U.S. Army Space & Missile Defense Command, Attn: SMDC-CM, 106 Wynn Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805-1990

A -- BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SOL DASG60-00-0005 POC Mona Neal, Contract Specialist, 256-955-4565, Donald C. Reesman, Contracting Officer, 256-955-3000 This is a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) issued under the provisions of paragraph 6.102(d)(2) of the Federal Acquisition Regulation, which provides for the competitive selection of research proposals. Contract(s) based on responses to this BAA are considered to be the result of full and open competition and in full compliance with the provisions of PL 98-369, "The Competition in Contracting Act of 1984." USASMDC plans to award contracts to commercial contractors and contracts and/or grants with educational institutions, and nonprofit organizations, for research in those areas covered in this BAA. The topics of interest are as follows: A. Command, Control, Communications and Computer Technologies Including: 1. Distributive Computing and HWIL, 2. Laser Communications, 3. Opto-Electronic Computer Networking, 4. On-Board Processing, 5. Information Assurance, 6. Intelligent Decision Aids, 7. Advanced Operator System Interfaces, B. Weapon Technologies Including: 1. Miniature Interceptor, 2. Laser and Other DE Sources and Applications, 3. RF and Other Advanced Warhead Concepts, 4. On-Board Propulsion, C. Sensor Technologies Including: 1. Electromagnetic Technology and Radar Enhancements, 2. Diamond Technology and Wide Band Gap Semiconductors, 3. Organic, Polymeric, and Solid State Optical Materials, 4. Missile Signatures and Aerothermochemistry, 5. Optical Target Characterization, 6. Nonlinear Optics, 7. Nonlinear Processes, 8. Gallium Nitride Microwave Power Amplifiers, 9. Sensor/Data Fusion and Target Discrimination, D. Innovative Technologies Including: 1. Material Plasma Processing, 2. Superconducting Electronics, 3. Pulsed Power, Energy Conversion, and Thermal Management, 4. Energetic Material Systems, 5. Robust Microcontrollers, 6. Advanced Nonlinear and Adaptive Control Systems, 7. Computational Fluid Dynamics and Simulations of Multiphase Systems, 8. Advanced Technologies Prioritization and Application. This acquisition is not open to allied participation at the prime contractor level. Complete BAA with information on submission of concept papers and proposals is available on-line in the USASMDC Contracts Home Page at the following web site: http://www.smdc.army.mil, click on BUSINESS. Posted 03/24/00 (W-SN438154). (0084)

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