Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL -- PL "Space Vehicles Directorate", 2251 Maxwell Ave, Kirtland AFB, NM, 87177

A -- PROGRAM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT (PRDA) FOR SPACE ELECTRONICS MODELING, DEVELOPMENT, AND EXPERIMENTATION (SEMDE) SOL PRDA-00-VS02 DUE 060100 POC Karla Vlahoulis, Contracting Specialist, Phone 505 843 3359, Fax 505 846 5576, Email vlahoulk@plk.af.mil -- Nathan White, Contracting Officer, Phone 505 846 5935, Fax 505 846 7049, Email whiten@plk.af.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=PRDA-00-V S02&LocID=2682. E-MAIL: Karla Vlahoulis, vlahoulk@plk.af.mil. PROGRAM RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ANNOUNCEMENT (PRDA) FOR SPACE ELECTRONICS MODELING, DEVELOPMENT, AND EXPERIMENTATION (SEMDE). SOL PRDA 00-VS02. Contract POC: Karla M. Vlahoulis, Contract Specialist, Det 8 AFRL/PKVE, 2251 Maxwell Avenue SE, Bldg. 424, Room 208, Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5773 (505/853-3359), telefax (505/846-5576), Email address: vlahoulk@plk.af.mil, Major Nathan White, Contracting Officer (505/846-5935), whiten@plk.af.mil. Technical POC Mr. Virgil Otero (505/846-5814), oterov@plk.af.mil. Due NLT 060100 4:00 PM MST. A-INTRODUCTION: PRDA 00-VS02. The Air Force Research Laboratory Det 8 (AFRL/VSSE), Kirtland AFB, NM, is seeking proposals (technical and cost) to advance the research and development (R&D) of space and missile electronics. The contractor will research, develop and conduct necessary experiments to demonstrate electronic components and subsystems capabilities meeting DOD Space mission operations and furthering the accomplishments of the AFRL mission. The total program budget for this effort is approximately $20M over a five-year period. B-REQUIREMENTS: Proposals are desired in all of the following research areas of interest: 1)Radiation Hardening: Perform survivability and vulnerability analyses of components and process test character evaluation chips to determine performance limitations, and make recommendations, and/or necessary changes to processes, components, or subsystems designs to mitigate these effects. This includes radiation response simulation and analysis, analytical modeling and simulation, and experimental assessment of radiation effects on electronic materials, devices, and subsystems. Investigate innovative concepts, processes, applications, and space qualified prototyping techniques. 2) Radiation Effects Response: Expand the knowledge of radiation effects on electronic materials and devices that apply to more complex electronic designs and systems for space and missile applications. Develop and verify analytical models and prototypes for the radiation response of these electronics. Perform verification and validation of electronic materials, designs, devices, and subsystems. Verify models and analyses by developing and conducting radiation performance and space qualification tests to determine their radiation vulnerability and survivability. Develop experimental and space qualified test methods and procedures for evaluating the performance before, during, and after exposure to simulated space and weapon radiation environments including x-rays, gamma rays, electrons, protons, neutrons, and ionizing particles. Design, procure, and assemble any special experimental or test equipment that is required to perform validation and verification tests. 3) Physical Mechanisms: Investigate the physical mechanisms involved in the degradation or failure of all manner of microelectronic devices. Expand the understanding of radiation effects in these devices through testing, analysis, and modeling. Analyze the test data to determine the effects of variations in materials, processing techniques, and device structure on response and radiation hardness. Model the radiation effects to describe the physical mechanisms, which account for the radiation response of materials, devices, and components. 4) Radiation Hardness Techniques: Develop techniques for improving the radiation hardness of advanced electronic component processes and subsystems, including the failure mechanisms identified in paragraph 3) above. Design prototype test characterization vehicles and/or standard evaluation circuits and performs validation and verification or radiation response tests to demonstrate the usefulness of such techniques. THE ENTIRE ANNOUNCEMENT CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM WWW.EPS.GOV. THIS IS LOCATED UNDER AIR FORCE, AFMC, AFRL SPACE VEHICLES Posted 04/20/00 (D-SN447133). (0111)

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