SOLICITATION NOTICE
58 -- Low Reflectivity Uncooled Camera System
- Notice Date
- 10/2/2002
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- US Army Communications-Electronics Command, CECOM Acquisition Center, ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008
- ZIP Code
- 07703-5008
- Solicitation Number
- DAAB07-03-R-L402
- Point of Contact
- Gary Reckeweg, (732) 427-1346
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to US Army Communications-Electronics Command, CECOM Acquisition Center
(Gary.Reckeweg@mail1.monmouth.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NA BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT (BAA): DAAB)&-03-R-L402, LOW REFLECTIVITY UNCOOLED CAMERA SYSTEM Due: December 6, 2002 Contracts POC: Andrew Dellomo, CECOM Ft. Monmouth, NJ, 732-532-3569, Andrew.Dellomo@mail1.monmouth.army.mil Technical POC: Mr. Byong Ahn, CECOM Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, Ft. Belvoir, VA, 703-704-2031, byong.ahn@nvl.army.mil The US Army CECOM Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate is issuing this BAA to solicit proposals for a program to reduce the reflectivity of the uncooled far-infrared (7 - 12 mm spectral band) focal plane arrays (FPAs) of 640 by 480 elements with a pixel size of less than 30 micrometer, and fabricate a brassboard uncooled IR camera with the improved/modified FPA and which may include external optics and electronics to meet the low reflectivity requirements. This is a two-phase program. The period for Phase 1 is 24 months, and the period for Phase 2 is 18 months. The funding available for this BAA is $1.6 M. In Phase 1, the contractors are to measure and analyze the sources of the high reflection from the existing uncooled FPAs, and/or develop the means to reduce the reflection. For the FPA manufacturers, they are to develop the means to reduce the reflection by, for example, increasing the absorption of the detector elements, increasing the fill-factor of the detector pixels, covering the highly reflective components or using oth er means. Contractors can use FPAs whose sizes are other than the 640 x 480 elements, but with the same structures as the 640 x 480 elements for the study purpose, if they can show the equivalency of the effort. The contractors will make several designs of engineering lots and make measurements to assess their effort to accomplish the above technical objectives. For the non-FPA manufacturers, they are to design and develop external optics and other means to reduce the reflection from the FPA without analyzing the sources of the reflection from the existing FPAs. In Phase 1, the government may decide to discontinue funding particular contractors if the progress is not satisfactory. In Phase 2, one or two contractors from Phase 1 will be selected to fabricate a brassboard uncooled IR camera or brassboard uncooled IR cameras to include the techniques developed in Phase 1. These may include the improved FPAs, the external optics, and th e electronic components. The size of the FPA for the brassboard camera shall be 640 x 480 elements. The first camera to be built will be mainly an effort to integrate the components. The second effort will be an effort to optimize the camera in weight, siz e, and cost. The contractors are encouraged to submit two-phase proposals, but Phase 2 efforts may be solicited through a competitive follow-on BAA.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Communications-Electronics Command, CECOM Acquisition Center ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208 Fort Monmouth NJ
- Zip Code: 07703-5008
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 07703-5008
- Record
- SN00180589-W 20021004/021002213329 (fbodaily.com)
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