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F -- NATURAL RESOURCE & CONSERVATION SERVICES DUE 030197 POC Dale Gaston, Contracting Officer, 208/387-5819 Sources Sought Announcement: A Tactical Aerial Resource Management Study (TARMS) for the wildland aerial firefighting environment has been initiated by the United States Forest Service (FS) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Human-aiding technologies, applied both within and outside the cockpit, will be examined for applicability to the aerial firefighting task. Technologies and functionalities which may have applicability include, but are not limited to: Forward-Looking Infrared (FLIR) (heat sensing, targeting); GPS (targeting, command/control, flight following); Heads-Up Displays (HUDs); Flight following (both on-incident and long-range); Advanced Navigational Display Systems (the NASA-Ames/USFS/BLM NAFSE Research Project includes moving topographic map, aircraft traffic portrayal, and drawing targets on the screen and transmitting them rather than verbally describing them); TCAS (Traffic Collision Avoidance Systems); GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning Systems); Videography; Weather data collectionsystem; Simulators for training; Laser and other systems for targeting drop areas; 3-D Auditory Messaging; Radio systems; Voice/computer interactive technologies; Uplink/downlink of data collected both in the air and on the ground (e.g., to incident command, dispatch, etc.); Satellite communications. Commercial vendors, governmental agencies, and other interested persons are invited to submit information which may be appropriate to this environment. It is important to note that this study is only chartered to recommend the direction the agencies should take in the future. Procurement is not within our purview. Hence, all pricing information (unit/system price, volume discounts, etc.) will only be used to develop budgetary estimates for any study recommendations and not as price quotes, should any future purchases occur. Information should be submitted to: Hugh Carson, State Aviation Manager, Bureau of Land Management, Nevada State Office, Box 12000, 850 Harvard Way, Reno, NV 89520. Phone 702/785-6526; fax 702/785-6649; e-mail: hugh@firenet.reno.nv.us. Duplicate copies of information should be sent to: Carl Bambarger, USDA-Forest Service, San Dimas Technology and Development Center, 444 East Bonita Ave., San Dimas, CA 91773. Phone 909/599-1267, ext. 253; fax 909/592-2309; e-mail /S=C.Bambarger/OU1=W07A@mhs-fswa.attmail.com. (0021)

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