59 -- UPGRADES TO MODEL 2120 TELEMETRY DEMODULATOR

Notice Date

June 5, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFFTC = -- AF Flight Test Center, 5 S WOLFE AVE, Edwards AFB, CA, 93524-1180

ZIP Code

93524-1180

Solicitation Number

F04700-01-T-TMRF

Response Due

July 5, 2001

Point of Contact

Vicky Morris, Contract Negotiator, Phone 661-277-8450, Fax = 661-275-7862, Email vicky.morris@edwards.af.mil -- John Adair, = Contracting Officer, Phone 661-277-8436, Fax null, Email = john.adair@edwards.af.mil

Description

The Air Force flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards AFB CA, is = seeking sources for design, testing and implementation of specific = enhancements to the Model 2120 ?Telemetry Demodulator? manufactured by = RF Networks Inc. This demodulator is designed and optimized for = detection of the Feherpatented Quadrature Phase Shift Keying = (FQPSK-B) modulation. Specific enhancements are sought to provide: (1) = improved synchronization speed at initial signal acquisition time; (2) = improved short-term fade recovery speed; and (3) a received signal = quality indicator signal derived from extant symbol decision circuitry. = Said enhancements are to be accomplished without penalty to current = demodulator performance with respect to acquisition threshold, additive = white Gaussian noise detection efficiency, received signal quality = sensitivity, and phase noise sensitivity. In addition, said = modifications are constrained to improvement levels consistent with = obviating needs for internal architecture change and major motherboard = changes. In addition to experience in this specialty field, = qualification of sources will be contingent upon provider?s ability to = establish and show: (1) written agreement(s) with RF Networks Inc. = authorizing full and complete access to the circuit designs and = firmware designs of the model 2120 demodulator; (2) written = agreement(s) with RF Networks Inc. showing cooperative mutual = commitment to test enhancement designs and incorporate them in future = production of the 2120 demodulator; and (3) proof of authorization from = Digcom Inc. to perform development work on FQPSK-B licensed technology = implementations. Information regarding the 2120 demodulator is = available from RF Networks Inc., 10201 N. 21st Avenue, Unit 9, Phoenix, = AZ 85021, Tel. (602) 861-0251. Information on FQPSK technology transfer = and licensing is available from Digcom, Inc., 44685 Country Club Drive, = El Macero, CA 95618, Tel. (530) 753-0738. Sources interested in = responding to this requirement are requested to provide a capabilities = statement addressing the above not later than 06 July 2001. Statement = must include relevant background/experience. This is not a = solicitation or request for quotation. All technical brochures and = inquiries respond to: Patrick Feeley, 412 TW/TSDI, 300 East Yeager = Blvd., Module 500, Edwards AFB CA 93524-6325, telephone (661) 277-1608.

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