U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command, ATTN: CSSD-CM-CK, P.O. Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801

A -- DASG60-97-0058, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT SOURCES SOUGHT FOR DEFENSE SYSTEM MISSION ANALYSIS POC Virginia Hanserd, Contract Specialist, Donald C. Reesman, Contracting Officer, (205) 955-1187 The U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command (USASSDC) Advanced Systems Concept Office (ASCO) announces its interest in identifying small business sources to perform requirement entitled "Defense System Mission Analysis." The contractor will perform independent studies and analysis to enable ASCO to synthesize the incomparable analysis conducted by a number of diverse agencies and government contractors who have produced a wide divergence of independent studies through the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO), the Program Element Offices (PEOs), and the U.S. Army. The purpose of this effort is to conduct independent engineering studies and technology assessments related to Missile Defense (MD) mission performance for USASSDC's projects and programs consistent with the Department of Defense (DoD) objectives or various levels of defense capability, timeframes, and alternative futures. The effort will involve extensive concept synthesis relating to missile defense to include the National Missile Defense (NMD), Theater Missile Defense (TMD), Cruise Missile Defense (CMD), and other facets of the Air Defense Initiative, and the Digital Information Warfare (Info War), considering new types of threats, new types of defense pplications, and the role of digital information systems. The effort will provide concepts and directions for high value missile and space defense technology development. It will identify mid and long term technology needs from a system perspective and evaluate architectures consistent with user requirements and DoD objectives. The effort will focus on incorporating evolving concepts and technologies into assessments of planned and existing defense system mission capability by conducting operational and supportability analysis, simulations, and soldier structure impacts. No foreign participation allowed. No telephone inquiries will be accepted. Responses must be received by CSSD-CM-CK/Virginia Hanserd within fifteen (15) days of the publication date of this notice. See Note 22. (0177)

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