Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (Code 2.2), 47123 Buse Road, Bldg 2272, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1547

16 -- COMPUTER INTERFACE UNIT/ENCODER SOL n/a POC Contact Mike Mumford, (301)757-7074 E-MAIL: mumfordm@navair.navy.mil, mumfordm@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command intends to negotiate a firm fixed price contract with Litton Systems, Inc, Guidance and Control Division, Northridge, California, to procure CV-3994/ALQ-99J Computer-Storer Signal Data units, also known as Computer Interface Unit/Encoders (CIU/E). If awarded, the contract will contain a basic buy of approximately 15 CIU/E systems and associated data, and priced options for up to 19 additional CIU/Es and associated data. The CIU/E is a Weapon Replaceable Assembly (WRA) that operates in a real time environment within the AN/ALQ-99 Electronic Countermeasures System as part of the Block 89 EA-6B Prowler Aircraft configuration. The CIU/E receives pulse video signals from the AN/ALQ-99 receiver subsystem and sends time-tagged per-pulse parametric and angle-of-arrival information to the AN/AYK-14 Central Mission Computer through a MIL-STD-1553 data bus. The CIU/E also performs AN/ALQ-99 receiver scanning and tuning control, and coordinates jammer blanking to allow collection of radio frequency and pulse data in a jamming environment. Litton Systems Inc., is the designer, developer, and sole manufacturer of the CIU/E and is the only known source that can meet program schedule requirements. Security clearance to the Secret level is required for performance under this procurement. See note No. 22 Posted 04/13/99 (W-SN318600). (0103)

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