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A -- SONOELECTRONICS SOL BAA 97-33 AMENDMENT 0001 POC POC Elliot R. Brown, DARPA/ETO, fax (703) 696-2206 Section 1, technical focus area IV: Packaging and Demonstration, A. Packaging, to the BAA 97-33 Proposer Information Pamphlet is restated as follows: The underwater environment can be very harsh on electronic instrumentation of all types. To produce an imager that is useful under these conditions, packaging is required that is mechanically robust, insensitive to corrosion, and lightweight and compact enough to be hand-held or head-mounted on a diver (short-range imager). For long-range applications, it should be insertable into an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV). Clearly, plastic materials are promising. But it is recognized that the packaging technology will likely depend upon the integration approach of Focus Areas I, II, and III above. Hence, proposers who offer full sonoelectronic integration may want to consider the packaging task as well. The time and date for submission of proposal abstracts and proposals remains unchanged. (0196)

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