SOURCES SOUGHT
10 -- STINGER MISSILE SYSTEM REPLACEMENT
- Notice Date
- 7/25/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- N00164 300 Highway 361, Building 64 Crane, IN
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N0016403Q6625
- Response Due
- 8/10/2003
- Point of Contact
- DOUG MCDANIEL
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to To email point of contact
(mcdaniel_d@crane.navy.mil)
- Description
- The Navy is seeking information on a replacement for the Marine Corps? Stinger Missile. In this Stinger Missile Replacement (SMR) effort, it is the Marine Corps? desire to find a potential solution and gather technical and cost information to plan and budget for future requirements. Potential technologies to be considered include kinetic energy, missile, directed energy, or others that could meet the requirements of this Request For Information (RFI). The following are the tentative requirements of the SMR: (a) The SMR must be man-portable, with desired weight less than twenty-five pounds, and desired length less than sixty inches; (b) The SMR primary role will be as a Ground-to-Air (G-A) weapon. Anticipated air targets include unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), helicopters, fixed wing (jet / Cessna-like), and ultra-lights. It is desired that the SMR have the ability to engage cruise missiles; (c) It is desired that the SMR have a secondary role as a Ground-to-Ground (G-G) weapon. Anticipated ground targets include trucks, shelters, generator houses, and lightly armored vehicles; (d) The SMR may be utilized from shoulder or other stationary positions. If utilized from shoulder, must be man-rated. The SMR must be able to be utilized from an enclosure, with consideration of operator safety due to blast and recoil. Other anticipated locations for employment include urban, shipboard, V-22, and Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC). Ease of employment is a key consideration; (e) The SMR shall be capable of being operated in all environmental conditions, day and night. It shall be capable of operating in temperatures ranging from -40.0 degrees Celsius to +51.67 degrees Celsius (-40 degrees Fahrenheit to +125 degrees Fahrenheit) and from 0% to 100% humidi ty. The system must be fully capable of conducting worldwide operations in conventional and contingency combat operations including tactical nuclear, biological, and chemical warfare environments. When subjected to the effects of a nuclear blast, the SMR should be at least as survivable as the Marine operating the weapon. The SMR should be designed for use with mission oriented protective posture clothing level (4) and also compatible with current protective helmets and masks. The SMR shall possess a chemical and biological survivability capability equal to the Stinger missile system. The system can be expected to be in actual operation for a range of twelve to twenty-four hours a day. The average mission length will be 12 hours; (f) The SMR must have an effective range equivalent to or better than the current Stinger Missile for acquisition and engagement. It is desired that multiple warhead options for different effects be included. The SMR must provide full operational capability within 90 seconds (required) from initial turn-on. An initial turn-on time of 10 seconds is desired. Initial turn-on time is defined as the time required for the system to become energized "warm-up" and thus fully operational; (g) The SMR must have provisions for use with a Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) transmitter/receiver. The SMR must be capable of all IFF Modes, including Mode 4, with migration path to Mode 5. IFF must be simpler than the current STINGER system, or, if possible, transparent to the user. The IFF must work in joint, interagency, and multinational (JIM) environments: (h) The SMR must be insensitive to expected Hazards of Electromagnetic Radiation to Ordnance (HERO), Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), and Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) en vironments; (i) The SMR is desired to have a per unit cost of less than $95K; (j) The SMR should be minimal smoke, with minimal launch signature. Non-attribution is desired; (k) The SMR will be capable of being air delivered in its organic hard carrying case with the individual Marine during the assault phase of an airborne and/or amphibious operation. The device will be capable of surviving environments associated with air drop (e.g. thermal shock, pressure change, moisture/condensation penetration, water submersion, shock and vibration); (l) The SMR must include tamper proof technology. The ability to disable lost weapons is desired; (m) The device will be sufficiently ruggedized to withstand and/or be protected from the abrasive effects (e.g. pitting and scratching) and the penetration of blowing sand and dust particles while operating. The design of the system should als o prohibit the penetration of water, moisture, condensation, and salt spray; (n) The device will comply with applicable safety, health and human engineering requirements and not present uncontrolled safety and health hazards to personnel. As a minimum, the provisions of Military Standards 454, 882, and 1472 will apply to the system; (o) The SMR must perform its mission in the presence of airborne countermeasures. It is desired that the SMR operate without performance degradation in the presence of airborne countermeasures. The contractor will describe the system capability against current countermeasures. The system should have the ability to address future countermeasures upgrades via software versus hardware modification; (p) The SMR must be able to be utilized with limited training. The SMR should have readily portable or built in training functionality; (q) Operational Availability: 95 percent; (r) Form, fit, and electronic interface compatibility with current Stinger Missile is desired to reduce impact to utilization in existing USMC weapon systems such as the AN/TWQ-1 Pedestal Mounted Stinger (Avenger); and (s) The device should not require any special tools or equipment for operator tasks. Built-in test equipment or self-test circuitry may be incorporated. Respondents should include in submittal the following: proposed approach (including pictures, if available), advantages, disadvantages, training requirements for users, ability by the Government to maintain item, timeline for development and delivery, and Rough Order of Magnitude of cost. The information above should be based on a quantity of 2000 units. Interested companies should provide information along with technical questions regarding this announcement to Mr. Doug McDaniel, e-m ail mcdaniel_d@crane.navy.mil, NSWC Crane, 300 Highway 361, Code 1164, Building 64, Crane, IN 47522-5011. Responses should be submitted no later than 10 August 2003. Please include the RFI number on all correspondence. This notice does not constitute an Invitation for Bids or a Request for Proposal (RFP), and it is not a commitment by the Navy to procure products or services. The Navy is only seeking information for future needs. No RFP solicitation document exists at this time. The Navy does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this Request For Information, and will not reimburse any costs incurred by interested companies responding to this announcement. However, respondents to this Request for Information will not be excluded from consideration for contract participation in any potential follow-on hardware development activity. All information marked as prop rietary information will be safeguarded to prevent disclosure to non-Government personnel and entities.
- Web Link
-
NSWC CRANE WEB PAGE
(http://www.crane.navy.mil/supply/homepage.htm)
- Record
- SN00383414-W 20030727/030726121101 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
-
FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
(may not be valid after Archive Date)
| FSG Index | This Issue's Index | Today's FBO Daily Index Page |