USA Materiel Command Acqiuisition Center, Yuma Proving Ground Contracts Division, ATTN: AMSSB-ACY/Bldg. 2100, Yuma, AZ 85365-9106

66 -- REAL-TIME WIRELESS ACOUSTIC (SOUND) LOCATING AND SCORING SYSTEM DUE 062700 POC Ms. Pamela E. Nevels, Contracting Officer (520)328-6154 WEB: USAYPG Contracting Home Page, http://www.yuma.army.mil/contracting. E-MAIL: pamela.nevels@yuma-exch1.army.mil, pamela.nevels@yuma-exch1.army.mil. This is a Sources Sought Synopsis for a Real-Time Wireless Acoustic (sound) Locating and Scoring System in support of the Electronics Branch at USA Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. The system must have the capability to operate on generator, DC battery or solar/battery power. The system will be used to detect,identify,locate and count multiple explosive events above or on an impact area for testing of military systems. The system must collect and store acoustical events up to 48 hours nonstop. During this time, the system must display the real-time data being collected, process the data being collected and display the results of the processed data. The system central time must be referenced to GPS time. The system must collect and utilize real-time atmospheric conditions, (temperature, humidity, wind speed, wind direction and ambient pressure), over the covered space or area. The preferred frequency range of the wireless transmissions, is the air ground band (225-400 MHz). The system shall operate over a range of 16 Km from the base station to the center of the covered volume or area. The wireless communication must be faultless and not susceptible to interference or cause interference with other systems. The system must be ready for Fast Ethernet(10/100Base-TX) networks. The system CPU must be state of the art, minimum comparable to Intel Pentium III 866 Hz processor. The preferred operating system for the processor shall be MS Windows NT/2000. The system source code shall be included. The system must be capable of performing self-diagnostic tests to verify status of the whole system. For data archiving, the system must provide a hardware controller raid system. The system must be capable of locating events in space, as well as on the surface of leveled and unleveled terrain. Terrain conditions with ridge heights of less than 3m, gully depths less than 3m, tree heights less than 7m, and brush heights less than 3 meters. For overhead events, the system must resolve solutions in the x, y and z dimensions with an accuracy of plus or minus five meters in either dimension. The system must cover a 1.6Km x 1.6Km x 1.6Km cubic volume. For the events on the ground surface, the system must resolve solutions in the x and y dimensions with an accuracy of plus or minus one meter in either dimension. The system must cover a 1.6Km x 1.6Km square area. The system must identify events by acoustic signatures and keep a separate count for each type of acoustic signature event. The system must account for simultaneous events in the air, ground surface or air and ground surface. Each event must have its time of day reported with an accuracy of plus or minus one millisecond. The system must post process data. At the post processing time, the user must be capable of correcting the atmospherics conditions if necessary. Also, if necessary the user must be capable of selecting specific events or a single event for specific multiple or single solutions. The exterior components of the system must be rugged for use in an arctic, desert or high humidity test environment, which includes Temperature from 15 degrees to +50 degrees C; Humidity from 0 to 95 % RH (non-condensing); Winds from 0 to 12m/s. The whole system must resist peak blast overpressures up to 1 psi. The microphones sensing element must resist peak blast overpressures up to 6 psi. Spare parts, manuals and training must be included with the system. Also, 50% progress and off the shelf product demonstrations are required. Application examples for space event follows: The following case applies to single and multiple shells fired at the same time from multiple guns. A base ejection shell, traveling at 200 to 700 m/s, performs an expulsion event ejecting two submunition canisters at approximately 1200 meters above ground surface. A bandcutter event for each canister follows within a second after the ejection event. Approximately 10 seconds later another bandcutter event occurs for each canister. Within 20 seconds after the second bandcutter event, each submunition will fire at anywhere from ground surface to 500 meters above the ground surface. The penetrator travels at supersonic speed. The penetrator will impact on a metallic target or the ground surface. If the submunition fails to fire, it will impact the ground and explosively self-destruct within 120 seconds after the expulsion event. The following case applies to single and multiple mortars, shells or rockets being fired simultaneously from multiple tubes, guns or launchers. Any item fired from the above mentioned items explodes at a set fuze time, either at a high altitude event anywhere from 10 meters to 1600 meters, at a low altitude event anywhere from 1 meter to 8 meters or upon impact on the ground surface. Application example for ground surface event follows: The following case applies to single and multiple mines exploding simultaneously. Mines scattered in random patterns go off in two modes, a high order explosive event or a low order explosive event. Up to 100 mines will function within a minute. All interested parties areinvited to provide their capabilities and estimated cost for the above requirement. The results of this synopsis may result in the issuance of a solicitation package for award of a three year requirements contract. Please forward your information and any questions concerning this requirement to Ms. Pamela Nevels no later than 27 June 2000 at the above address,the following e-mail address or facsimile (520)328-6849. Posted 06/08/00 (W-SN463051). (0160)

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