U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DS), Warren, MI 48397-5000

A -- PHYSICAL SIMULATION LABORATORY SYSTEM SUPPORT SOL DAAE07-98-R-L009 POC Mr. John Steves (810) 574-7272 WEB: Click here to see TACOM's home page, http://www.tacom.army.mil/acqcen. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist, stevesj@cc.tacom.army.mil. The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) will be negotiating on a sole source basis with MTS Systems Corporation for this effort. This contract will design and procure simulation hardware and software to be installed in the Physical Simulation Laboratory. The contract will upgrade the computing hardware on a number of platforms to support intense real-time data flow. A runtime data acquisition system will be designed and installed. A scenario controller will enable war-gaming and other exercises to be conducted on a virtual proving ground. Visual system hardware will be provided and integrated. Displays will be motion-hardened and the scenes correlated with the dynamic battlefield environment. The Turret Motion Base Simulator (TMBS) actuator and hydraulic manifolds will be re-designed. A suite of subsystem and system level tests will be designed and conducted. Dynamics model and vision system software will be integrated into the system. The Ride Motion Simulator (RMS) and TMBS will be tuned and calibrated. The audio, dynamics, vision, and motion subsystems will be compensated to adjust for computational and sonic delays in the simulation. Demonstrations using the ride and turret motion bases will be conducted. The RMS will be configured for gunner and driver combat exercises. The TMBS will be configured for gunner exercises. Both will be networked in the Distributed Interactive Simulation Network. Training will be provided for the operation of the simulators. The hardware and software will be documented through drawings, manuals, and reports. See numbered Notes 22 and 26. (0139)

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