U.S. Army CECOM, CECOM Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008

58 -- INDUSTRY DAY FOR THE AERIAL COMMON SENSOR POC Marie Rice (732)427-5951 E-MAIL: ACS INDUSTRY DAY, ricem@mail1.Monmouth.army.mil. This is not a solicitation, but for planning purposes only. A contract will not be awarded from this announcement and no reimbursement for costs associated with attendance or preparation for the meeting are anticipated. The Government intends to host an Industry Day to provide industry and other Government agencies a briefing on the draft Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for the Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) multi-intelligence program, the Roadmap for acquisition, and preliminary draft requirements for the ACS. The ACS CONOPS and ORD dictate requirements for multi-intelligence operations and expand the airframe capability requirements of the current airborne intelligence assets. A migration strategy from the current GRCS and ARL sensor programs to a new ACS structure using new or modernized equipment, will be presented to Industry and other Government agencies. The new force and functional structure described in these documents, replaces the current GRCS and ARL systems. Key tenets of the ORD require an airborne intelligence collection system capable of self-deployment up to 2500nm with the ability to conduct operations upon arrival in theater and sustain operations for a minimum of 14 days. The system must be mission tailorable, flexible, sustainable and interoperable with other Army and Joint intelligence sensors. The mission of the ACS is to provide airborne SIGINT, IMINT and MASINT intelligence information throughout the spectrum of military operations and collaterally, provide joint and theater commanders with an accurate and reliable integrated battlespace picture. In an evolutionary acquisition profile, the ACS System will modernize and/or replace US Army airborne intelligence assets. The Government intends to solicit feedback from industry for use in defining a strategy for executing this modernization program. A web site is maintained at http://abop.monmouth.army.mil that will provide more detailed information, including a preview of the material to be briefed. This material will be available on the web site on 1 July 1999. The conference is scheduled for 8:00 AM-12:00 Noon, 20 July 1999 at the Lakeside Club, Ft. Huachuca, Az. Additional time will be set aside for one-on-one meetings with Government representatives. These will be scheduled in 20-minute blocks starting at 1300 hours on 20 July. Additional 20-minute blocks of time will be scheduled as time permits. The PM will go into a second day to accommodate if necessary. Please include in the RSVP intent to request a one-on-one session. It is the intent of the PM ACS to conclude all such briefings on 20 July 1999. A map and directions are available at http://www.primenet.com/~rlewis/postmap.htm Due to limited seating, please limit your attendance to no more than three (3) representatives and reserve your attendance by 30 Jun 1999. To reserve attendance at the conference please mail to: LINKURL: N/A LINKDESC: <A HREF="N/A LINKDESC: N/A EMAILADD: ricem@mail1.Monmouth.army.mil">N/A EMAILADD: ricem@mail1.Monmouth.army.mil&;lt;/A> Posted 05/21/99 (W-SN334477). (0141)

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