DEFENSE INTELLIGENCE AGENCY, BUILDING 6000, BOLLING AFB, WASHINGTON, DC 20340-3084

A -- FUTURE HIGH-END WORKSTATION TECHNOLOGY TO SUPPORT THE JOINT VIRTUAL ARCHITECTURE (JIVA) PROGRAM SOL 132/0001Z/97 DUE 073097 POC DIA/DS-AQ, GIRARD EVANS, MAJ, (202)231-8176 This is a MARKET SURVEY for INFORMATION ONLY. Interested individuals may contact IN WRITING ONLY: Department of Defense, Defense Intelligence Agency, ATTN: DS-AQ/Major Girard Evans, Bolling AFB, Building 6000, Washington, DC 20340. The Defense Intelligence Agency has an immediate need for information concerning a high-end workstation capability which could be fielded to support the advanced collaborative environment under development within the Joint Intelligence Virtual Architecture (JIVA) program. Based on the information received, the Government MAY initiate action for prototype development. All efforts will be directed toward competitive acquisition of commercially available technology. The Intelligence Community is evolving to a combination of Pentium and SPARC Ultra (or comparable) workstation platforms. This effort will establish a starting point to address the next generation workstation, a platform beyond any high-end version of any present-day workstation. The implementation timeframe is expected to be post-year 2000, which will mandate implementation of the next generation of workstation technology. The envisioned analyst environment will encompass a more sensory approach to daily operations. Increasing use of voice and sensor (screen reactive) technology will be required to achieve the functional efficiencies that the workforce will require. Virtual reality devices and applications will be the norm, rather than the exception. The analyst will not work in today's two-dimensional environment, but will evolve to three and four (time) dimensional platforms that enable accelerated intelligence analysis and production. This workstation must be able to serve as the primary analyst collaboration platform, yet also must be capable of serving as a desktop modeling and simulation platform and be capable of executing high-end mapping and geo-spatial applications. The workstation envisioned to satisfy this requirement would be capable of accomplishing the following tasks and features: (1) efficiently operate within the expected future evolutionary browser-based operating system (or as a Java-based network computer) and transparently interface with other legacy operating systems such as NT, Solaris, HP-Ux, and Digital Unix (for example: opening an Excel Spreadsheet created on a Windows NT or Unix X-windows; (2) support parallel processing; execute multiple CPU-intensive applications in parallel and be also capable of distributing an extremely CPU-intensive application such as 3D visualization or Multi-point collaborative tasks (shared applications, VTC) across multiple processors; (3) support interoperability in terms of exchanging all forms of data ("drag and drop") to include multi- media between legacy interfaces and native applications; (4) have a seamless/transparent interface to anticipated high speed LANs (for example: ATM/SONET, MONET, and Fast ethernet); (5) have an expandable internal memory with a low end capacity of at least 256 MB RAM, 1MB cache, and 10GB hard drive; (6) have a bus architecture capable of supporting real time audio and video inputs; (7) support system expendability and customization with emphasis on: (a) internal and external storage devices (disk, DVD, etc.); (b) user interfaces; and, (c) high speed input/output devices (for example: firewire, USB); (8) large screen display (flat panel technology preferred), with a target resolution of at least 10,000 x 8,000 x 32 bit color depth; and, (9) support operations with dedicated peripherals (scanners, printers, etc.) and interface with virtual reality (VR) devices to include, but not limited to VR goggles, VR gloves, light pens/wands, and data storage devices. The workstation will be designed to operate in a notional office environment (normal heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) parameters -- 65 degrees F -- 90 degrees F, 220/115V 50/60hz, 20A), yet must have the potential to become a ruggedized solution which could support operations in a tactical environment. Recommendations to adjust operating parameters will be consideredwith appropriate justification. (0125)

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