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A -- STRICOM/ARI BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT SOL BAA NAWCTSD 97-02 POC Vallerie Redd, (407) 380-4625 or Vanessa Dobson, (407) 380-4348 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist, reddv@stricom.army.mil. The action noted below was originally publicized in the CBD dated 8/14/96. The publication of this CBD notice covers the annual requirement as contemplated in FAR 35.016(c). Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) 97-02 describing experimental, developmental, and applied research work opportunities for the U. S. Army Simulation, Training and Instrumental Command (STRICOM) and the Army Research Institute (ARI) was issued 1 October 1996. BAA 95-02 is superseded with the issuance of BAA 97-02, and will remain in effect until 30 September 2001 or until superseded. The BAA is general in nature and identifies current and development areas of research of particular interest to STRICOM and ARI to include: 1. BATTLEFIELD SIMULATION RESEARCH (i.e. Engagement, Simulation and Instrumentation Technology, Distributed Simulator Networks, High Level Architecture (HLA) Runtime Infrastructure (RTI), Wargame Simulation, and the Synthetic Environment Data Modeling, Interchange Access, and Reuse Development (SEDRIS)); 2. TRAINING DEVICE AND SIMULATOR RESEARCH (i.e. Simulator Design Methodologies, Visual Simulation, Virtual Reality, Software Technology, Telephone Base Technology Research, and Embedded Training); 3. INSTRUMENTATION, TARGETS, AND THREAT SIMULATORS RESEARCH (i.e. Instructional, Targets and Threat Simulators); 4. TEST AND EVALUATION RESEARCH; 5. TRAINING SYSTEMS RESEARCH; and 6. TRAINING SYSTEMS EVALUATION RESEARCH. This BAA also covers the announcement for Cooperative Agreements which can be found in Part IV of the BAA. Awards resulting out of this announcement may take the form of a contract or a cooperative agreement. A copy of BAA 97-02 can be obtained by downloading the STRICOM's World Wide Web (www) Home Page accessed at www.stricom.army.mil. Amendment (A00001) to BAA 97-02 will be issued on or about 01 August 1997. At this time, Amendment A00001 is not accessible through the Home Page. However, upon issuance of Amendment A00001, all updates/changes will be incorporated into BAA 97-02 and will be accessible from STRICOM's www home page. The effected pages will be identified as A0001 and changes indicated by a vertical line in the right hand margin. If you have already requested a hard copy of the solicitation under either BAA 96-02 or BAA 97-02, there is no need to make a request for the Amendment. Your initial written request will automatically generate a mailed copy of the Amendment. Points of contact are identified in the BAA. If a potential source has a novel research approach, a white paper should be prepared. The white paper should address the major research thrust, the technical approach, the research goals and military relevancy. (0203)

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