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58 -- NATO: MEWSG IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM SOL D/SES/318/007/003 DUE 052799 POC Alexis Kemper (202-482-1512) NATO has a potential requirement to improve NATO MEWSG's Airborne Electronic Warfare Jamming Pods. The UK has been nominated as the Host Nation for this project, which will be managed by the Procuremet Executive of the UK Ministry of Defense. The Airborne Pod Improvement Program is planned to start in 2000 and be completed by 2003. The following is a description of the improvements: (1) C/D Band Pods-Quantity 7: There is a requirement for provision of digital control facility to enable adjustment from a laptop computer of the jamming capability in the D band using Digital Radio Frequency Memory techniques. (2) G/I/I Band Pods-Quantity 8: There is a need to improve the jamming capability in the G band using Digital Radio Frequency Memory techniques. (3) High I Band Quantity 2: There is a requirement to improve the jamming capability in the I band using Digital Radio Frequency Memory techniques. In addition, there is a need to replace the Travelling Wave Tube Amplifiers in these pods. (4) Safety Study: There is a requirement to comply with current safety regulations. This will necessitate a safety study to be carried out for the complete systems of the improved pods taking into account existing and modified equipment. The bidders will require security clearance up to and including NATO Secret. All applicants must be certified to compete in NATO ICB by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of Telecommunications. Submit all nomination requests to Alexis Kemper (fax: 202-482-5834) by COB 27 May 1999. Posted 05/10/99 (W-SN329737). (0130)

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