CYROPHONE (cPhone) - SOLE SOURCE RFP

Description: Requirement is for the design, fabrication, integration, and delivery of a cryophone (“cPhone”) instrument to be deployed in the Arctic ice sheet in support of a new monitoring and detection system for Arctic research. The cPhone must meet the following functional performance criteria: reliable and accurate 4-channel recording, sampling frequencies of at least 96 kHz, bandwidth of 1 Hz to 48 kHz, sensor sensitivity of 10 volts/g, operation in air temperatures as low as -50 °F, endurance of 12 months, local storage of all raw data, onboard statistical and Fourier analysis, daily relay of reduced data and results via the Iridium satellite network, flotation for deployment in the marginal ice zone (MIZ).