Commander, Marine Corps System Command, Code CTQ, 2033 Barnett Avenue, Ste 315, Quantico, VA 22134-5010

17 -- EQUIPMENT FOR DRAGRON DRONES DUE 120697 POC Contract Specialist, Jeff Campbell (703) 784-5822, x234 or Ellen Simonoff, PCO x246 The Marine Corps Systems Command intends to modify a series of related R&D contracts made against Broad Agency Announcement M67854-97-R-2061. The intended actions encompass adding options for up to 14 additional Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR)/Laser Range Finder Payloads under contract M67854-97-C-2141 with Inframetrics Inc., North Billerica, MA; up to 50 engines modified for heavy fuel under contract M67854-97-C-2139 with Sonex Research Inc., Annapolis, MD; up to 50 video transmitters, 50 transmit antennas, 20 receive antennas, and 10 auto-tracking antennas under Contract M67854-97-C-2173 with AeroComm, Inc., Germantown, MD; and up to 50 Drone parafoils under Contract M67854-97-C-2162 with Aerobotics Corp., Goucester, VA. The options will be for additional prototypes required for an operational experiment scheduled for Spring 1998 and must be 100% compatible with all other items purchased for the experiment. The drone system for operational experimentation shall be shipboard compatible (Heavy fuel engines), shall allow operation 100 miles forward of the ship (improved transmitters and antennas), shall allow for night operation (FLIR payloads), and shall allow the drone to be used for targeting (coupling day and FLIR payloads with laser range finders). For beneficial analysis of the experimental data collected, a single hardware baseline is required. The Marine Corps intends to award sole source modifications for the requirements listed above and no solicitation package exists. Inquiries may be submitted to the contact person listed above. See Note 22. (0310)

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