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58 -- CAIS-COMPATIBLE REQUIREMENTS FOR AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEMS HARDWARE SOL f04611-97-R-0063 DUE 041097 POC Judy Gayler -- (805) 277-3900 x 2245, John Adair -- (805) 277-3900 x 2230 WEB: On-line Acquisition Solicitation Information System, http://cpf.edwards.af.mil/contract/rfp.html. E-MAIL: click e-mail link to contact the POC, gaylerj%pk@mhs.elan.af.mil. The Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) has a requirement for airborne flight test data acquisition systems. The bus used within the flight test data acquisition system must comply with the Common Airborne Instrumentation System (CAIS) Bus Interface Control Document (ICD). A copy of the CAIS Bus ICD is available on the listed web link. Required airborne flight test data acquisition systems shall collect any of the following types of data in a flight test environment: discrete, digital, analog, serial/parallel, 1553, H009, or ARINC 429 instrumentation bus data. This procurement activity is expected to be commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware, software, and firmware provided by various vendors. The flight test data acquisition system must be operable in various aircraft consisting of fighters, bombers, or in helicopter environments. All airborne hardware requiring programming must be provided with vendor's software and programming hardware. Components within the flight test data acquisition system must be capable of operating as a System Controller, a Remote Unit, or as a stand-alone unit. For further technical information, please contact the Program Manager, Jennifer Esqueda @ (805) 275-4352, Project Engineer, Dean Tenderholt @ (805) 277-4813. If interested in responding to this market survey please provide a capabilities statement, descriptive literature addressing the above technical areas, and relevant background and experience to Judy Gayler at the above address. A pre-solicitation conference describing the government's requirements will be held on 17 April 1997 at Edwards AFB, CA. If you are interested in attending, contact Jennifer Esqueda at (805) 275-4352 by 8 April 1997. Be sure to provide the number of attendees, point-of-contact for your company, telephone number and fax number. (0083)

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