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58 -- DIRECTION FINDING PRODUCTS SOL DAAB32-00-R-RW02 DUE 101500 POC Jeff Bolton or William Alvarez (520)-538-3380/3068 E-MAIL: Click Here, boltonj@hqasc.army.mil. Request for Information (RFI) The United States Army Network Engineering Telecommunication Activity (USANETA), located at Ft. Huachuca, Az 85613-5000 is seeking information concerning the state of commercial, off-the-shelf (COTS), direction finding (DF) products. The purpose of this RFI is to invite vendors of DF products to submit profiles of their products to USANETA for inclusion in a USANETA Electromagnetic Compatibility Program (EMCP) archive of DF system products. The archive will be for USANETA EMCP internal use only and will not be released outside of USANETA. All information will be treated as public knowledge. Vendors should not submit proprietary information in response to this RFI. The focus of the RFI is on the following type of DF system: Lightweight, portable, suitcase Direction Finding (DF) system for the 3 to 14.5 GHz frequency range. No component shall exceed 75 lbs in weight. No component shall exceed a two man lift while in its transit case. All components shall have individual or share a transit case with other components. All components shall be suitable for repeated shipment in transit cases. System assembly time shall be 1 hour or less including antenna/mast system. Antenna/Mast system shall adapt to mounting on typical minivans and cargo vans to allow a drive away system with a variety of vehicles. DF Line of Bearing (LOB) suggested accuracy is 2 degrees or less. The system shall be automated using a INTEL/WINNT2000 platform. Automation platform shall employ GUI, provide LOB traced on map display, and provide worldwide digital mapping display capability. The system software shall accept user input of GPS position coordinates or provide integrated position tracking via GPS. System power shall be compatible with 110/60 Hz or 220/50 Hz sources. NDI/COTS acquisition. Response to advertisement shall be a white paper describing system performance accompanied with any associated literature in existence such as brochures or presentation slides. Respondents are welcome to provide information in the form of product brochures, press releases, technical specification sheets, reprints of trade journal articles, etc. All submissions should be submitted as hardcopy (preferred), electronic, or both according to the following instructions. Suspense date for submissions is 15 Oct 2000. POC: Jeff Bolton or William Alvarez (520)-538-3380/3068 Hardcopy via U.S. Mail to: Commander USANETA Attn: AFSN-ET (Bolton)Ft. Huachuca, Az 85613-5000 Electronically (Word 97 or PDF attachments only). Please limit attachment size to 2 MB. Send to boltonj@hqasc.army.mil and alvarezw@hqasc.army.mil . This announcement is for information gathering purposes. This announcement does not commit the Government to any procurement or for preparation costs incurred by the provider. The Government does not have any technical specifications for these items other than those discussed above. Posted 08/07/00 (W-SN482977). (0220)

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