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A -- INSTRUMENT INCUBATOR PROGRAM SOL NRA-98-OES-05 DUE 062298 POC John Kelley, Program Executive, Phone (202) 358-0197, Fax (202) 358-2769, Email john.kelley@hq.nasa.gov WEB: Click here for the latest information about this notice, http://nais.nasa.gov/EPS/HQ/date.html#NRA-98-OES-05. E-MAIL: John Kelley, john.kelley@hq.nasa.gov. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) intends to release a NASA Research Announcement for analytical studies, requirements analysis, design, laboratory demonstration, field demonstration, and engineering model construction of new Earth science instruments in the Instrument Incubator Program (IIP). The IIP is a technology infusion program for future Earth observation measurement techniques within the Office of Earth Science. The Instrument Incubator will aggressively pursue innovative measurement techniques and the infusion of emerging technologies into future remote-sensing instrumentation. The program encourages the use of the latest remote sensing technologies and other instrument components coming from NASA's core technology development program and other sources and focuses on combining them into new instrument systems which are smaller, less costly, less resource intensive, and which can be developed into flight models more quickly for future missions. This includes instruments to continue the key Earth Observing System (EOS) measurements and instruments which enable new space-based and airborne measurements to be made. The Mission to Planet Earth Science Research Plan (September 1996) describes five specific research areas which are targeted for investment during the next five years. These five areas are: land-cover and land-use change research; seasonal-to-interannual climate variability and prediction; natural hazards research and applications; long-term climate: natural variability and change research; and atmospheric chemistry and ozone research. The plan also describes the ongoing core research programs which provide the disciplinary strength necessary to address the program's many interdisciplinary challenges. The complete text of this plan is available on the World Wide Web at location: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/mtpe/draftsciplan/toc.htm The NRA will be available electronically on the release date via the Internet on the Earth Science Enterprise home page at http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/mtpe/ under "ESE Research Announcements" or via anonymous ftp at ftp.nasa.gov/pub/mtpe. A paper copy will be available to those who do not have access to the Internet by calling (301) 358-3552 and leaving a voice mail message. Please leave your full name and address, including zip code, and your telephone number, including area code. This announcement will be open for the period from April 20, 1998 through June 22, 1998, and proposals may be submitted at any time during that period. A bidder's conference is planned for approximately three weeks after NRA release. Point of Contact Name: John Kelley Title: Program Executive Phone: (301) 358-0197 Fax: (301) 358-2769 E-mail: john.kelley@hq.nasa.gov (0092)

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