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66 -- AIRBORNE POSITION LOCATION SYSTEM (APLS) SOL DATM01-97-R-0010 DUE 032097 POC Contract Specialist Russell Taylor (817) 288-9722 Contracting Officer Ted Panknin (817) 288-1305 (Site Code DATM01) The US Army has a requirement to acquire a Airborne Position Location System (APLS). The APLS must be capable of acquiring precision position location data on parachutist and airdrop of equipment loads. The position location data is used to evaluate and test the equipment and procedures. The Contractor will provide the hardware and software for an initial acquisition of the Global Positioning System (GPS) Constellation and a continuous reception of that signal. The data acquisition period is for five seconds prior to the item of interest exit from the aircraft until two seconds after the item of interest has impacted the ground. There are two Hardware Requirements; one for a modified Precision Light Weight Receiver (PLGR) and the other for Computer Hardware consisting of three Pentium Class Notebook Computers, with 32 MB RAM, Active Plasma Display, 2 GB Hard Drive, Internal Comm/FAX Modem, Built in Mouse, 3.5" F/Drive, Ether Net LAN adapter, and Internal CD ROM Drive etc. Contractor will also provide all software required to perform the data reduction routines for the position location problems and a Ready to Use System. This is a Firm Fixed Price Contract. The Tentative Issue for the Solicitation is 20 Feb. 1997. It is 100% Set-Aside for Small Business Concerns. All requests are to be made in writing, no telephonic request will be accepted. (0030)

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