SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Advanced Railgun Launcher Concepts
- 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-0510
- Response Due
- 4/16/2004
- Point of Contact
- Lisa King, Contract Specialist, (973)724-3198
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Lisa King
(lking@pica.army.mil)
- Description
- The US Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Armament, Research, Development, and Engineering Center, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ is conducting a Market Survey to identify potential sources to provide technical expertise and support to the design of long safe-service-life railgun launchers as part of a Government and Contractor Integrated Product Team (IPT) working on the Electromagnetic (EM) Gun Technology Maturation and Demonstration Program. The actual design, build, and test of a complete electromagnetic launcher is not included in this request. Sources will be required to fabricate a short section of a launcher, here after referred to as a stub tube, for hardware validation of several aspects of the design approach. The normal size of the stub tube is anticipated to be 60cm long with a 30 square cm bore are. The current Army effort is to focus upon a multipurpose 2MJ muzzle-energy class launcher with an objective bore life of 200 rounds. Other elements of the IPT will be conducting the design, fabrication, and testing of a complete launcher system. Due to fiscal and schedule constraints, it is not feasible to consider a wide variety of launcher design concepts for full scale testing. However, it is the intent of the current program to foster innovation and generate design concepts that would prove viable for possible future programs. To this end, advanced railgun launcher concepts are sought that are worthy of near-term seed- money support. These concepts should promote technology that if selected for future programs, could achieve credible service life for mature weapon demonstrators, while proving sufficiently lightweight and structurally robust for muzzle pointing stabilization. Any interested parties for this launcher support effort must submit clear and concise information that will show a superior understanding of fundamental and applied research in armament engineering, electromagnetic railguns, and structural design for producibility. For the purposes of this program effort, transition is considered an armature failure mode of operation. Subsequently, service life and barrel structure technology will focus upon a nonarcing contact mode throughout launch. Technologies to ameliorate the effects of repeated armature transition on bore life are not sought. In addition, capabilities sought must include an extensive body of knowledge and experience with prototype design and fabrication for railgun launchers. 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 Lking@pica.army.mil or Pnickel@pica.army.mil, and received by 16 April 2004. Brochures may be mailed to Lisa King, 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 costs 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-0510)
- Record
- SN00558391-W 20040403/040401212340 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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