SOURCES SOUGHT
16 -- High Altitude/High Opening Parachutist Navigation System
- Notice Date
- 1/25/2006
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- NSWC Panama City, Code XPS2, 110 Vernon Ave., Panama City, FL
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N6133106QAI04
- Response Due
- 2/24/2006
- Description
- The Naval Surface Warfare Center-Panama City, Florida (NSWC-PC) is interested in working with a manufacturing company under a Cooperative Research And Development Agreement (CRADA), or other flexible joint-development agreement, to complete the production design of the High Altitude/High Opening Parachutist Navigation System (HAHO-PNS), and have the manufacturer produce 2,000 systems. Military personnel conducting in-air parachute navigation during HAHO parachute insertion missions would use the completed production systems. NSWC-PC has produced a number of prototype helmet-mounted HAHO-PNS systems inclusive of custom-written embedded navigation software. The prototypes comprise a conformal navigation pod attached to the helmet, and small micro display and optic attached to the goggle. They have undergone extensive testing and evaluation by military Special Forces personnel. The US Navy holds a patent titled, ?HELMET-MOUNTED PARACHUTIST NAVIGATION SYSTEM? (# 6,934,633), issued August 23, 2005 on the system. NSWC-PC is seeking interested firms with the technical experience and capability to work closely with NSWC-PC to complete a production design of the HAHO-PNS and manufacture the resultant military systems. Candidate firms should have experience in the design, integration, and fabrication of integrated electronic systems, miniature electronic components, microprocessors, Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module (SAASM) GPS systems, micro displays, and optical systems. Also, experience and ability to design and manufacture electronic devices for use in rugged military environments (temperature extremes, humidity, rain, salt, sand, high shock and vibration, etc.). Since the HAHO-PNS is a military system, the candidate firm must be a currently approved facility for handling and working with SAASM GPS systems. Interested firms shall respond with brief documentation showing the company?s ability to fulfill the requirements described above. Only prime contractors should respond. A list of responding prime contractors will be furnished to potential subcontractors upon request. The point of contact for this action is Mr. Dennis Gallagher, Code S13, NSWC-PC, 110 Vernon Ave, Panama City, Florida 32407, PH (850) 235-5417, FAX (850) 234-4671, E-mail: Dennis.G.Gallagher@navy.mil . FSC: 1670, NAICS: 334511, Standard Business Size: 750 employees. Responses to this sources sought should be sent to Mr. Dennis Gallagher at the address stated above not later than 24 February 2006. This announcement should not be construed as a commitment by the Government to issue a solicitation or ultimately award a contract. In the event a solicitation is developed, it will be assigned a formal Request for Proposal (RFP) number and the announcement will be published on the Navy Electronic Commerce Online (NECO), Federal Business Opportunities (FBO), and NSWC-PC Internet.
- Web Link
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NSWC Panama City Sources Sought
(http://www.ncsc.navy.mil/Contracts/Ztables/sourcestab.htm)
- Record
- SN00973059-W 20060127/060125212542 (fbodaily.com)
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