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60 -- RADIO FREQUENCY COUNTERMEASURE, TOWED DEVICE SOL FA0021 POC Lt Col Montague 850-884-4841 Market Survey/Request for Information (RFI). AFSOC is soliciting information from public and private sector organizations on a radio frequency countermeasure device that can be towed from SOF aircraft via fiber optic link. NDII/COTS towed devices are preferred. Firms must demonstrate, through analysis or test, that candiidate devices are able to provide adequate effectiveness to protect large radar cross section aircraft such as a C-130, and future CV-22 aircraft. Firms must offer employees with a minimum Secret security clearance and a DIS certified facility to store classified material. Firms should have capability to analyze and model towed device effectiveness and be capable to design, develop any necessary hardware/software to integrate the towed device as part of a distributed architecture using existing countermeasure suites on AC/MC-130 aircraft and CV-22. Respondents to this RFI/market survey should provide technical data. Firms are encouraged to provide actual test data. All corporate and proprietary information should be so marked and will be fully protected to the extent allowed. Responses to this RFI should be sent to the agency or faxed NLT 12 Dec 97 to 850-884-2549 (fax), HQ AFSOC/XPQE, attention Lt Col Montegue 850-884-4841 (voice). AFSOC is under no obligation to pay for any material provided. This is not a request for proposal, but rather an RFI and may not result in a future contract. Notes: 8 and 25. (0329)

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