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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 10, 2002 FBO #0159
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- Infrared Sensor Stimulator (IRSS) Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I)

Notice Date

5/8/2002
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, 12350 Research Parkway Code 253, Orlando, FL, 32826
 

ZIP Code

32826
 

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-IRSS-P3I
 

Response Due

6/24/2002
 

Archive Date

7/9/2002
 

Point of Contact

Felix Marrero, Contract Specialist, Phone 407-380-4735, Fax 407-384-3888, - Shirley Eaton, Contracting Officer, Phone 407-208-4093, Fax 407-380-4164,
 

E-Mail Address

felix_marrero@stricom.army.mil, shirley_eaton@stricom.army.mil
 

Description

LARGE FORMAT RESISTIVE-EMITTER ARRAY (LFRA) INFRARED SCENE PROJECTOR (IRSP) The U.S. Army Simulation, Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) intends to award a sole source contract to Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. 312-A North Nopal Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103 to perform research, design, development, management, testing, integration, documentation and delivery of Large Format Resistive-Emitter Array (LFRA) Infrared Scene Projector (IRSP) systems. The LFRA IRSP program is part of the Infrared Sensor Stimulator (IRSS) Pre-Planned Product Improvement (P3I) Project sponsored by Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD) Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program (CTEIP). The IRSS P3I project falls under the Joint Installed System Test Facility (JISTF) umbrella of the CTEIP effort. The IRSS P3I is designed to support the Tri-services? installed electro-optical (EO) imaging sensors Test and Evaluation (T&E) instrumentation requirements. The Air Combat Test and Evaluation Facility (ACETEF), Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Patuxent River, MD is the Lead for Program Management (PM). The Electronic Combat Integrated Test (ECIT), Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards Air Force Base, CA is the Deputy PM. The U.S. Army STRICOM serves as the Technical and Engineering Lead. Presently, T&E organizations from each of the three services utilize resistive-array-based Infrared Scene Projectors (IRSP) for developmental testing of tactical IR sensors in the laboratory environment. The IR resistive array consists of a packaged integrated circuit utilizing several hundred thousand micro-resistors (micro-emitters) which each emit individually controlled IR energy in response to controlled current flow. Combining the resistor array with a scene generator, drive electronics, and matching collimator optics provides an IRSP with the capability to project realistic IR scenes into the entrance aperture of a sensor under test that are dynamic, and radiometrically correct. Consequently, the resistive array based IRSP has proven to be the most versatile, realistic, and cost effective means of testing IR sensors in the laboratory. The state-of-the-art in IR scene projection is represented in IRSPs utilizing resistive arrays containing up to 672x544 pixels. These devices are sufficient for testing many presently fielded sensor systems. However, they do not provide the necessary resolution and field-of-view (FOV) coverage to adequately test advanced-sensors presently under development (i.e., Target Acquisition Sensors, Threat Warning Sensors, Directed IR Countermeasures Sensors, IR Search and Track Sensors, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Sensors, and Missile Seekers). Subsystem test laboratories, and installed systems test facilities, both need higher resolution IRSPs (up to 1024x2048 pixel format in the near term, with a growth path to 2048x2048 pixel format) to cost effectively test the next generation of sensor systems in the confines of the laboratory, depot, chamber, hangar, and dock. The IRSS P3I Project is a ?Follow-On? upgrade to complete the required performance capability requirements of the Full Operational Capability (FOC) IRSS system. IRSS P3I will satisfy the requirements for Full Field of View (F-FOV) scene projection in the middle to long wavelength IR (M/LWIR) spectrums. It also addresses corresponding upgrades commensurate to the increased data throughput and computational requirements for the supporting command and control electronics (C&CE) capabilities. Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. (A HEICO Company) is located in Santa Barbara, CA., and is classified as a large business. The company is an experienced, and a leading, supplier of standard, and custom equipment, for testing IR/Visible/Laser electro-optical systems, and is the only viable candidate that can meet the LFRA IRSP performance capability requirements as evidenced by the results of the recent ?sources sought/request for information?. Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc is the only company that has the requisite technical capabilities and expertise to meet the following LFRA IRSP requirements:  Micro-resistive array for a scene projector with a large format configuration of 1024x1024 and 1024x2048 pixel formats with growth path to 2048x2048 pixel formats or larger.  Technically sound design, approaches and processes to fabricate, package and cool the large format arrays.  Continuous emission over the entire 3 to 12 micron spectral range.  Emit dynamic and radiometrically accurate IR images of targets and battlefield/test environments that replicate scenes as presented to the sensors in real world scenarios.  Technically sound design and approaches to perform projection at real time frame rates of up to 200 Hz.  Windowing techniques at 400 Hz. frame rates or higher for applications that require lower resolution (e.g., 512x1024) stimulation.  Emphasis on uniformity, pixel yield, and heat load.  Form, fit and function that provide portability, mobility and reconfigurability needed to fully support installed system testing.  The scene signal/imagery will be in digital format and transmitted to the LFRA via fiber. It is preferred that digital to analog conversion of the signal be performed on or near the back-plane area of the LFRA.  Required delivery by July 2003 of a scene projector with a large format configuration of 1024x1024. Based on the results of the ?sources sought/request for information?, which established that there is only one viable company that can perform and meet the above requirements, the US Army STRICOM intends to pursue a sole source acquisition strategy and intends to award the LFRA IRSP effort to Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. Any further questions or responses should be addressed to: NAWCTSD, Code 2536, 12350 Research Parkway, Orlando, FL 32826 or e-mail to Mr. Felix Marrero, Contract Specialist, at Felix_Marrero@stricom.army.mil and/or Mrs. Shirley L. Eaton, Contracting Officer, at Shirley_Eaton@stricom.army.mil. Please provide responses no later than 1300 hours, 24 June 2002.
 

Place of Performance

Address: Santa Barbara Infrared, Inc. 312-A North Nopal Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93103

Zip Code: 93103

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00073796-W 20020510/020508213344 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

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