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A -- DRAFT REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL ASTAMIDS EMD POC POC Son Nyugen, Project Engineer 703-704-1026, and Ana Kimberly, Contracting Officer, 703-325-5800 The US Army CECOM Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM), Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD), Countermine Division intends to acquire Airborne Standoff Minefield Detection System (ASTAMIDS) Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Phase. The ASTAMIDS will be designed for emplacement as a payload on the Black Hawk UH-60A and the Hunter -- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Hunter-UAV). The ASTAMIDS will provide the user with real-time intelligence detailing the existence and boundaries of surface patterned, buried patterned, and surface scatterable mines/minefields, as well as individual mines on unpaved roads, consisting of metallic and nonmetallic mines. The ASTAMIDS will operate and be effective during daytime and nighttime hours. This contract effort is for the design, hardware development, software development, logistics development and system integration of the ASTAMIDS and the manufacturing of prototypes. The EMD ASTAMIDS will consist of: (1) a sensor, (2) a Minefield Detection Algorithm and Processor (MIDAP), and (3) support equipment including the Engineering Support Station (ESS) which defines the prerequisite for hardware, software, and engineering interfaces. The capabilities of the ASTAMIDS and the integration with the Black Hawk UH-60 and the Hunter-UAV will be fully demonstrated through formal testing. The EMD effort will be performed on a Cost-Plus Incentive-Fee basis. The contract will have a 33-month period of performance. The contract will include options for production. The production effort will be performed on a Firm Fixed Price basis. A Draft Request for Proposal (DRFP) will not be mailed. The draft will be available on the CECOM ACquisition Center -- Washington Operations Office Office Electronic Bulletin Board System at the following telephone number: 703-428-0864; communication parameters: 8n1. It is also available through the internet at website http://128.190.157.78. HARD COPIES OF THE DRAFT RFP ARE NOT AVAILABLE. The purpose of the DRAFT RFP is to solicit industry comments/suggestions. A REquest for Proposals will be issued after all corrections and addtions have been made to the DRAFT RFP. A Presolicitation conference is tentatively scheduled for the third week of June 1997 at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Details regarding the Presolicitation conference will be provided in the DRAFT RFP. (0140)

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