Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Contracts Department, Building 129-2, Highway 547, Lakehurst, NJ 08733-5083

17 -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS TO BORESIGHT USN/USMC AIRCRAFT SOL 98-RFI-801 DUE 022798 POC Stephanie Jenkins-Leonard, Code 2132SJB129-2, (732) 323-2818, FAX (732) 323-4822 The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst is seeking sources and/or information on the availability of a Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) measurement system to boresight all USN/USMC aircraft. The system shall be easily integrated with existing peculiar aircraft boresight adapters, and provide an approved method of measuring the orientation (pitch, yaw, and roll) of aircraft weapon stations relative to the Aircraft Datum Line (ADL). Applicable weapon stations vary with each aircraft but may include guns, rockets, missiles, HUD, IMU/INS, antenna, EGI, optical sights, FLIR, LST, radar, etc. Additionally, the system shall provide a collimated target that can be "viewed" by visible optics and in the infrared. O-Level personnel will operate the system ashore and afloat on an aircraft carrier flight deck in bright sunlight or at night. The system shall be fully operational on board ship in environments up to Sea State III. Operation of the equipment shall not be impeded or degraded during periods of inclement weather (rain, snow, etc.). The measurement system shall not require the test aircraft to be jacked, leveled or require the use of an ancillary target board(s). The system shall be operable with one trained operator and one untrained operator. The operators shall be able to unpack, setup, measure a minimum of eight weapon stations in three axis, tear down and repack the entire suite of boresight equipment within one hour. The system must be versatile and capable of measuring stations anywhere on, or within the aircraft without dependence on a clear line-of-sight to the ADL, or an ADL adapter. Further, the system shall be programmable and capable of measuring any offset or orientation. The degree of freedom shall be 360 degrees in yaw and +/- 45 degrees in pitch. The systems's measurement accuracy shall be better than .3 milli-radian. The measurement resolution shall be better that .05 milli-radian. The digital readout shall be operator selectable to display the readings in either degrees/minutes/seconds or in radian format. The display shall have digits to show increments of 50 micro radians/10 arc seconds. Additionally the display shall provide continuous real time measurement update to allow operator alignment of a weapon station(s). The system shall be programmable to accommodate individual aircraft requirements, specification, and procedures with automatic compensation for all errors and offsets, while providing the operator with a digital display of the angular error(s) from nominal. The system shall be versatile and readily accommodate any aircraft or aircraft modification. The system shall operate on AC input power input of 115 to 230 volts, with a frequency of 50Hz to 400Hz, at a maximum of 15 amperes. The system shall be capable of being integrated with currently fielded boresight adapters and minimize the adapter(s) overall size, shape, and weight. The weapon system interface shall be compatible with standard boresight tapered pin adapter design. The boresight measurement system shall besupplied with a field level operation and maintenance manual. These manuals shall be written in work package format. Contractor and government tests of the system shall include but not be limited to performance, temperature, EMI, shake and operational. As a minimum the system shall have a mean-time-between failure (MTBF) of 1000 hours. A recommended spare parts list shall be required for the appropriate field level replacement assemblies and maintenance significant consumables. Operational and maintenance training should be addressed. Request the respondent provide all applicable warranty information. The government is considering contractor depot support for life, and direct vendor delivery (DVD). Provide applicable information. The respondent should address maximum and minimum manufacturing capacity issues. For equipment that cannot perform all the functions listed, or is not designed to meet the stated criteria, respondents shall inform the government of the specific requirements which are not met and estimate the percentage of redesign/rework needed to meet these requirements. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. No solicitation package is available. Respondents are invited to submit a statement of general interest, a description of any currently available product, which meets our requirements and/or discussions on the feasibility of the above-described unit/program. Any comments provided may not be included in a formal solicitation. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this RFI nor will the Government compensate any respondent for a cost incurred developing the information provided to the Government. (0009)

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