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B -- TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS TO LEVERAGE AEROSPACE POWER IN OTHER THAN CONVENTIONAL WAR SITUATIONS SOL SAB-RFI-99-01 DUE 031699 POC Maj. Douglas Amon, (800) 762-7407 WEB: click here to download related documents and previous, http://web.fie.com/fedix/sab.html. E-MAIL: click here to contact the POC via e-mail, douglas.amon@pentagon.af.mil. PART: SPECIAL NOTICES OFFADD: HQ AF/SB, AF 1180 Pentagon, Room 5D982, Washington, DC 20330 SUBJECT: USAF SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD (SAB) TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS TO LEVARAGE AEROSPACE POWER IN OTHER THAN CONVENTIONAL WAR SITUATIONS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) The U.S. Air Force is seeking information regarding technologies that can leverage aerospace power in other than conventional war (OTCW) situations. Interested respondents must reply to the SAB POC, Maj. Douglas Amon by April 16, 1999. The Acting Secretary and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force have tasked the USAF Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) to conduct a Study in 1999 on this topic. The Air Force recognizes that the country will increasingly be involved in non-traditional situations where enemy or terrorist actions can be neutralized without resorting to conventional weapons strikes. Innovative and creative technologies and methods are sought that, while leveraging the inherent capability of aerospace forces, can be useful to a joint force in these situations. The SAB is especially interested in capabilities that can be incorporated into the Air Force's present and future aircraft inventory. The SAB Study Committee has broken into the following study panels: Intelligence & Vigilance, Deployment & Sustainment, Non-Lethal Effects, Lethal Effects, Training & Exercise, and Force Management. This RFI will assist these panels in gathering information on perceived capabilities and limitations for which aerospace power could offer new or significantly improved approaches in OTCW situations. The Air Force leadership is especially interested in innovative ideas, technologies, or operational concepts leveraging existing aerospace forces. It would be helpful for respondents to understand the role of the Air Force in past, current, and projected other-than-war crises, the limitations of current Air Force capabilities, and the vision for the future new capabilities that may be required. Example areas of interest include: Intelligence & Vigilance Sensor and information fusion technologies Improved discrimination between hostile and friendly forces Deployment and Sustainment Improvements to decrease rapid deployment infrastructure requirements Rapid infrastructure buildup technologies Non-Lethal Effects Non-lethal agents that might immobilize or hinder movement Systems that can disrupt or disable enemy vehicles and machines Encasing agents that would prevent immediate access (e.g., to war materiels, weapons, etc.) Lethal Effects Precision weapon drop systems Selectable yield conventional munitions Discrete sensor systems with better than half-meter resolution, for weapons targeting Training & Exercise Distributed training (e.g., over Internet) Virtual and simulated training Force Management Communications improvements Distributed information management Bandwidth management Data fusion Responders to this RFI are requested to contact the HQ Air Force Scientific Advisory Board POC, Maj. Douglas Amon, douglas.amon@pentagon.af.mil at 1180 Pentagon, Room 5D982, Washington, D.C. 20330; phone (703) 697-4811 (toll free 1-800-762-7407), FAX (703) 693-6262 (toll free 1-800-529-4681). Any information submitted in response to this RFI should be submitted directly to Maj. Amon. It is also requested that initial inputs be limited to 2-4 pages. Responders may be requested to provide additional details or presentations based on their initial submittals. Posted 03/03/99 (W-SN304378). (0062)

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