US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

12 -- ENHANCED DISPLAY UNIT (EDU) FOR THE M109A6 PALADIN SOL DAAE30-99-R-0201 DUE 011599 POC DEBORAH G. BANKIT, Contracting Officer, 973-724-3142 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/99R0201/99R0201.htm. E-MAIL: Mary Lou Desseaux, mdess@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (TACOM-ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, 07806-5000 has a requirement for the development of an Enhanced Display Unit (EDU) for the M109A6 Paladin. The Government intends to use the Original Equipment Manufacture (OEM) to provide Systems and Technical Integration expertise to the Government. This requirement will be for the design, development, integration, management, testing, and fabrication of eight (8) prototype EDU s for integration and 58 EDU s for the First Digitized Division (FDD) test. The EDU will embed Situational Awareness (SA) functionality and provide control and display functionality for the Paladin Automatic Fire Control. The Contractor will have the overall responsibility for hardware, software and specification development to insure interface and functionality requirements are met with the ultimate product/goal being a validated Performance Specification to be delivered to the Government. The Government will utilize this performance specification as a basis for future competition. Information regarding this action can be accessed at http://;procnet.pica.army.mil Note 22 applies. Posted 12/23/98 (D-SN283053). (0357)

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