A -- ARMORED VEHICLE AND DISMOUNTED INFANTRY INSTRUMENTATION SYSTEM

Notice Date

April 3, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AAC -- Air Armament Center, AAC/PK, 205 West D Avenue, Suite 433, Eglin AFB, FL, 32542-6864

ZIP Code

32542-6864

Solicitation Number

Reference-Number-PKZ-01-004

Response Due

May 11, 2001

Point of Contact

Amy Spielman, Contract Specialist, Phone (850)882-4141 ext. 4556, Fax 850-882-5757, Email spielman@eglin.af.mil -- Lorna Tedder, Contracting Officer, Phone (850)882-4141 X4557, Fax (850)882-9685, Email

E-Mail Address

Amy Spielman (spielman@eglin.af.mil)

Description

PART: U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS SUBPART: SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIAL POC: AMY SPIELMAN, AAC/PKZA, COMM 850 882-4141 x4553, DSN: 872-4141 x4553 DESC: Sources are sought for informational purposes only, at this time. JCIET is seeking input from industry with the engineering expertise and technical capability to design, develop, and test an Armored Vehicle and Dismounted Infantry Instrumentation System (AVDIIS). OBJECTIVE REQUIREMENTS: The AVDIIS by design, shall utilize both the Deployable Force-On-Force Instrumented Range System (DFIRST) and the Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES) 2000 as Government Furnished Equipment (GFE). The designed AVDIIS shall be used as a Real-Time Data Collection Instrumentation System, adaptable to tactical wheeled and tracked vehicles, and dismounted infantry. Proposed system must provide methods by which to monitor vehicle and dismounted infantry position and activities, simultaneously, in a training-type environment. Proposed system must perform real-time casualty assessment based on laser and geometric pairing algorithms and provide real-time casualty assessment reporting to a centralized _base_ facility, as well as provide real-time visual and audible feedback (kill declarations) to vehicle crews and dismounted infantry, as a result of engagement activities. Proposed system must provide for management of battlefield activities over an RF network, e.g., safety _kills_ and / or _rebirths_ after a kill. Proposed system must interface with, and integrate the capabilities of, MILES 2000 vehicle and dismount tactical training systems, as an adjunct (when required) to the system_s inherent casualty assessment capability. DATA REPORTED / COLLECTED: VEHICLES -- Global Positioning System (GPS)-based time, reported in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), resolution to 1 millisecond. GPS-based position information, reported in either latitude / longitude or MilGrid Reference System. Resolution should be within two meters (1-sigma). Reporting of altitude above mean sea level is also required; reported in meters or feet. Position information on articulated vehicle appurtenances, e.g., gun barrel or missile tube azimuth and elevation is required. Resolution should be within 0.4 degrees (1-sigma) relative to true North, and 0.4 degrees (1-sigma) through the elevation ranges of the articulated items, relative to earth tangent. Speed and heading information on vehicles, reported in statute miles or kilometers per hour, and heading as degrees relative to true North. Resolution should be to 0.1 miles or kilometers per hour, and to nearest whole degree in heading. Activity information on main weapons systems, e.g., main-gun, co-axial gun, and missile firing events, reported at time of firing, identification of weapon employed, and rounds fired. Information allowing identification of the target engaged (from shooter), and information identifying the shooter engaging (from target), is required, as is reporting of _Probability of Kill_ (PK) calculations, resulting from engagements between two or more vehicles. A determined number of bytes of identification and engagement data generated by vehicle organic or intermittently affixed training systems (MILES 2000, or others as required). All data must be reported over a Radio Frequency (RF) collection network at an interval not to exceed five seconds; one second is preferred. Data reporting must be reliable at a rate not less than 90%, for each vehicle, during the mission period. Data reporting must continue to occur when vehicle power is removed by the crew (a normal training tactic). All data must be logged on-board the proposed system, at a one second interval, for collection at the conclusion of the six-hour mission, and / or ten-day exercise. Logged data retrieval should be by means of an RF connection, but must be capable by hard-wire connection to the vehicle-mounted device. Data logging must be reliable in excess of 95%, for each vehicle, during the mission period. DATA REPORTED / COLLECTED: DISMOUNTS -- Global Positioning System (GPS)-based time, reported in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), resolution to 1 millisecond. GPS-based position information, reported in either latitude / longitude or MilGrid Reference System. Resolution should be within two meters (1-sigma). Reporting of altitude above mean sea level is also required; reported in meters or feet. A determined number of bytes of data retrieved from the MILES 2000 training system (and reported over the RF datalink), to include Player Identification number (PID) of the dismounted soldier, PID of any engaging entity, as well as casualty status. All data must be reported over an RF collection network at an interval not to exceed 45 seconds; 15 seconds is preferred. Data reporting must be reliable at a rate not less than 75% for each dismount, during the mission period. All data must be logged on-board the proposed system, at a five second interval, for collection at the conclusion of the 6-hour mission, and / or ten-hour exercise. Logged data retrieval should be by means of an RF connection, but must be capable by hard-wire connection to the device. Data logging must be reliable at a rate of 95% for each dismount, during the mission period. EXPECTED ENVIRONMENT: Specified performance is expected within an area of 1000 square kilometers. Environment may be open desert (similar to Fort Irwin, CA), low brush and mesquite, or heavy conifer / deciduous vegetation (similar to Fort Stewart, GA). Terrain may be flat, rolling hills, or mountainous with steep ravines. OTHER DETAILS: Proposed vehicle system must accommodate a minimum of 150 vehicles and 500 dismounts within a single RF architecture, with the required update interval. Vehicles may be any mix of _shooters_ having various weapons systems, and non-shooters; wheeled or tracked. Proposed vehicle system may be mounted inside or outside the vehicle. It must be water resistant if mounted inside the vehicle, and immersible if mounted outside. Target weight is <25 lbs. (using vehicle power only, and <50 lbs. if using auxiliary battery). Proposed dismount system must accommodate a minimum of 500 dismounted soldiers within a single RF architecture, with the required update interval. Proposed dismount system must be mountable to existing Load Bearing Equipment. System must be waterproof. Target weight is <1 lb. (with batteries). Radio Frequency components, including cables, connectors, antennas, etc., must not present any hazard to the military user. No system components may interfere with or affect vehicle weapons systems operations. All system components must present a low physical profile, and have minimal impact on normal vehicle crew, or dismount infantry activities. Proposed system may not emanate any signals which could interfere with organic vehicle or hand-carried communications equipment. Proposed system must be easily installed by the military user. Field-damaged major components must be easily identified and replaceable by the military user. OTHER REQUIREMENTS: Proposed system must provide real-time and logged data in a format to be specified by the user. System must also provide real-time data translation (at the base station) to DIS 2.04, and later as HLA. Proposed system must provide a method by which to input various _area effects,_ e.g., indirect-fire events, NBC events, or mine fields. These inputs must simulate the desired effects on the battlefield, and cue vehicle crews and dismounted infantry. Proposed system must be able to _kill_, reset, re-birth, reload, and otherwise cue MILES 2000 equipment on vehicles, from a central base station facility. System must _kill_, reset, re-birth, or otherwise cue MILES 2000 equipment on dismounted soldiers, from a central base station facility. JCIET will require a prototype demonstration all required AVDIIS attributes by May 2003 and a tested, verified, and operational AVDIIS for field use by March 2004.

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