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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF AUGUST 29,1997 PSA#1920INFORMATION REQUESTED ON STANDOFF EXPLOSIVE DETECTION The USAF's Force
Protection Battlelab (USAF FPB) is a uniques new organization
established to identify innovative concepts for protecting Air Force
Personnel, facilities, and weapon systems and to rapidly measure their
potential worth. The FPB will use various methods to test these
concepts: field ingenuity, modeling and simulation, and actual
employment of exploratory capabilities in exercises and operational
environments. One of the first initiatives the Battlelab is undertaking
is a wholesale revision of our explosive detection strategy. The Air
Force has a variety of requirements to detect explosives concealed in
items ranging from handcarried personal belongings to large cargo
vehicles. The fundamental problem with current explosive detection
methods is that detection operations are typically executed at
established entry control points, relatively close to personnel and key
mission assets. Battlelab staffers are currently developing an
operational concept based upon remotely monitored, long rangeanalysis
of organic compounds and inorganic materials (Standoff Explosive
Detection). The overall objectives of this initiative are threefold:
(1) to detect all explosives threats before they advance to a position
from which they could damage or destroy USAF personnel or resources;
(2) to repel explosives based attacks once identified; (3) to minimize
the potential damage resulting from an aggresive explosives based
attack that peetrates these detection and repellant screens. Potential
technologies associated with this initiative include -- but are not
limited to -- hand held explosive compound scanners for detecting
personnel borne devices; drive through or over vehicle assessment
devices; perimeter sensors for detecting explosives encroachment into
a defined buffer zone; portable vehicle obstacles and containment
systems; and computerized blast damage simulation systems. If your
company has a product or capability that may help meet our objectives,
please send your information to the FPB no later than 4 September
1997. The point of contact for questions and responses is Captain Dave
Marttala, (210)-671-0058/0061 (voice); (210)-671-0998 (FAX). Note:
This is not a request for quotes (RFQ). Mail all submissions of
information to the following address: USAF Force Protection
Battlelab/Concepts Division, Attn: Capt. Dave Marttala, 1631 Stewart
Street, Suite 102, Lackland AFB, TX 78236 -- 5255. Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0478 19970829\SP-0002.MSC)
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