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58 -- MARKET SURVEY FOR NDI, AIRBORNE QUALIFIED, UHF SATCOM ANDVT/DAMA- CAPABLE INTEGRATED TERMINALS POC Mr. Joseph Zimmerman, Contracting Officer, 617-271-6279. UHF SATCOM Demand Assigned Multiple Access (DAMA) Integrated Terminal. POC Mr. Joseph Zimmerman, Contracting Officer, (617) 271-6279. The UHF SATCOM Terminal Development office (ESC/MCP) at Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom AFB, MA is conducting a market survey for the production of Non-Developmental Item (NDI) UHF SATCOM DAMA-capable Integrated Terminals and Remote Control Units (IT/RCU), designed for aircraft environment, that comply with MIL-STD-188-181, MIL-STD-188-182, MIL-STD-188-183, and specification ESC-INT-TERM-FS001 (to be developed). The IT/RCU shall incorporate, as a minimum, the functional capabilities of a UHF SATCOM transceiver, DAMA modem, and wideband (VINSON) and narrowband (ANDVT) voice and data (KG-84) crypto encoders/vocoders into a single end item. A remote control unit shall be used to control all IT functions. For planning purposes, the IT/RCU Request For Proposal (RFP) is scheduled for release in mid calendar year 1996 with contract award scheduled for early calendar year 1997. It is anticipated that any resulting Source Selection will include a competitive fly-off. The IT/RCU may be used by Air Mobility Command (AMC) and Air Combat Command (ACC) to support portable and fixed terminal UHF DAMA SATCOM requirements in various aircraft. This notice is a MARKET SURVEY ONLY. Interested vendors shall submit in writing, within ten (10) working days of publication of this announcement, a statement of interest and shall provide the following: IT/RCU specifications, design information if available, and the IT/RCU development/availability schedule to include UHF DAMA compliance certification IAW the MIL STD's, performance validation, environmental qualification for airborne application, and NSA endorsement for COMSEC/TRANSEC embedded devices. Vendors shall include their capability to provide integrated logistics support including depot level maintenance. Vendors shall clearly state if their product can support additional features, e.g. multi-band (VHF/UHF), Have Quick, SINCGARS, TADIL, GPS, etc. Vendor responses are not to exceed five (5) pages. The Government will use the information obtained from this market survey to understand the capabilities of the marketplace and will, subsequent to receipt of letters of interest, provide interested vendors an opportunity, AT NO COST TO THE GOVERNMENT, to review and provide comments on the draft specification and Statement Of Work (SOW). This synopsis does not constitute a RFP or an Invitation For Bid (IFB) and is not intended to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Small, minority-owned, and disadvantaged businesses shall identify themselves as such. Responses to this synopsis shall be addressed to ESC/MCK, Attn: Mr. Joseph Zimmerman, 91 Hartwell Ave, Lexington, MA 02173, (617) 271-6279. (0221)

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