A, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION -- SPACE BASED LASER TECHNOLOGIES Space Based Laser (SBL) Technologies Request for Information Notice. USAF Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) has assumed the role of executing agent for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO) concerning Space Based Laser Technologies. In its efforts to establish a baseline reference point, SMC is inviting informational comments relative to the SBL Readiness Demonstrator (SBLRD) project. A series of questions have been placed on the AF SBL World Wide Web Homepage (www.afbmd.laafb.af.mil/ade/sblproject.htm). The purpose of the questions is to assess industry's capability to perform this effort and alternatives available for its execution. The intent is to discuss this information on an Industry Day planned for 26 Aug 97, so please indicate any portion not releasable. Objectives of the SBL project are to perform technology risk reduction efforts and may include pursuit of the SBLRD, a treaty compliant, integrated demonstration of proven technologies in space against a cooperative target. Major SBLRD technologies demonstrated to date include the Alpha hydrogen-fluoride laser, the Large Advanced Mirror Program (LAMP), and the Large Optics Demonstration Experiment (LODE) for an outgoing wavefront sensor. The SBLRD encompasses the entire spectrum of effort from design, development, ground test (including facilities design and construction), and launch, through on-orbit test. The SBLRD system will also provide the capability to assess the utility of the SBL concept in performing other missions. Additionally, the inherent capability of the SBLRD system will be evaluated for its capability to support scientific missions. Submit this information, not to exceed 20 pages of text and graphics, to SMC/ADEL, Attn: Capt Mark Baird, 2420 Vela Way, Suite 1467-80, Los Angeles AFB, El Segundo, CA 90245-4659 no later than 13 August 1997. Additionally, please provide this information in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file format to sblrd@afbmd.laafb.af.mil. SMC plans future communication with industry about this effort via the CBD and the AF SBL Homepage. This notice is not a formal solicitation. The Government will not award a contract on the basis of this request for information or responses received, nor will otherwise pay for the information requested herein. WEB: Click here for information on the Space Based Laser Technologies Project, http://www.afbmd.laafb.af.mil/ade/sblproject.htm. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the project office via email, sblrd@afbmd.laafb.af.mil.

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