FCS Mentor Protégé RFI Industry Announcement

The FCS Lead System Integrator (LSI) team of Boeing and SAIC has launched a RFI on its FCS website to explore opportunities to utilize Small Diverse Businesses under a Mentor Protégé agreement to work with a FCS Integrated Product Team (IPT) in one or more of the areas listed below. The purpose of this RFI is to identify Protégé candidates whose development goals are a good match for the Program's needs. To be eligible to participate in this RFI, respondents must be a SDB/WOSB/SDVSB/HBCU/MI as set forth in the SBA requirements.

The FCS Program has considered mentoring in the following areas:
* Service-based software architecture technology
* Innovative computers and signal processors
* Through-wall sensing
* Through-foliage sensing
* Remote chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear sensing
* Sensor display technology - vehicle to soldier
* Mine detection from stand-off, on the move
* Affordable integrated multi-mode combat ID
* Lightweight appliqué armor
* Unattended sensors and munitions
* Advanced ammunition variants
* Non-lethal munitions
* High bandwidth networks
* Multi-level secure communications
* Networked fires systems and algorithms
* Sensor data fusion algorithms and processors

If you know of any candidates who meets the DOD Mentor Protégé requirements and has the experience/expertise in one or more of the above areas, please encourage these qualified candidates to participate in this MP process by going directly to the FCS website at: www.boeing.com/fcs and clicking on the Mentor Protégé RFI link. The deadline for the candidates to submit their RFI package to the FCS Program is by 5:00 p.m. (PST) on May 13, 2005 via e-mail address at fcssupplierdiversity@boeing.com.

LSI Future Combat System
Supplier Diversity Office

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