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A -- HSTAMIDS RED TEAM INTERIM INVESTIGATIONS DUE 011299 POC Peggy Melanson The US Army CECOM Acquisition Center-Washington intends to award on a sole source basis during FY99, 9 contracts with Universities and 1 contract with a small business, in support of the Handheld Standoff Mine Detection Systems (HSTAMIDS) Red Team effort. The specific contract efforts are (A) Duke University -- 1. Develop a computer simulation of the HSTAMIDS operator display which will assist in the identification of operating problems and lead to an overall improvement in system performance. 2. Conduct an analysis of the auditory output of the current HSTAMIDS systems leading to the optimization of the HSTAMIDS auditory output. (B) University of Missouri-Columbia -- 1. Conduct an investigation to discover different methods for processing HSTAMIDS GPR data with the goal of improving system algorithm performance. 2. Conduct an investigation into the different methods for fusing data derived from HSTAMIDS sensors with the goal of improving information fusion. (C) Carnegie Mellon University -- 1. Conduct an investigation and analysis of mine detection patterns employed by HSTAMIDS operators with the goal of improving operating techniques, sweep patterns and overall system performance. 2. Conduct investigations into various aspects of HSTAMIDS operation techniques with the view toward identifying specific operator training techniques which could prove useful in improving overall system performance. (D)Auburn -- 1. Conduct a performance investigation of the HSTAMIDS metal detection sensors with the view toward improvement of Metal Detector performance. 2. Conduct a performance investigation of the HSTAMIDS GPR antennas in "real" conditions, i.e. established Government test sites, with the view toward improving GPR performance. (E) Georgia Tech University -- Conduct a performance investigation of the HSTAMIDS GPR antennas in a controlled, laboratory environment, with the view toward improving GPR performance. (F) Scientific Systems Company, Inc. -- Conduct an investigation of the signal processing and automatic target recognition features of the HSTAMIDS systems to evaluate present performance and make specific recommendations which will improve system performance. Coordinate work with other separate but related software investigations ongoing. See Note 22. Posted 12/22/98 (W-SN282636). (0356)

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