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A -- UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE TACTICAL CONTROL SYSTEM MISSION PLANNER. SOL N00178-98-R-2005 POC William T. Armstrong, Contract Specialist, (540) 653-7942 WEB: NSWCDD Procurement Homepage, http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. E-MAIL: Inquiries, afranci@nswc.navy.mil.. The Navy intends to award a sole source contract to Logicon, Inc., Information Technology group, 222 West Sixth Street, San Pedro, California, 90713 for research, development and fielding support of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Tactical Control System (TCS) Mission Planner. The contract shall continue research and development efforts for the UAV/TCS Mission Planner which includes a flight route planner, a payload planner, and other capabilities as delivered under contract N00178-97-C-2029. The effort will include continuous risk reduction, development, and enhancement of the Mission Planner software. The contractor shall maintain the current software, which can create flight route and payload plans for Predator and Outrider air vehicles, throughout the UAV/TCS development and fielding phases. As the original software developer, the contractor shall implement planned enhancements of the software to support UAV systems planned for development and fielding through 2003. The contractor shall design, code, and test software upgrades; and demonstrate that the upgraded software performs within the TCS environment. Software upgrades shall support air vehicles, payloads, operational requirements and computer platforms as authorized for the TCS by PEO(CU). This requirement includes a base period and three option periods for a total term of 5 years. See Numbered Note 22. The Naval Surface Warfare, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren Laboratory Procurement Division is implementing Electronic Commerce (EC) in the acquisition area, therefore synopsis and resulting solicitations with any applicable amendments will be available on the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.navy.mil/supply. After 01 October 1997, solicitations and amendments will only be availabe at the above Web sites, Hard copies WILL NOT be provided. Vendors should regularly access the NSWCDD Web Site to ensure that they downloaded all amendments. (0330)

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