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SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION / BRAND NAME SPECIFICATION

LCAT Transducer Fabrication

PR 1300706574

BACKGROUND:

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division, Newport (NUWCDIVNPT) requires the modification Stepped Tonpilz Acoustic Transducer (STAT).

Image Acoustics, Inc. holds the design patent, , for the STAT and has licensed the fabrication rights to Falmouth Scientific Inc. (FSI); FSI previously

. FSI is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and the only vendor with the fabrication processes, specialized tooling and requisite knowledge and expertise

REQUIREMENT:

NUWCDIVNPT the Technology Refresher Program requires the STAT array technology

SOLE SOURCE JUSTIFICATION/BRAND NAME SPECIFICATION:

FSI is the only transducer fabricator that has been licensed the STAT technology by Imagining Acoustics, Inc, who owns the design patent for the transducer. FSI has developed the fabrication processes, owns the specialized tooling and has the requisite knowledge and expertise

RESELLERS:

There are no authorized resellers. The STAT is a proprietary product of Image Acoustics, Inc.

that has been licensed to FSI to fabricate.