Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Code 220000D, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6100

67 -- MIDBAND INFARARED CAMERAS AND LENSES SOL N68936-98-R-0079 POC Erin Strand, Contract Specialist, (760) 939-7309 or Mary Jacobs, Contracting Officer, (760) 939-6043 The Naval Air Warfare Center intends to issue an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity type contract for the procurement of a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 30 infrared cameras and a minimum of 1 to a maximum of 60 lenses. The contract ordering period will be three years. The cameras and lenses are intended to serve multiple purposes in daytime and nighttime usage to support testing of military hardware. The cameras shall be rugged in construction for outdoor use and shall operate in the 3-5 micron band in order to achieve the required angular resolution with a practical sized telescope. Three lens options shall be provided for Government selection at time of purchase. The lens options shall span a field of view from 16 plus or minus 2 degrees to less than 4 degrees. One lens shall match the following specifications: the ratio of the effective optical focal length to the effective optical aperture (F number) shall be numerically 2.45 or higher. The input pupil of the lens shall be greater than 0.9 inches and equal to or less than one inch. The total angular field of view (FOV) must be greater than 8 degrees and less than or equal to 9.1 degree. The camera shall produce rapid sequences of good resolution, geometrically accurate, snapshot exposed images for the analysis of high speed events. The image sensor shall be a focal plane array (FPA) with a minimum of 256 x 256 pixels, simultaneous exposure capability, and the speed to produce at least 120 full size images per second and a minimum of 1000 reduced size images per second. The camera shall provide manual gain and offset control of the output video as well as automatic gain control (AGC). The AGC shall be user adjustable to provide gray scale detail on various targets of different intensity levels or temperature within the field of view at the same time. The AGC response time shall be user adjustable to a minimum of 0.5 seconds to greater than 1 seconds. The requirement includes two cameras in different configurations (NTSC, RS 170). Each configuration requires the camera be available with two serial link control configurations (RS 422, and RS 232) with connectors and cables. Both camera versions shall provide analog and digital video output signals. The camera system shall include a closed loop cryogenic cooler, remote control, power supply, re-usable packing case, interconnect cables, interface connectors, lens cover, commercial user manuals, and factory acceptance certification. The cameras shall include user software documentation. Each camera and lens shall be in accordance with the specification issued with the solicitation. Delivery of cameras shall be 120 days after receipt of delivery order. The solicitation will be available on or about March 23, 1998 for downloading from the Internet and may be found through the 2.0 Contracts Competency Home Page at: "http://www.nawcwpns.navy.mil/~contract/homepubl.htm". If you prefer to receive a hard copy in the mail, submit your request to the specified contract specialist identified in this announcement in writing (fax #760-939-8186) or via e-mail to either (estrand@ban.chinalake.navy.mil)or (mjacobs@ban.chinalake.navy.mil) All responsible sources may submit a proposal which shall be considered by the agency. (0041)

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