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A -- MOBILITY, MANEUVERABILITY, SURVIVABILITY & UNMANNED VEHICLES SOL M67854-98-R-2028 DUE 121598 POC Contracting officer; Ms. T. Famoso, 703-784-5822 ext. 231 WEB: Click here to access MCWL website and related BAA., http://mcwl-www.cwlmain.org. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via e-mail., famosot@quantico.usmc.mil. The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) is issuing a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for research and development (R&D) concepts addressing areas relating to mobility, maneuverability, and survivability that can be used to increase combat effectiveness and situational awareness, especially in an urban environment. Desired concepts are those which manifest the capability to: (1) maneuver widely dispersed, non-contiguous forces within the urban battle space with the added vertical and subterranean dimensions; (2) enhance the survivability of the force by virtue of this mobility and maneuverability; (3) use unmanned vehicles to increase battle space situational awareness, relay communications and serve as a means of delivery. R&D proposals addressing these areas from a variety of perspectives are of interest; for example, exploration of new concepts, techniques in modeling and simulation for scenario evaluation, hardware development, feasibility analysis, system integration, performance-based return on investment analysis, as well as proof of principle and concept demonstrations. Appropriate proposed systems may transition to a Marine Expeditionary Unit for operational experimentation. The complete broad agency announcement, including specific procedures to be followed for submission of the white paper proposal, can be found at the MCWL website at http://mcwl-www.cwlmain.org. Interested parties may also request a hard copy of the BAA by submitting a request, in writing, to the contracting officer, Ms. T. Famoso, at fax number 703-784-5826. (0342)

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