U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center, ATTN: CETEC-PD-FF, 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, VA 22315-3864

A -- HIGH RESOLUTION DIGITAL TERRAIN ELEVATION DATA (DTED) GENERATION Contact Michael Tolson (703) 428-6821, email: mtolson@techpl.tec.army.mil. The U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers requires a market survey for capability to generate high resolution Digital Terrain Elevation Data (DTED) to support data requirements for the Rapid Battlefield Visualization (REV) Advanced Concept Technology Demonstration (ACTD) for the Joint Precision Strike Demonstration (JPSD) Project Office. A key objective of the RBV-ACTD program is to identify and demonstrate the lowest cost alternative for providing the warfighter with a world-wide deployable military contingency capability for rapid generation of up to 1 meter digital elevation data to satisfy the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) requirement. Industry and Government comments will be accepted on or before 31 August 1996. The high resolution data generation shall utilize a state-of-the-art approach to collect, process, and format digital topographic data in a manner conducive to rapid use by Army systems. The high resolution DTED generation shal adhere to specifications currently being developed by the Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) for prototype DTED Lewels 3, 4, and 5 production. High resolution is determined by the various DTED levels which refer to the distance between post spacing for elevation data collection: level 3 equals 10 meter post spacing, level 4 equals 3 meter post spacing, and level 5 equals 1 meter post spacing. The highest possible absolute and relative horizontal and vertical accuracies are desired. The high resolution DTED generation shall be capable of addressing the following temporal and spatial constraints: a. 18 hour DTED level 5 generations over 20 kilometer (km) X 20 km area, b. 72 hour DTED level 5 generation over 90 km X 90 km area, and c. 12 day DTED 5 level generation over 300 km X 300 km area. Although the objective capability is to rapidly generate DTED level 5, lower resolution data, as described in DMA specifications, are acceptable when level 5 generation is not feasible. The high resolution DTED generation shall be capable of operation in day or night and all weather conditions to support contingency operations. In addition, high resolution DTED generation shall be capable of providing data in a format consistent with DMA DTED specifications and utilize electronic dissemination for use by current and emerging Army systems. Government and industry comments regarding this market survey can be sent to: U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center, ATTN: CETEC-PD-FF, Building 2592, Alexandria, VA, 22315-3864. (122)

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