US Army, CECOM Acquisition Center, Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5008

A -- FOLIAGE PENETRATION (FOPEN) SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR SYSTEM (SAR) SOL NA DUE 032097 POC Point of Contact -- Maureen Molz, 908-427-3280. E-MAIL: Foliage Penetration, remiller@nvl.army.mil. The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM), Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), Fort Monmouth, NJ, is issuing this Market Survey to solicit potential offerors interested in providing engineering design, development, integration and test services in support of a joint Army-Air Force program to develop a Foliage Penetration (FOPEN) Radar to ultimately be deployed on a High Altitude Endurance (HAE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The FOPEN Advance Technology Demonstration (ATD) program is managed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in cooperation with the Army and Air Force. The FOPEN ATD program will develop a fully functional ultra wide-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) to detect, discern and cue tactical users to the presence of man-made metallic objects hidden beneath foliage. The proposed acquisition will be a three to four year contract to develop and integrate the FOPEN sensor into a manned platform for testing. Because of the complexity of the program and to avoid additional risk from a performance, cost and schedule perspective, and unnecessary work effort on the part of potential offerors and the Government, potential offerors should possess resident or demonstrated capabilities in the following areas: SAR systems with near real time image formation, aircraft system integration, and development of automatic target detection and cueing algorithms. The security classification is anticipated to be at the SECRET level. Potential offerors who have the capabilities and interest in developing this radar should contact Maureen Molz in writing at facsimile number (908) 427-3225. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. (0055)

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