The purpose of this notice is to notify interested parties that the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River, Maryland, intends to issue an order under Basic Ordering Agreement, N00019-02-G-0350, on a sole source basis with Raytheon E-Systems, Inc., 7700 Arlington Blvd., Falls Church, Virginia in support of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Tactical Control System (TCS) program. The order will consist of the performance of engineering trade studies on potential architectural changes to the Tactical Control System to control a network of dissimilar UAVs, payloads, datalinks, and users, along with a plan for a demonstration of this potential architecture controlling UAVs with a TCS located in an experimental aircraft. This effort also includes engineering support to development of the UAV test bed and assessment of how the technology will transfer into the TCS program. Successful completion of this effort requires intimate knowledge of the TCS core hardware and software, various UAV related systems and the relationship of UAVs within the air reconnaissance architecture. Raytheon E-Systems, Inc. is the only known source that possesses the peculiar engineering data, knowledge of TCS design and operation requirements, capability, and expertise required to successfully provide these supplies and services in an accurate and timely manner. The estimated period of performance is April 02 to July 03. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS. Responses to this notice can be sent via email directly to
[email protected]. See Notes 22 and 26.