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17 -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING AN AN/TPN-19 AND AN/MPN-14K REPLACEMENT SOL F19628-99-R-MACS DUE 033199 POC Jeffrey W. Wong, 781-377-5195, Barbara B. Lawrence, 781-377-9304 WEB: ESC Business Opportunities Web Page, http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil. E-MAIL: Click Here to E-mail the POC, wongjw@hanscom.af.mil. This is not a solicitation, but a Request For Information concerning the Mobile Approach Control System (MACS) Program. The Government is currently conducting market research activities associated with the acquisition of the MACS program. THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT PAY FOR THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO THIS REQUEST. The Global Air Traffic Operations, Mobility Command and Control (GATO MC2) Program Office, Navigation & Landing Systems Division (ESC/GAL), intends to replace two systems currently in use by the Air Force and the Air National Guard: the AN/TPN-19 and the AN/MPN-14K. Both of these systems are at or beyond their life expectancy and are becoming economically unsustainable. The system must operate within Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and International Civil Aviation Authority (ICAO) performance parameters. The system must be able to operate in fixed base and forward austere locations. The MACS shall: (1) Provide radar approach control service to include, but not limited to,sequencing and separation of aircraft, navigation assistance, and airspace control services to military, civil, and state-owned aircraft operating within the assigned terminal airspace. (2) Be capable of providing airfield surveillance (0.5 to 60 nautical miles), secondary surveillance (to 120 nautical miles), and precision approach services (to 15 nautical miles), day and night, in all weather conditions, to military and civil aircraft. (3) Provide voice communication with aircraft and adjacent fixed and deployed facilities, and between each MACS subsystem. (4) Import and export data such as weather, arrival/departure, and hand-off information IAW National Airspace System (NAS) and ICAO Standards. (5) Process inputs from a minimum of three radars (any combination of long/short range radar) imported in NAS and/or ICAO Standards. (6) Be interoperable with existing deployable ATC and tactical communications equipment such as TRI-TAC Interfaces and Integrated Communications Packages. (7) Be capable of complete remote operation. The goal is to transport the complete system in a single C-130 aircraft, with a threshold requirement of not more than two C-130 aircraft to transport the complete system. (8) Provide processed data to a tower Digital Bright Radar Indicator Tower Equipment (DBRITE) and a remote personal computer display. (9) Be modular, consisting of separately deployable surveillance, precision approach, and operations subsystems. The system will support a crew of 12 personnel; 5 primary controllers, 2 assistant controllers, and a supervisor in the operations subsystem; and two personnel each in the ASR and PAR subsystems. The supervisor's position must have "line-of-sight" capability to all workstations within the operations subsystem. To the maximum extent possible, each operator position should mirror fixed base NAS facilities. (10) Be capable of being tailored to meet the spectrum of low tempo (4 aircraft operations per hour) through high tempo (60 aircraft operations per hour) operation. (11) The system shall be Year 2000 (Y2K) compliant. (12) Be interface compatible with DAAS / STARS and mirror DAAS / STARS functionality to the maximum extent possible. (13) Meet an operational availability of 99% or better, per month Specific requirements and operational scenarios in addition to those described within this RFI may be found in the final draft Operational Requirements Document (ORD) at the ESC Web Site; http://www.herbb.hanscom.af.mil/info.asp?rfp=R45. Interested parties are encouraged to review the requirements posted on this website and to provide us with information, comments, and suggestions regarding any aspect of this planned acquisition. To the maximum extent possible, MACS should be based on proven non-developmental technology. The Government is currently developing the acquisition strategy for the MACS program. If a spiral approach to the acquisition is employed, then a reasonable path to full compliance via specified acquisition cycles must be clearly demonstrated. Program contract award is planned to occur in FY00, and the Government intends to procure 18 Mobile Approach Control Systems. Please direct any questions on this Request For Information to Ms. Barbara Lawrence, Contracting Officer, 781-377-9304, or Mr. Jeff Wong, Contracts Specialist, 781-377-5195. See Note 26. Posted 02/10/99 (D-SN297065). (0041)

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