US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

A -- DUAL USE APPLICATION PROGRAM (DUAP), SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (S&T) INITIATIVES SOL DAAE30-98-BAA-0102 DUE 040698 POC Dianna McGinley (973)724-4423; Paul Milenkowic (973)724-5391 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: Dianna McGinley, dmcgin@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC announces a program in the area of Dual Use Application Program (DUAP), Science and Technology (S&T) Initiatives. This Broad Agency Announcement is issued under the S&T Initiative and is part of the Defense Departments DUAP. The anticipated Army share of the FY98 DUAP funding is approximately $22,000,000. TACOM-ARDEC seeks projects to create and develop new product or process technologies which have potential for both Army and commercial applications. If successfully developed, the technology will have both Army relevance and sufficient potential commercial applications to support a viable production base. The proposer must bear at least 50% of the cost of the proposed effort. There is no pre-set dollar range for individual proposals, however, the Government share contemplated is shown below and will be provided within the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to be issued for each topic area. The topic areas for this BAA are as follows with the Government share contemplatedshown in parenthesis: Acoustical Signal Enhancement Module for Improving Speech Recognition Accuracy in High Noise Environments ($400,000); Photon Battery for Fire Control Applications ($200,000); Improved Luminous Sources for Fire Control Devices ($200,000); Model Based Control Systems for the Production of Energetic Materials ($6,000,000); Manufacturing Integration of Open Architecture Controllers Using Totally Integrated Munitions Enterprise Techniques ($4,000,000); Flexible-Integrated Robotic Welding System ($600,000); Thermoplastic Laminate Modeling and Fabrication ($600,000); Lightweight, Cost Efficient Highly Loaded Composite Structures ($80,000); Ion Beam Processing for Increased Wear Life of High Value Chrome Plated Parts ($100,000); and Application of Multiple Explosively Formed Penetrator (MEFP) Technology to Downhole Penetrator Warheads ($250,000). There is no guarantee that awards will be made in each of the topic areas identified. The Government may award several proposals in a topic area depending in part on the cost of individual proposals and funding. Proposals received in response to this BAA will be evaluated by a panel of experts assembled at TACOM-ARDEC and ranked prior to forwarding for Army review and the DOD Steering Committee. The DOD Steering Committee will make the final selection(s) for award. It is contemplated that Cooperative Agreements and/or Other Transactions will be awarded as a result of the BAA. This BAA will be available on TACOM-ARDEC Acquisition Centers home page during the week of 9 February 1998; address is "http://procnet.pica.army.mil" or by contacting the point of contacts identified at the above address. (0037)

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