Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFFTC -- AF Flight Test Center, 30 North Wolfe Avenue, Edwards AFB, CA, 93523

B -- DATA CYCLE MAP OPTIMIZATION SOL 00T0521 DUE 062600 POC Lesley Ervan, Contract Specialist, Phone DSN527-7706, Fax 661-275-7809, Email lesley.ervan@edwards.af.mil -- John Adair, Contracting Officer, Phone 661-277-8436, Email john.adair@edwards.af.mil WEB: Visit this URL for the latest information about this, http://www.eps.gov/cgi-bin/WebObjects/EPS?ACode=P&ProjID=00T0521&LocID =906. E-MAIL: Lesley Ervan, lesley.ervan@edwards.af.mil. The Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB CA (AFFTC) intends to issue a purchase order to the University of South Australia to do a study to determine optimization criteria and techniques for telemetry Data Cycle Maps (DCM). This order is for 40 hours of labor to do Algorithm Identification in accordance with the Statement of Work (SOW) paragraph 3.1.1; 200 hours of labor to do Batch Processing Algorithm Software Development in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1.2; and 160 hours of labor to do Algorithm Efficiency Analysis in accordance with SOW paragraph 3.1.3;and 1 trip to Edwards AFB for 4 days in accordance with SOW 3.2 including car rental, lodging and Per Diem. DCMs describe the formats used for sending and recording data. A recent study indicates that current DCMs are less than optimal. Techniques for optimizing DCMs would thus directly benefit test and training missions by allowing minimal use of telemetry spectrum and by allowing efficient use of data recording media. Although the major optimization criterion from DCMs is the minimization of bits that do not carry information, there may be other criteria as well. The proposed study shall provide: 1) an identification and discussion of DCM optimization criteria 2) algorithmic techniques for meeting these criteria, and 3) prototype software for evaluating and implementing these techniques. Any qualified source interested in quoting on this solicitation should contact Leslie Ervan, Contract Specialist, at(661) 277-7706 or leslie.ervan@edwards.af.mil. Qualified sources should include information on studies currently being done in this research area. Posted 06/12/00 (D-SN463784). (0164)

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