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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF FEBRUARY 15, 2004 FBO #0810
SOLICITATION NOTICE

10 -- Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) Airborne Selectable Fuze

Notice Date

2/13/2004
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AAC - Air Armament Center, AAC/PK 205 West D Avenue, Suite 433, Eglin AFB, FL, 32542-6864
 

ZIP Code

32542-6864
 

Solicitation Number

FA8681-04-R-0172
 

Point of Contact

Sallye Belton, Contracting Officer, Phone 850 882-8113, Fax 850 882-2533, - Steve Wall, Contract Specialist, Phone (850) 882-4967, ext. 5363, Fax (850) 882-1680,
 

E-Mail Address

sallye.belton@eglin.af.mil, harold.wall@eglin.af.mil
 

Description

The Air Armament Center (AAC), Direct Attack Program Office, submits this presolicitation notice in preparation for award of a Sole Source contract to McDonnell Douglas Corporation, A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Boeing Company, for the design and development of an airborne selectable fuze system (ASFS) for use with the Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM). The Government has identified specific requirements for a new fuze system intended to enhance the effectiveness of all JDAM variants. The fuze shall be capable of selecting discreet detonation delay increments and shall consist of a locking ring, environmentally derived power source, and cable. The selectable fuze system shall incorporate the following operational modes: Power-on/Captive-Carry mode, Safe Jettison mode, Safe Separation mode, Pre-arm mode, Arm mode, Impact, Delay after Impact, External Fire Command mode, and Delay after External Command mode. The ASFS shall include arm-delay settings from 4 to 10 seconds in half-second increments and additional discreetly selectable delay settings of 14, 21 and 25 seconds. Detonation delay selections shall include: Instantaneous, 5, 15, 25, 35, 45, 60, 90, 180 and 240 milliseconds. The ASFS must be compatible with existing weapon fuze and aircraft cockpit interfaces. The system must also be compatible with all JDAM weapon variants (GBU-31/Mk-84 and BLU-109, GBU-32/Mk-83 and BLU-110, and GBU-38/Mk-82 and BLU-111) and with height-of-burst sensors (DSU-33). The fuze system must be designed to ensure a high degree of operational reliability within environmental conditions that encompass the full range of JDAM flight envelopes, including but not limited to High Altitude, Low Airspeed (HALA). The ASFS design shall provide for serial data trainers, load crew trainers, and explosive ordnance disposal trainers. The contractor shall employ an ?arm consent? function within its design for fuze system integration with the JDAM tail-kits. The contractor shall develop the arm consent algorithm and command for the JDAM as well as for implementation within the fuze. This function will inhibit fuze arming until a consent signal is received from the tail-kit declaring that the weapon is near and will likely strike its intended target. Should the JDAM guidance system indicate it will be unable to make adjustments necessary to ensure an accurate target impact, the arm consent signal shall be withheld and the fuze prevented from arming. The system must maintain full functional capability for no less than an 11-minute JDAM time-of-flight and be able to withstand hard target penetration. The service life of the system shall be 10 years. The airborne selectable fuze system shall be compatible with the Common Munitions Built-in Test Reprogrammable Equipment (CMBRE) and Air Force mission planning systems. The fuze system shall be fully capable of employment by Air Force aircraft operating worldwide in all-weather conditions. This global mission further requires the ASFS to be capable of worldwide transportation on commercial and military trucks, railcars, aircraft, or ships. The fuze system must be capable of prolonged storage under widely diverse conditions in the Continental United States and overseas. In-field Government support requirements are limited to unpacking and repacking the airborne selectable fuze system, performing visual inspection, minor corrosion control, installing and removing the airborne selectable fuze system in warheads. The ASFS shall comply with Department of Defense insensitive munitions requirements for fuzes. The contractor shall also request and obtain approval for the design of the fuze system from the Air Force Non-nuclear Safety Board. The contractor shall be responsible for the development, qualification, and performance of the total system, including the fuze, locking ring, power source, cable, and JDAM arm consent function. The contractor shall conduct qualification testing to demonstrate fuze system functional reliability (95% with 90% confidence) under potential JDAM release environments identified by the Government. The contractor shall provide 600 units for development, qualification, first article acceptance, and operational suitability testing, to be completed within 15 months after contract award. The contractor shall demonstrate the capacity to deliver 1,000 initial production units within 3 months after completion of the development contract and 3,000 units per month thereafter. The contractor shall establish a unit price cost curve based on these quantities. The contractor shall provide a 20-year warranty on the fuze system storage life. The technical data package for the JDAM tail kit is proprietary contractor information and is not available to interested sources. In the event this notification results in a contract action, the acquisition will utilize North American Industry Classification (NAICS) code, 332993. For information concerning this synopsis, please contact Sallye Belton, Contracting Officer, (850) 882-3525, extension 3070, e-mail: sallye.belton@eglin.af.mil. For technical information, contact the Program Manager, Capt Brent Gagnard, (850) 882-3525, extension 3055, e-mail: brent.gagnard@eglin.af.mil. This synopsis does not constitute a solicitation for bids or proposals and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. See numbered notes 22, 23, and 26.
 

Place of Performance

Address: P.O. Box 516, St. Louis MO

Zip Code: 63166-0516

Country: US
 

Record

SN00522456-W 20040215/040213212342 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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