US Army CECOM, Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Electronic Warfare (C4IEW) Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5008

58 -- INDIVIDUAL SOLDIER RADIO MARKET SURVEY POC Herman Chiu, 908-532-0447. This market survey is being re-published to extend the latest response date from 31 March 1995 to 15 April 1995. This is a Market Investigation to determine the availability of an existing non-developmental hand-held two-way radio that can fit comfortably in the hand of a soldier. The radio system must have the following features - Safe for soldiers to operate, easy to set up and program, easy to activate without emitting noticeable sound, and easy to operate without referring to the instruction manual; a visual only low battery indicator; audio volume control; high/low RF power selectability; minimum of 16 channel presets; flexible, rubber coated antenna, no more than 10 inches long; internal microphone and loudspeaker; an external microphone and headset assembly with talk-thru capability and compatible with the Personnel Armor System for Ground Troop (PASGT) helmet. The cable, connecting the radio to the external microphone and headset assembly, shall be as short as possible and detachable at both ends. A small, lightweight adapter/cable must be provided to interface between the radio and the Combat Vehicle Crewman (CVC) helmet. The color of the radio shall be the color of standard military communications equipment. The radio must meet the following technical characteristics - The radio shall be no more than 8 x 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 (in.) in size (including carrying case), no more than 30 ounces in weight (including case, battery, headset, and antenna); capable of providing a communication range of at least 700 meters when operated over rolling and slightly wooded terrain, 250 - 700 meters when used between dismounted and mounted armored vehicle crew personnel, and a least 250 meters with a soldier in a foxhole or in a prone position; capable of operating in a VHF/UHF frequency band outside the 30-87.975 MHz; no more than 25 KHz in RF channel bandwidth; capable of using commercial and military standard single-use and rechargeable batteries; capable of 12 hours of operation (standby to receive to transmit ratio of 8:1:1) at high power level without replacement of battery. The battery charger shall be capable of operating from 115/230 VAC 50/60 Hertz and 18-32 VDC and charging six or more batteries simultaneously. The radio shall provide, as few as possible, controls and indicators that will be clearly marked, readily accessible to the operator, and be capable of easy operation in a combat environment and/or under adverse weather conditions. The locations of controls shall prevent unintentional activation. The radio's display/indicator shall be readable with GEN III night vision goggles and shall not be visible to the naked eye in complete darkness more than 10 meters away. The audio level of the internal loud speaker or external headset shall be adjustable to a low level not detectable by the unaided ear more than 15 meters away in low noise environment. The radio shall meet or exceed the following minimum environmental requirements: operating at temperature of -25 F to +125 F; operating at altitude up to 15,000 ft; capable of withstanding shock and vibration induced by combat operations to include weapons firing, airdrop in a soldier's rucksack, transporting in combat vehicles and military cargo/personnel air carriers at altitudes up to 40,000 ft and rapid depressurization during air transportation; operating without degradation in driving rain, snow, and/or sleet. The radio shall be able to comply with the following EMI emissions and susceptibility requirements. Spurious emissions shall be less than - 100 dB relative to the fundamental power, except (5) emissions shall be permitted to be -87 dB. IF rejection and spurious rejections shall be 100 dB and 80 dB above measured sensitivity respectively. The radio shall meet the electromagnetic environmental effects (E3) resulting in the control of emissions that may interfere with various other equipment employed by users in the operational environment, including adjacent ISR systems, non-ISR radios, vehicles electronics, weapon system, etc. The radio shall meet the following reliability, maintainability, and testability requirements: mean time between operational mission failures (MTBOMF) of at least 424 hours; mean time to repair (MTTR) at organizational level and direct support level not to exceed 15 minutes and 30 minutes respectively; integrated diagnostics/prognostics for cost effective means of fault detection/isolation. Built-in-test/Built-in-test Equipment shall unambiguously fault isolate all known or expected faults to occur in the radio, and will be used to the maximum extent possible. The following techncial features and capabilities are desired but not required. A remote push-to-talk (PTT); secured or securable by an approved Type I crypto system IAW AR 380-19 (Information Systems Security); a second antenna for armored vehicle applications to provide communications between mounted and dismounted crew member (existing ports or hatches shall be used for vehicular antenna installation, penetration of the vehicle's hull is not permitted, and closed hatch operation is desired but not required); capable to operate at temperature down to -40 F; provides setting for extreme low level of RF output power; submersible in one meter of water for 10 minutes without operational degradation; 24 hours of operation (same duty cycle as above) without battery replacement. To qualify as a non-developmental item (NDI), the system must require no R&D funding, have test data available for verifying functional and environmental performance, have draft or final supporting commercial literature, have published marketing price list of radio and its components, be currently in production or be available for testing and evaluation in time to meet the fielding requirements. Any offeror having an item which meets the above technical and NDI criteria is invited to submit the following - Two (2) system hardware samples, system description and performance specification, test data verifying functional and environmental performance, reliability and maintainability, production lead times and schedule, quantities produced to date, customers (US or foreign), type and extent of standard warranty coverage and availability of extended warranty, supporting commercial literature to include operations technical manual, repair/service manual, list of required test and maintenance equipment and ancillary items needed to operate, repair and support the proposed system in worldwide tactical military environments, identification of exceptions or deviations to the above technical and NDI criteria. Each system sample will be evaluated by the CECOM laboratories and user representatives, and the result will be used to determine the feasibility of the NDI approach and to assist the development of the requirement documents. Offerors are required to provide a signed statement releasing the Government of any system damage liability in connection with this market investigation. At the conclusion of the market investigation, all hardware samples will be returned to the offerors at their expense. All responses must be submitted by 15 April 1995 to US Army CECOM, AMSEL-RD-ST-MC-V (Attn: Herman Chiu), Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5203 (A/C 908-532-0447). Only written requests for this solicitation will be accepted. (0088)

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