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A -- DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT, TEST AND EVALUATION, INSTALLATION, OF PARAMETRIC AIRBORNE DIPPING SONAR ON SH-60F HELICOPTER SOL N00421-99-C-1159 DUE 050799 POC Mary C. Donovan, Contract Specialist, (301) 342-1825 ext. 110 E-MAIL: donovanmc@navair.navy.mil, donovanmc@navair.navy.mil. DESC: The Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division at Patuxent River, Maryland announces its intentions to aquire services for various enhancements to the continued design and development of the Parametric Airborne Dipping Sonar (PADS) and its installation on the SH-60F helicopter. The intended modification to the NAWCAD Contract (Number N00421-99-C-1159) will bridge the existing gap between the on-going (6.2) effort for a helicopter flight demonstration of the Parametric Airborne Dipping Sonar (PADS). The modification will entail services by the PADS prime contractor to enhance the SBIR developed applications software for the areas of User Interface; Signal Processing, Data Handling Applications; and Command and Control Communications protocol. In addition, the necessary System Integration, Verification, Validation, and Testing are required to successfully demonstrate that the modification performs as intended. The Government intends to solicit and negotiate the proposed award on a SOLE SOURCE BASIS under the authority of FAR 6.302-1 from Sonetech Corporation 3 Executive Park Drive, Bedford, NH 03110. Sonetech is the designer of the PADS system and holds the US Patent (No. 5,237,541) for a platform carried bistatic sonar. SEE Note 22. The proposed effort will be obtained using a modification to the existing cost plus incentive fee contract. Questions regarding this announcement should be directed to Mary C. Donovan. Her e-mail address is: Donovanmc@navair.navy.mil. Her fax number is: (301) 342-1847. Posted 04/23/99 (W-SN323760). (0113)

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