SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- EM Gun XM1 Railgun Design, Modeling and Fabrication
- Notice Date
- 4/1/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-04-X-0509
- Response Due
- 4/16/2004
- Point of Contact
- Jennifer Arber, Contract Specialist, (973)724-4113
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Jennifer Arber
(jarber@pica.army.mil)
- Description
- The US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Armament, Research, Development, Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ is conducting a Market Survey to identify potential sources to provide technical expertise and support to continue the development of the XM1 railgun launcher as part of a Government and Contractor Integrated Product Team (IPT) working on the Electromagnetic (EM) Gun Technology Maturation and Demonstration Program. The XM1 is a 38mm by 76mm x4m rectangular bore railgun launcher currently in development by the Army. The offeror will be required to complete the design of the XM1, fabricate components, assemble the launcher, and ready it for test firing. Minimal alterations of the current XM1 design may be desired to incorporate lessons learned on recent subscale testing of technologies relevant to XM1 service life. Detailed numerical Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of XM1 operation that solve the electromagnetic differential equations will be required to clearly define the operating environment for the XM1 launcher including rail heating, current diffusion, Lorenz forces, etc. In a parallel IPT effort, Experimental Simulation Machines (ESMs) are under development that replicate important aspects of the XM1 operating enviornment for the purposes of swift, inexpensive, and flexible testing of candidate bore protection technologies. FEA of the ESMs will be required of the offeror to parametrically maximize the ability of the ESMs to mimic pertinent aspects of the XM1 operating environment to the degree practicable. Due to advancement of EM launcher technology fostered under this program in FY04 and FY05, incremental changes of the XM1 launcher design will be undertaken to extend the state of the art in EM launcher technology. Spiral development of the XM1 will lead to the XM1A1 anticipated for fabrication and firing nominally one year after the XM1. To this end, the offeror will be required to collaborate with the IPT and related program efforts being fostered by other elements of the Department of Defense to design and conduct FEA of the XM1A1 launcher and related ESMs. Fabrication of the XM1A1 will be conducted by other elements of the IPT and will not be required by the offeror. Any interested parties for this launcher support effort must submit clear and concise information that will show a superior understanding of applied railgun armament engineering, fabrication, assembly, and testing. This can be demonstrated in the form of patents, publications, preliminary designs, detailed designs, and test data for state of the art railgun launchers. This information should be included with any submission. This information is to be provided via email to jarber@pica.army.mil or pnickel@pica.army.mil, and received by 16 April 2004. Brochures may be mailed to Jennifer Arber, Contract Specialist, or Patricia Nickells, Contracting Officer, US Army TACOM ARDEC, AMSTA-AQ-APE, B. 10, Picatinny Arsenal , NJ 07806-5000. This market survey is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. It does not constitute a Request for Proposal, and the Government will not reimburse the cost incurred by providing this information. See Numbered Note 25.
- Web Link
-
US ARMY TACOM-Picatinny Procurement Network
(http://procnet.pica.army.mil/dbi/Download/GoGetSourcesSought.cfm?SolNum=W15QKN-04-X-0509)
- Record
- SN00558389-W 20040403/040401212339 (fbodaily.com)
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