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

52 -- EXTREME CONDITION MESUREMENT DEVICE SOL DAAE30-99-Q-0207 DUE 050199 POC Cathy Kallistros, Contract Specialist, 973-724-3071 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SRCSgt/040219990/040219990.htm. E-MAIL: Cathleen A. Kallistros, ckallis@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (TACOM-ARDEC) will be issuing a Sole Source solicitation for the Advanced Drives and Weapon Stabilization (ADAWS) Lab for a device which is capable of measuring and time tagging extreme environmental events for items in transit and short or long term storage up to ten years. Specifically, temperature, humidity shock extremes have the potential to greatly effect warranty, safety and performance of Army Materiel. The design characteristics, schematics, break board hardware, software and user interface of the Datawrite Inc. PacTrack have been evaluated by the ADAWS Lab. The device has unique characteristics and functions which are not available from other source(s) and has the inherent ability to meet most if not all of the Army needs regarding a data logger system. The PacTrack design is to be capable of measuring and time tagging, via a real time clock, the temperature, relative humidity and 3-axisshock experienced by an item in transit or storage. The accelerometer circuit is continuously powered providing a wake- up signal to sample and hold circuitry to capture short duration events. The user interface is a powerful windows based front end which has the capability for processing and analyzing the measured data. This provides the ability to customize how the data is used and provides growth potential for future military needs. The device is capable of bi-directional Rf communications with the user interface or other PacTrack Systems. The PacTrack uses a battery with a specified 15 year shelf life and the devices unique power budget and signal conditioning approach enable an operating life of up to 10 years depending on the use of Rf communications. The modification and debugging of this device for military application and the subsequent testing, evaluation and marketing of PacTrack within the military community will provide a small (3" x 3" x 1.5") unique with unique capabilities at an afforable cost. Commercial applications do not normally require these capabilities and hence, the availability of such devices does not exist to meet the stringent military requirements at an affordable cost. Commercial applications do not require a 10 year monitoring of inventory items and other measured parameters do not meet the extreme conditions possible and probable for Army materiel in transit or storage. Note 22 Posted 04/02/99 (D-SN315652). (0092)

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