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

A -- MARKET SURVEY FOR INTEGRATED SITUATION AWARENESS AND TARGETING (ISAT) ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION (ATD) PROGRAM DUE 041700 POC Steven E Oshel, 732-427-3939 WEB: CBDNET.ACCESS.GPO.GOV, http://steven.oshel@mail1.monmouth.army.mil. E-MAIL: CECOM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT & ENGINEERING CENTER, steven.oshel@mail1.monmouth.army.mil. U.S. Army CECOM-CERDEC, Fort Monmouth is conducting an R&D Sources Sought Notice/Market Survey to establish potential sources for the Integrated Situation Awareness and Targeting (ISAT) Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) Program. This announcement is not a Request for Proposals nor does the Government guarantee by this announcement that a Solicitation will be issued. Due to the diversity of concepts being explored under this program the U.S. Army CECOM-CERDEC is seeking industry collaboration. It would be the responsibility of the interested sources to show they can assemble the relevant team members to successfully execute this program. The program is in the 6.3 advanced development phase of the acquisition lifecycle. The US Army CECOM-CERDEC welcomes the reuse of products developed by other DOD elements that address similar concepts described herein to assist with meeting the objectives of the ISAT ATD and providing cost savings. A basic goal of the ATD is to transition mature products for technology insertion into mainstream programs that are in the 6.4 or later stages of the acquisition lifecycle. At this time the Government estimates from time of award to completion that the effort will not exceed two (2) years. Interested sources would be required to have secret security clearances. The ISAT ATD program will be developing integrated aircraft survivability systems concepts to enhance the operational effectiveness and survivability of the platform. The ISAT ATD will demonstrate a fully integrated airborne "System of Systems" multi-spectral threat warning suite. The technologies and concepts demonstrated will include RF/IR/EO receivers and detectors capable of precise angle-of-arrival measurements, multi-sensor data fusion techniques, tactical decision aids, and advanced Soldier Machine Interface (SMI) for situational awareness. An additional requirement for the ISAT ATD is to demonstrate aircraft survivability systems role in information and intelligence operations in the tactical level battlespace. This planned effort is expected to be primarily an integration of sensors and their outputs with an emphasis on the development of the necessary software strategies and algorithms to realize the concepts described herein and will consist of design, development, fabrication and field testing of the design on an Army supplied helicopter. No new sensor development is anticipated under this effort however the Government is currently developing enhanced self-protection sensors for this program. The Government anticipates the self-protection systems to be used will be modified versions of the AN/ALQ-211 Suite of Integrated Radio Frequency Countermeasues (SIRFC), ALQ-212/AAR-57 Advanced Threat Infrared Countermeasure/Common Missile Warning System (ATIRCM/CMWS) and AN/VVR-1 Laser Warning Receiver (LWR). The self-protection systems are expected to be GFE and/or CFE. Interested sources shall have to show demonstrated experience integrating self-protection systems into higher level applications for aviation with an emphasis on multi-source/sensor data fusion techniques, decision aids and/or intelligent agents for self-protection systems. Interested sources should have a working knowledge of military avionics, military Command, Control, and Communications (C3) architecture, and Joint Technical Architecture-Army (JTA-A) requirements and standards. Experience with supporting military airworthiness release and safety of flight requirements as well as with flight testing of military systems is important. Facilities to fabricate, modify, integrate, and test the design including support to sub-systems. Interested sources will be required to submit references to validate experience. Requested information should include but is not limited to, purchase descriptions used by other government agencies such as statements of work, length of time the product has been produced or in service, product quality, reliability, and maintainability experience, cost drivers in the development, manufacture and use of the product, description of contractor's quality controls including extent of statistical process controls, product evaluation criteria (including life-cycle criteria, if applicable), degree of technical data package availability, hardware, software, and manpower interface issues such as human factors and product safety as experienced by similar users, manufacturer test results, certification or test results from independent test organizations and list of those currently using the product. Responses are requested by COB 17 April 2000. Technical POC is Steven E. Oshel, Phone (732) 427-3936, FAX (732) 427-2196 or e-mail steven.oshel@mail1.monmouth.army.mil. Posted 03/14/00 (W-SN434185). (0074)

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