Statement_of_Work.doc

Statement of Work

RF Capture and Playback System

06/07/2016

1.0 Scope/Background

In order to meet current and future requirements of Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake (NAWCWD), the Advanced Systems Development Office (ASDO) intends to procure one (1) RF capture and playback system. The Government intends to use the RF capture and playback system to collect RF signals in a laboratory environment and in the field to support Verification and Validation (V&V) of fielded systems.

2.0 Applicable Documents

N/A

3.0 Requirements/Specifications

The following describes the specifications for the radio frequency (RF) capture and playback system to be procured. The system consists of a single shock isolated wheeled rackmount chassis housing the RF capture and playback hardware. All specifications are the minimum requirements unless otherwise stated.

3.1 RF Capture and Playback System Shall Meet the Following Specifications:

3.1.1 General characteristics:

· Primary use: extensive RF data capture and playback in an anechoic chamber and in the field.

· Frequency range: 0.5 to 18 GHz

· Band Width: 1 GHz

· 90 Minutes of continuous record and playback

· IRIG B time code input

3.1.2 Detailed specifications:

Table 1. RF Capture and Recording System Requirements

Chassis

Computer System

Environmental

3.2 Delivery/Acceptance:

The RF Capture and Recording System shall be delivered within 180 days of contract award. The RF Capture and Recording System will be inspected by a Government representative at the Government’s facility. Acceptance of the RF Capture and Recording System is contingent upon delivery of the RF Capture and Recording System to the Government’s facility and successful determination and/or demonstration of all specifications identified in Sec. 3.1 above. Acceptance will be within 90 days of the system being received at the Government facility.

4.0 Deliverables

4.1 Rackmounted Signal Analyst workstation with minimum capability of Dual Xeon, Quad-Core Workstation, 64GB RAM with 128 TB Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Storage Archive and software packages to support RF data acquisition and playback.

4.2 Rackmounted 1000 megahertz (MHz) single channel signal recorder with 800 MHz Intermediate Frequnecy (IF) input and maximum digital IQ output rate of 4.8 Gbytes per sec. Including control software and documentation installed on workstation and delivered on a CD. Analog differential baseband IQ outputs for playback (4 each SMA female), 1000 MHz IQ bandwidth.

4.3 Rackmounted 500 MHz to 18 GHz downconverter with 1000 MHz bandwidth centered at 800 MHz IF output.

4.4 Rackmounted 500 MHz to 18 GHz up converter with differential IQ inputs for 1000 MHz output at carriers up to 18 GHz.

4.5 Rackmounted RAID0 Solid State Drive (SSD) external disk storage capable of at least 90 minutes of storage).

4.6 PCIe x4 Express Card 34 host cable adapter for use with laptop computers as system controller. Including a 2 meter cable.

4.7 PCIe x8 host cable adapter for use with desktop computers as system controller. Including 2 meter cable.

4.8 Rack enclosure to house system to include the down converter, upconverter, workstation, storage archive and power distribution.