US Army, CECOM Acquisition Center, Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5008

A -- CECOM BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA): CLARIFICATION TO TOPIC NO. S002 ``WIDEBAND RADIO NETWORKING.'' SOL DAAB07-97-R-D003 DUE 093000 POC Point of Contact -- Josh E. Howard, Contract Specialist, 732-532-1119. Contracting Officer -- Andrew A. Dellomo, 732-532-1530. E-MAIL: Topic S002 Clarification, howardj@doim6.monmouth.army.mil. The purpose of this modification is to alert the public that information contained in Topic No. S002 "Wideband Radio Networking" has been clarified. The clarifications are as follows: "In response to several inquiries related to the subject BAA, a clarification is provided below, related to paragraph III.C.1 (fourth sentence), which states "In addition to the WNR, as a minimum, the testbed shall be usable with existing radios such as SINCGARS SIP/INC, EPLRS, NTDR, MECDL, SDR, and VRC-99". The clarification pertains to the use of the term "usable": In order for the Government to test legacy radios, such as those listed, the Wideband Radio Network Testbed (WRNT) must support such use, including the Radio-Traffic Generator (TG) interfaces. All the basic required functions of the WRNT are already detailed in BAA. Related to the TG interfaces, the WRNT shall provide the following minimum set of packet data interfaces between the TG's and radios under test: Ethernet, X.25, and serial PPP. Government does notintend to supply any WRNT racks or radio interface hardware, although additional interface information for the above legacy network radios can be supplied if required." The clarification is also posted on the CECOM Acquisition Center's "Business Opportunities Homepage" at HTTP://acbop.monmouth.army.mil/ with the title "DAAB07-98-R-D003; Clarification to Topic S002." If you have trouble accessing this website or finding the information please call 1-888-414-BOSS. (0356)

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