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A -- AEGIS COMBAT SYSTEM (ACS) BASELINE UPGRADES, IMPROVEMENTS, AND CRITICAL EXPERIMENTS FOR THE LATTER AEGIS DESTROYERS (DDG 91 AND FOLLOWING SHIPS) SOL N00024-98-R-5197 POC (0251M), M. Bulis, (703)602-8105, x518; (02511), A. Van Houten, Contracting Officer, (703)602-8105, x513 The Naval Sea Systems Command has a requirement to procure the engineering services to define, design, develop, program, document, integrate and deliver ACS Baseline upgrades, improvements and critical experiments. The procurement will be conducted on a sole source basis with Lockheed Martin, Government Electronic Systems (LM/GES), 199 Borton Landing Road, Moorestown, New Jersey. The contemplated contract will cover FY98 through FY02 development and integration of ACS Baseline Upgrades for the Latter AEGIS Destroyers (DDG91 and following ships), to include provisions for AN/SPY-1D(V), Advanced processing Phase I, RSCES-D(V), AIEWS Increment I, NULKA, Advanced Tactical Assessment Capability (ATAC), Open Architecture Communications systems (OACS), AN/SQQ-89(V)Y, AN/SPQ-9B(V) Surface Search Radar, TBMD/SM-2 Blk IVA, CEC, Advanced Processing Phase II, SM-2 Blk IIIB Full Integration, LAMPS MK III Blk II, Tomahawk Baseline Improvement Program (TBIP), Cueing Sensors (IRST, Precision ESM), AIEWS Increment II, Submode Improvements, MK 50 Torpedo with Periscope Depth Attack (PDA), Advanced Tactical Support, Naval Surface Fire Support (NSFS), and Link Certifications. Also included in this effort are the upgrades for AEGIS Cruiser Conversion, Link Certification, and Non-AEGIS Surface Combatants Inter-operability/compatibility. This procurement will also cover the development of those unique equipments and devices required to support Baseline Upgrades, Demonstrations, and Experiments. LM/GES, as the prime contractor for ACS and AWS development since the program's inception, is the only source with the required expertise to fulfill the Navy's requirements without creating unacceptable delays in meeting AEGIS Program Baseline Development schedules. See Numbered Note 22 (0311)

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