields within 150 meters of actual mine/minefield locations. 4) Systems which detect and locate minefields in near real-time will be given priority consideration. However, post-mission computer processing of imagery will be accepted if the processing time to real time ratio is less than 2:1. Offerors will be initially evaluated based on their written proposal presenting system maturity and potential minefield detection performance. Offerors who are successful in passing this initial evaluation will be subjected to a qualification test of their systems at Fort Huachuca, AZ from 3-28 February 1997, if required. Offerors whose systems demonstrate minefield detection performance during the qualification test can then proceed to a technical demonstration at Ft. Huachuca, AZ from 1 March -- 30 April 1997. Offerors must be willing to demonstrate their systems at their own cost without the use of government furnished property or personnel. Offerors are required to operate and maintain their systems and provide all support during both the qualification test and technical demonstration. The government will provide test ranges/minefields and will analyze system performance. Offerors whose systems are successful may be considered for future competitive contractual efforts. Those interested in participating should respond to the following address: US Army CECOM RDEC NVESD, ATTN: AMSEL-RD-NV-CD-MD (Craig Martin), 10221 BURBECK ROAD SUITE 430, FORT BELVOIR, VA 22060-5806. E-Mail: crmartin@nvl.army.mil. Offers to participate will be accepted until 17 January 1997. Responses should be no longer than ten pages and include a description of the system, demonstrated/potential minefield detection performance, and proof of availability for testing in Fort Huachuca, AZ. Information about future requirements will be put on the CECOM Acquisition Center, Washington Operations Office BBS. BBS is accessible from the Internet (143.134.132.78 ISSAA-WWW1.ARMY.MIL) AND FROM DIAL-IN LINES (703-428-0864) (0341)

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