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A -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES SUPPORT FOR NAVY PLATFORM AEROSPACE ELECTRONICS WARFARE SYSTEMSN SOL N00173-98-R-JW02 POC James P. Waldenfels, Contract Specialist, Code 3240.JW, Mary Ann Carpenter,Contracting Officer WEB: click here, http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/home.htm. This modifies a previously published synopsis on December 11, 1997 for RFP N00173-98-R-JW02. The Naval Research Laboratory has a requirement for engineering and technical services support for a variety of R&D programs to develop sophisticated electronic warfare (EW) techniques and implementation hardware for Navy aerospace platforms. These programs include Integrated Electronic Countermeasures (ECM), Multi-Spectral Countermeasures, Expert Systems Development, and Non-cooperative Target Recognition Countermeasures. The Integrated Electronic Countermeasures task is concerned with the development and evaluation of ECM techniques against radar controlled weapon systems. The techniques use combinations of currently available and emerging Fleet assets in new synergistic modes. Particularly, countermeasures for integrated towed decoys (ECM waveform generation onboard the aircraft, and transmission from an off board platform), and integrated chaff techniques (automatic chaff trigger from jammer) need to bedeveloped. Other hardware could also be considered for integration, as well as combinations of self-protect, stand-off and escort jamming. Specifically, this work involves the development of ECM concepts for jamming modern radars and seekers, the identification of hardware needs to be developed and integrated to generate the ECM concepts, the configuration of this equipment into laboratory and field experimental systems, and the test and evaluation of the concepts for effectiveness. The Multi-Spectral Countermeasures task is concerned with countermeasures against radar controlled weapon systems that use multiple spectrums (such as RF, IR, EO and UV, etc.) for tracking and guidance; the work involves the detection and identification of multi-mode threats, and the development of countermeasure concepts against these multi-mode systems. The objective of the Expert Systems task is development of concepts for expert systems applications to threat system functional identification; the work will involve functional identification (vice look-up table) rule base development, neural network development and application, software implementation, and simulation test of functional identification systems for current and emerging ECM systems. The objective of the Non-Cooperative Target Recognition (NCTR) task is development of methods for jamming radar systems that use NCTR for identification of hostile platforms (sea, air or space based). The work involves theoretical characterization of targets based on complex radar returns in the time, frequency, and polarization domains, and the development of measurement, analysis, and jamming hardware that addresses these domains, with emphasis on the polarization domain. It is anticipated that an IDIQ contract with term type task orders will be awarded. The period of performance in which task orders may be written is 60 months after date of award. A minimum of 9,120 hours and a maximum of 91,200 hours is anticipated. Security requirements range from Secret to TS/SCI. Performance will be at NRL. The incumbent is Questech, Inc. of Falls Church, VA. NRL uses Electronic Commerce (EC) to issue RFPs and amendments to RFPs. This solicitation and any amendments to it will be available via the Internet at the URL address shown below. Paper copies of the RFP will not be provided. Numbered Note 26 applies. (0357)

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