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A -- DRAFT REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS NOW AVAILABLE FOR INDUSTRY COMMENT SOL N00039-99-R-XXX3 DUE 061199 POC CDR Rich Mendez (619)537-0487 WEB: SPAWAR Business Opportunities Page, Future Opportunities,, http://agena.spawar.navy.mil/command/02/acq/navhome.nsf. E-MAIL: CDR Rich Mendez, mendezr@spawar.navy.mil. 1. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), on behalf of the Communications Satellite Program Office (PMW-146), Program Executive Officer, Space, Communications and Sensors (PEO-SCS), intends to award multiple concept study contracts in fiscal year 2000 for the Advanced Narrowband Architecture (ANA) which includes the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS). The ANA describes an advanced satellite communication system that will satisfy joint mobile users' communication requirements with an initial operational capability in CY 2007. 2. SPAWAR has made available on its WEB Site a draft request for proposals (RFP) seeking industry comment relative to the government's concept study requirement. The Government anticipates releasing a formal RFP in early July 1999. The current draft RFP and related documents may be viewed or downloaded from SPAWAR's Business Opportunities Web Page (BOP) at http://agena.spawar.navy.mil/command/02/acq/navhome.nsf. 3. To view or download these documents, interested parties should refer to "FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES" and solicitation number N00039-99-R-XXX3 for MUOS then click on the "blue triangle" next to the solicitation number to view available documents. Interested parties are encouraged to register and subscribe to this solicitation, as they will receive e-mail notification when new or revised documents are posted. Instructions for registering are available on-line at this same web site. 4. Foreign companies should note that they will not be able to register on line to down load documents. However, they may call 619-537-0487 for more information. 5. Comments from industry are requested by June 11, 1999 and can be submitted electronically to CDR Rich Mendez at mendezr@spawar.navy.mil in email text format or word processing format compatible with Microsoft Word for Windows '98. Posted 05/21/99 (W-SN334544). (0141)

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