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69 -- LIGHTWEIGHT PLAYER DETECTION DEVICE DUE 080196 POC Ms. Barbara Y. Ladd, Contracting Ladd, (407) 380-4099 SOURCES SOUGHT - The US Army Program Manager for Training Devices is interested in industries response to a new program to replace the Player Detection Devices currently fielded at the Combat Training Centers. These centers are the Army's premier resource for collective training feedback. To obtain the outstanding feedback products in an objective manner, many of the players are instrumented to provide After Action Review (AAR) data regarding the participant s position and status during training exercises. Participants (particularly dismounted soldiers) are to be subjected to direct fire and simulated area weapons effects. The Army's current design for the dismounted soldier, referred to as an Instrumented Player Detection Device (IPDD), weighs between 12 and 17 pounds and is powered by a lithium sulfur dioxide battery, BA 5590. The current IPDD consists of a direct and indirect fire tactical engagement system and a data communication interface unit (DCIU). The DCIU is required to report the location, status and results of engagements on the battlefield using a CTC- specific RF communications architecture. The IPDD draws significant energy from its battery power to determine location, assess realistic casualties (when under direct and indirect fire attack) and report back data to the Core Instrumentation System (CIS). The Army is interested in industry's response to a new program to replace the 6080 IPDDs and associated PDDs (without a DCIU) with a new version IPDD, weighing six (6) pound or less, with a much lighter rechargeable battery, (which would meet operating requirements of at least 24 continuous hours at the CTC without requiring replacement) and maximizing electronic miniaturization to achieve a physically smaller IPDD more conducive to the battlefield environment. First fielding would be no later than first quarter fiscal year 1999 (Oct 1998). The Army is specifically interested in all Joint Ventures that may be formed to satisfy this requirement. The Army has significant investment in the communications architectures at the Combat Training Centers. Therefore, the Army is specifically interested in all Joint Ventures that may be formed to satisfy this requirement which allows the Army to retain it s investment in communication architectures. Since the clientele of these products support investigations from foreign countries on our training simulations, there may be even larger world wide markets for this solution. This announcement does not constitute a request for proposal, but is solely for the purpose of planning by surveying the market for qualified sources interested in the above requirement. Interested parties are requested to submit a white paper describing their approach and potential teaming arrangements/joint ventures. No formal solicitation is available at this time. (0200)

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