SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Research and Development of a Lightweight Expeditionary Bridging Capability
- Notice Date
- 1/28/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, ONR, CODE ONR-02 800 N. QUINCY ST. Rm 704, Arlington, VA, 22217
- ZIP Code
- 22217
- Solicitation Number
- BAA04-009
- Response Due
- 3/12/2004
- Archive Date
- 3/27/2004
- Point of Contact
- Craig Penrose, Major, Phone (703) 696-2561, Fax (703) 696-2558, - Keith Strohman, Senior Contract Specialist, Phone (703) 696-3475, Fax (703) 696-0066,
- E-Mail Address
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penrosc@onr.navy.mil, strohmk@onr.navy.mil
- Description
- Gaining and maintaining the initiative has become the basis by which Marine Corps forces have successfully waged battles in the past. This emphasis on gaining and maintaining the initiative, so successful to date, has the potential to become imperiled when one applies recent historical trends to battlefields of the future. Specifically, the Marine Corps and the underlying concept of Expeditionary Maneuver Warfare (EMW) place an extremely high demand on the ability to rapidly move large forces over great distances with minimal delay. This tends to stretch the capability of combat service support units and engineer support battalions to the limit of their current capabilities. More specifically, the current bridging capabilities and assets resident within the Marine Corps have diminished utility on the modern battlefield. Bridging assets are neither capable of being rapidly emplaced nor sufficient in structure to handle the stresses of modern wheeled and tracked combat vehicles. Current bridging assets within the Marine Corps can be grouped into three (3) distinct categories: assault bridging, tactical bridging, and line of communication (LOC) bridging. The bridging assets in these categories are the result of past development and procurement programs in the U.S. Army. Assault bridging in the Marine Corps consists of the Armored Vehicle Launched Bridge (AVLB) and can be best described as a vehicular mounted, scissor type bridge that is used to cross gaps up to 15 meters at Military Load Classification (MLC) 70 (an upgraded version can support MLC 70 up to 18 meters). It is primarily used for in-stride, short-term breaching purposes for the M1A1 main battle tank. On the other hand, tactical bridging used by the Marine Corps is a panel type bridge structure designed to be conventionally emplaced from near to far shore, primarily utilizing human assets. As a result, there is no commonality between either system regarding interchangeability of parts, concepts of employment and emplacement and/or displacement. To further exacerbate the problem, the Marine tactical bridging asset known as the Medium Girder Bridge (MGB), reaches the end of its service life in 2008. Recent lessons learned have shown the MGB is susceptible to damage if left in place and unmonitored for long periods.
- Record
- SN00511560-W 20040130/040128212606 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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