Long-Range Listening Device
AI Overview
The Marine Corps seeks an innovative portable long-range listening device capable of accurately capturing and recording sounds from 200 meters away to support intelligence collection operations. The system must weigh under 50 pounds, operate for 24 hours on battery power, and distinguish voices and environmental noise with high fidelity.
This summary is AI-generated from the official solicitation.
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Official Description
Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence (CI/HUMINT) Marines perform intelligence operations in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) operations, with a focus on the collection of information and identification of threats posed by hostile organizations, espionage, sabotage, subversion, or terrorism. They require organic, portable capabilities to aid in the collection of information for intelligence reporting to decision makers. The capability to surveil sounds from a distance enhance...
Change History
Long-Range Listening Device
Q1 received a clarification: commercial, non-military appearance is now required during both transit AND deployment/operation (previously only transit was explicitly mentioned).
Long-Range Listening Device
**Changes to Q&A Section:** Added 1 new question (Q1) clarifying whether commercial, non-military appearance requirement applies only during transit or also during deployment/operation. Previous Q&A questions were renumbered (Q1→Q2, Q2→Q3, etc.). No substantive changes to existing answers.
Long-Range Listening Device
**Changes to Q&A:** Added answer to Q2 clarifying that a wireless radio solution is acceptable if it doesn't require the user to plant equipment or enter the target area—preference stated for non-invasive remote deployment.
Long-Range Listening Device
Added Q1 requesting minimum sound level detection requirements (in dB) at 200m distance and specification of background noise environment (wind, machine noise, etc.). Previous Q&As reordered but substantively unchanged.
Long-Range Listening Device
**Summary of Q&A Changes:** Added new Q1 addressing wireless radio connectivity acceptability for achieving distance between user and target listening area. Previous Q&As renumbered as Q2-Q3 with no substantive answer changes to existing content on system appearance, LPI/LPD considerations, or 2-meter target area definition.
Long-Range Listening Device
Q1 received answers clarifying: (1) no existing reference system available, (2) system must have commercial appearance, not government/military appearance, and (3) stand-alone disconnected operation preferred with LPI/LPD considered in design. Q2 answer unchanged.
Long-Range Listening Device
Added 3 new questions on system reference examples, non-military appearance/camouflage requirements, and LPI/LPD radio connectivity. Provided answer to Q2 clarifying that "2-meter target area" refers to physical designation accuracy, not acoustic resolution.
Long-Range Listening Device
This clarification helps applicants understand a critical technical specification: the 2-meter requirement refers to physical target designation accuracy rather than acoustic detection range, meaning proposals must achieve precise real-world positioning rather than just acoustic resolution capability.
Long-Range Listening Device
Status changed from Pre-Release to Open
Long-Range Listening Device
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