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58 -- LIGHTWEIGHT VIDEO RECONNAISSANCE SYSTEM (LVRS) SOL n/a DUE 072500 POC Michelle Weinert, Contract Specialist (732-427-1363) or Jack Kulaga, Contracting Officer (732-427-1356) E-MAIL: Michelle Weinert, Contract Specialist or Jack Kulaga,, michelle.weinert@mail1.monmouth.army.mil or jack.kulaga@mail1.monmouth.army.mil. This is a market survey to locate sources (system integrator) for a Lightweight Video Reconnaissance System (LVRS). The LVRS shall be MIL-STD-2500B with Notice 1, National Imagery Transmission Format Version 2.1 (NITF 2.1) certified (minimum Level of 3). The LVRS shall be Joint Technical Architecture -- Army (JTA-A), Version 6.0 compliant. LVRS shall provide a full range of data transmission capabilities, communication protocols, and interoperability with current and proposed government communications links (e.g., SINCGARS, PSC-5 (Narrow Band, Wide Band, and DAMA), MSHR, HF, and SATCOM). Imagery and Data shall be able to be sent over all government voice bandwidth circuits in harsh tactical environments where air time for transmissions is limited and using cryptologic devices (e.g. KY-57, KY-58, KY-99, KY-99A, KG-84A, KG-84C, KIV-7, and KY-100) or secure telephones (STU-III). The LVRS shall be compliant with MIL-STD-188-184, Interoperability and Performance Standard for the Data Control Waveform, and MIL-STD-2045-44500, National Imagery Transmission Standard (NITFS) Tactical Communications Protocol 2 (TACO2). Hardware and software shall be user friendly to allow non-technical users to operate the system and be able to transmit imagery in Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) Image Compression for the National Imagery Transmission Format Standard (MIL-STD-188-198A with Notice 2). The LVRS shall be configurable for use on various platforms, i.e., vehicle, aircraft, and man-portable. The LVRS shall consist of the following major components: an out station and a base station. The outstation shall be a ruggedized handheld processor with an active LCD display and sufficient memory capacity to view captured imagery prior to transmitting. This outstation shall be capable of acquiring, storing, and transmitting still frame imagery in both day and night. The outstation shall provide as a minimum a serial interface, an external power connection, and keyboard interface port. The LVRS shall also provide an interface to a National Television Systems Committee (NTSC) video in and video out sources as well as a digital high-speed serial data bus -- defined by IEEE Standard 1394-1995. The resident software shall be capable of manipulating and compressing the captured imagery prior to exporting. The LVRS base station shall have all of the capabilities of the outstation and shall be a ruggedized notebook computer with an active LCD display. The base station will be operated inside a shelter, vehicle, or aircraft to receive and disseminate digital imagery taken from the outstations. This equipment is to be Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) / Non-Developmental Item (NDI) or COTS/NDI with minor modifications which include but are not limited to hardening for field and inclement weather use and Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI). This is not a Request For Proposal (RFP). This is limited only to contractors capable of providing a completely integrated end-to-end system which must submit technical information, in writing, nolater than July 25, 2000, to Project Manger Night Vision, Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition, ATTN: SFAE-IEW&S-NV (J. Gonzalez), 10221 Burbeck Road, Suite 430, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060-5806. Posted 06/30/00 (W-SN470616). (0182)

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