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A -- R&D INTEREST TOPICS IN SUPPORT OF BAA I2WD 2000 SOL DAAB07-00-R-K501 DUE 092304 POC Craig Rabb, Intelligence Operations Specialist, AMSEL-RD-IW-TS (732)427-7065 WEB: DAAB07-00-R-K501, http://abop.monmouth.army.mil. E-MAIL: knightv@mail1.monmouth.army.mil, costa@mail1.monmouth.army.mil. SIC CODE 8711 -- The US Army, Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM), Research, Development and Engineering Center (RDEC), Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) announces the expectation of the Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to award a number of relatively small research efforts through Fiscal Year 2005. The research areas may have short or long-range impact on Army Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Electronic Warfare (EW), Command and Control Warfare (C2W), Information's Operations (IO), Information Warfare (IW), night vision (NV), tactical laser, aided target recognition (ATR), combat identification (CID), aircraft and ground vehicle survivability equipment (ASE&GSE), Electro-optics (EO), infrared (IR) or countermeasure technologies. The Government encourages application of prospective offerors including but not limited to private companies (large and small), educational institutions, and non-profit organizations. Also, Canadian firms participating in the Defense Development Sharing Program are eligible. Informal proposals and outlines are encouraged before a final proposal to BAA I2WD 2000 are submitted. Also, offerors are encouraged to contact Government topic technical point of contract (TPOC) regarding advised security levels. The release of the BAA I2WD 2000, Solicitation No. DAAB07-00-R-K501, is anticipated on or about 12 October 1999 for research interest topics to achieve information superiority and information dominance. All interested parties wishing to do business with CECOM are invited to access, operate, send and receive data from CECOM Business Opportunity Page (BOP) which can be accessed at the following internet address: http://abop.monmouth.army.mil. The Government expects various awards to start during FY'00 through FY '05 with expected range of cost from $50K to $2M for one (1) person-year level of effort (LOE) to eight (8) person year LOE as appropriate for deliverables. Deliverables will vary from limited data (study/analysis) to significant data consisting of substantial software and hardware (technique developments/demonstrations/brassboards). General questions concerning this announcement should be directed to Mary Ellen Elgart, I2WD BAA Coordinator, by addressing e-mail to elgartm@mail1.monmouth.army.mil or calling (732) 427-3243. Posted 09/23/99 (W-SN383908). (0266)

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