US Army CECOM, Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence and Electronic Warfare (C4IEW) Acquisition Center, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey 07703-5008

58 -- AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM DUE 081895 POC Eddie Cornelius, (908)532-2576, Contracting Officer, Major Eric Hanson, (908)532-1735. Flight Following System for U.S. Army Flight Operational Central (FOC-K) in the Republic of South Korea (ROK). The Product Manager, Air Traffic Control (PM ATC) is conducting a market investigation to determine the availability of flight following systems. Components of candidate systems should be currently in production; or require minimal modification to hardware and operational software. The proposed system will be used to enhance the current voice system by providing air traffic controllers with the ability to visually track location and movement of aircraft. Broad operational concepts include, but are not limited to: (1) The system will have the ability to simultaneously tract and display (in near real-time) the position coordinates, altitude and tail numbers of up to 300 aircraft operating at or below 600 ft. AGL (above ground level); throughout the entire 100,278 sq.km peninsula of the Republic South Korea (ROK); including the demilitarized zone (DMZ). (2) The system will consist of an airborne and ground sub-system. One ground station for tracking aircraft will be located in the area of Seoul. The ground sub-system will include HF radios and computer workstations for displaying flight following information. Radio equipment for the ground sub-system may or may not be provided as GFE. The main components of the airborne sub-system are Global Position System (GPS) and high frequency (HF) NOE communications radio systems with Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) and data modems (ARC-220). Each aircraft will be required to automatically transmit its GPS position location to the ground sub-system, using the ALE protocol at least every sixty seconds GPS and radio equipment for the airborne sub-system will be provided as GFE. The prospective bidder will be required to integrate both airborne and ground sub-systems into a flight following system, which meets the Army's objectives in Korea. (3) The system configuration will permit the partitioning of the ROK into multiple sectors, which can be viewed/tracked by a minimum of one air traffic controller (from one workstation) during periods of low flight activity; to multiple controllers (from multiple workstations) during peak periods of high flight activity. Flight information will be updated automatically, without the need for manual controller entries. (4) The system will have the capability to provide automatic early warnings (audible and visual), which alert both ATC controllers and the pilot that the aircraft is straying into partitions or corridors within a to-be-determined distance or flight time from the DMZ. (5) The system is a fixed base configuration; there is no tactical mission for this system. The prospective bidder must meet this requirement with NDI/COTS equipment; this is not an R&D project. The total effort would require a prospective bidder to system engineer & integrate, furnish/fabricate, install and test the system. Operator & maintenance training and contractor logistic support will be provided for all non-GFE components. A complete turnkey solution would be expected for the project requirements as stated in a to-be-developed SPEC/SOW, Prospective bidders may be required to deliver their systems to the government, on a consignment basis, for technical evaluation and/or demonstration. (6) This will be a one-time buy, for a specific army requirement in ROK. There is no anticipation of additional requirements for this or any similar system. The government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request for information. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. (7) Prospective bidders are requested to provide technical information in the form of brochures, spec sheets, vidios, etc. and a rough order of magnitude cost estimate for a NDI/COTS solution to the broad concepts mentioned above, information packets should be sent no later than 18 August 1995, to the following: Project Manager, Air Traffic Control, ATTN: AMCPM-ATC-SM (Frank Dean), Bldg. 2525, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703. (908)532-5840; FAX (908)532-1888. Technical POC: Mr. Eddie Cornelius, (908)532-2576. (0215)

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