SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- 'Advanced Weapon System and Manufacturing Technologies' Alpha Contracting will be utilized, a Request for Proposal (RFP) WILL NOT be issued. This acquisition is sole source to the University of Alabama-Huntsville
- Notice Date
- 4/6/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- US Army Aviation and Missile Command (Missile), ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280
- ZIP Code
- 35898-5280
- Solicitation Number
- W31P4Q-04-R-R009
- Response Due
- 4/21/2004
- Archive Date
- 6/20/2004
- Point of Contact
- Deidra Barnes, 256-876-3137
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to US Army Aviation and Missile Command (Missile)
(deidra.barnes@redstone.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- See Numbered Note 22--Sole Source to the University of Alabama-Huntsville. STATEMENT OF WORK-'ADVANCED WEAPON SYSTEM AND MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES' SECTION 1. SCOPE a. BACKGROUND - The increased use of advanced technologies in Army weapon systems has resulted in increases in both the complexity and cost of the weapon system hardware. Research and development activities are currently underway at the U.S. Army Avia tion and Missile Command (AMCOM) to analyze and test advanced weapon system technologies, and to develop and implement the manufacturing technologies necessary to produce these advanced weapon systems hardware and software systems in a cost effective manne r. Digital simulation, computer-aided design, automation, and artificial intelligence are technologies that can be applied to the affordability of advanced weapon systems. Hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) simulation is used to evaluate advanced weapon system applications, reducing the need for field-testing. Development of capabilities for support of AMCOM mission critical computer resources is necessary for the research, development, and manufacture of advanced Army weapon systems. b. OBJECTIVE - The objective of this engineering effort is to conduct activities in system engineering and in the advanced weapon system and manufacturing technology areas of manufacturing process development, forecasting and assessment, automation, and simulation; analysis of target intercept characteristics; electronic data acquisition hardware and/or software systems; improved statistical methodology and signal processing techniques, with software, for incomplete, low quality test data; optics, artific ial intelligence, robotic and expert systems support for Advanced Simulation Center (ASC) simulations; computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) software for the characterization of targets with application to vulnerability, survivabilit y, and lethality assessments; internal radiated waveform and field analysis; aero/optic simulations and databases; computer-aided design; robotics and automation simulation for advanced manufacturing technologies; distributed systems; advanced weapon syste m manufacturing technologies; distributed systems; software engineering; capabilities for embedded system development; manufacturing technologies and non-destructive testing; the application of artificial intelligence to process design and control; and adv anced weapon system manufacturing. Activities are necessary to evaluate advanced weapon systems and weapon system computer systems, and to assure that the manufacturing technology base is available to produce AMCOM weapon systems and those leading-edge-ma nufacturing technologies are developed to support AMCOM technologies thrust areas. SECTION 2. TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS a. The contractor shall perform the following efforts, which fall within the areas, stated in Section 1 and are further delineated below and in individual delivery orders. Access to intelligence information may be required during the performance of the contract. b. The contractor shall perform the following to support advanced weapon system manufacturing technologies, simulations, and computer systems research and development for AMCOM supported weapon systems: (1) (a) Develop digital simulations of robotic and automatic manufacturing systems which are representative of real-time processes. Validate weapon system and manufacturing system engineering models by executing simulations and compiling data genera ted during simulation runs. Simulation data developed by the contractor under this contract shall be formatted and presented in graphical and textual formats. Software code developed by the contractor under this contract shall be documented and presented as a turnkey simulation system (with source code) to permit future modification by other organizations. (b) Perform analyses of target intercept characteristic s of various tactical weapon systems using mathematical modeling and numerical computational techniques. These analyses shall include a level of component and system detail commensurate with the objectives of the analysis. (c) Design, fabricate, and implement unique, special purpose electronic data acquisition hardware and/or software systems in support of simulation of operational exercises, flight testing, and analytic, real-time, and HWIL simulations conducted in the ASC of AMCOM??????s Research, Development, and Engineering Center (RDEC). (d) Develop improved statistical methodology to utilize very incomplete guided weapon system performance data from sources such as tracking cameras, telemetered data from on-board inertial instrumentation, position and velocity data from laser trac king devices or ground radar, or other experimental, performance-related information from other sources to determine weapon system or subsystem performance. (e) Develop and make innovative application of signal processing techniques to make use of flight test data of such low quality, i.e., extremely low signal-to-noise ratio and/or extensive signal dropouts, as to ordinarily make the information useless. (f) Develop digital computer software from the improved methodology described in paragraphs (d) and (e). (g) Perform optical analysis and test, artificial intelligence and robotic systems development, and expert systems techniques development for simulation validation, execution, analysis, and development in support of ASC simulations described above. (h) Develop and modify computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM) software for the characterization of all types and classes of targets, with application to vulnerability, survivability, and lethality assessments. The contractor s hall develop three-dimensional models of all types and classes of targets utilizing specialized CAD/CAM software and hardware, with application to vulnerability, survivability, and lethality assessments. Integrate target, vulnerability, survivability, and lethality models and assess system performance. (i) Perform concept development analysis and research for the design of specialized facilities that meet specified requirements and criteria with respect to internal radiated waveforms and fields. Provide analytical support services for calculations of electromagnetic (EM) fields due to prescribed radiation sources when the resulting EM fields are scattered and absorbed by arbitrary boundary shapes. (j) Develop aero/optics simulations and databases for missiles, targets, and specialized weapons systems platforms. This effort shall include development of instrumentation methodology and analytical methodology that directly supports aero/optics technology. (k) Develop techniques to perform Systems Engineering Analyses of interrelationships between technical performance, production processes, technological status, and cost and schedule performance. (l) Develop, validate, and document analytical models for Systems Engineering Analyses in the areas of statistics, reliability and hardware performance for various weapon systems and subsystem. (m) Employ three light gas guns as required to provide range of flight simulation conditions; perform experiments and analyses for the evaluation/assessment of hypervelocity impact phenomenology, including kinetic energy lethality and lethality criteria development, kill assessment, survivability and target hardening; perform assessment of kill enhancement devices including kinetic and chemical means; perform tactical armor penetrator development and evaluation including active armor mechanisms; perform t he characterization of target observables including target radar and optical/infrared signatures; perform environment effects on sensor performance; and perform the development and evaluation of propulsion plume technology, wake and flow aerodyna mics and simulation. (2) Provide CAD support for the collection and entry of design geometries for generation of three-dimensional (3-D) models and part drawings to support the simulation of advanced weapon system manufacturing technologies. (3) Provide robotics and automation simulation engineering support for advanced weapon system manufacturing technologies to include developing and simulating new techniques for materials handling; automated machining processes; automated fabrication a nd assembly; automated materials processing and non-destructive testing; vision and sensing methodologies; and automated error recognition, evaluation and recovery. Research and develop distributed systems for computer and software systems related to weap on system-manufacturing technologies. Distributed systems are computer and software systems whose functions are allocated among the various parts of the manufacturing equipment, or in the case of software, among the parts of the development environment. Perform the necessary analysis, simulations, and tests for the implementation of both hardware and software for these distributed systems that are related to weapon system manufacturing. Develop capabilities that are to be used as tools for distributed sy stems as required for the support of mission critical computer resources (MCCR) for AMCOM tactical systems. The contractor shall not perform analyses to make recommendations concerning MCCR for AMCOM tactical systems. (4) Provide software engineering support for the development and validation of source code in support of advanced weapon system manufacturing technologies to include development of software to control processes in real-time; drive robotic simulation s with data downloading to the shop floor manufacturing equipment; and integrate new computer peripheral devices. Develop capabilities that are to be used as tools for the systems. Embedded systems are computer and software systems that are integrated into AMCOM tactical systems. Capabilities to be implemented include general subsystem emulation capability, artificial intelligence and expert systems c apability, multiprocessor capability, high level software analysis capability, software performance analysis capability; logic state and software operational analysis capability, interactive measurement analysis capability, computer language tools, micropr ogram development capability, and real-time non-intrusive in-circuit emulation capability. (5) Research and develop advanced weapon system manufacturing technologies and techniques, and related non-destructive testing techniques, for linear optical component fabrication, weapon system detector fabrication, thin-film optical protective coati ngs, and fiber optic system components. (6) Research and develop expert systems in support of advanced weapon system manufacturing utilizing artificial intelligence methodologies and techniques for the modeling and representation of knowledge, deduction, and problem solving. Expert systems are computer and software systems equipped with specialized knowledge to facilitate diagnosis and resolution of problems. Coordinate, plan, and conduct the necessary systems tests, simulations, and analyses for the implementation of these expert systems, which include both hardware and software requirements. Research and develop local and wide area computer networks for the control, test, and analysis of weapon systems and advanced weapon system manufacturing. Plan and integrate these existing networks into large networks to provide support for the simulation, testing, and evaluation described above. Develop capabilities that are to be used as tools for expert systems and for local and wide area networks as required for support of the MCCR for AMCOM tac tical systems. (7) Conduct analysis and evaluations of manufacturing processes and technologies (to include methods associated with electronics/integrated circuits ) by formulating scenarios. Investigate and analyze technology trends and newly introduced technology for further investigation. (8) Provide engineering management analysis and assessment of the performance of RDEC mission activities, with emphasis on development and maintenance of an infrastructure that generates and disseminates timely technological products and information. SECTION 3. DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS a. The contractor shall prepare and deliver the following documentation in accordance with (IAW) the quantities and schedules specified in the Contract Data Requirements List (DD Form 1423) attached to the Statement of Work for all delivery orders awarde d under this effort. The contractor shall: (1) Prepare a contract summary report IAW DI-ADMN-80447. (2) Prepare performance and cost reports IAW DI-MGMT-80912. b. The contractor shall prepare and deliver the following documentation IAW the quantities and schedules in the Contract Data Requirements List (DD Form 1423) attached to the Statement of Work and specified in the delivery orders. The contractor shall: (3) Prepare progress reports summarizing activities as required by individual delivery orders IAW DI-MGMT-80555. (4) Prepare software developed as a result of individual delivery orders IAW DI-MCCR-80700 and document the use of such software IAW DI-IPSC-81443. (5) Prepare commercial drawings required by individual delivery orders IAW DI-SESS-81003. (6) Document manufacturing processes and non-destructive testing techniques developed as required by individual delivery orders IAW DI-MISC-81176.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Aviation and Missile Command (Missile) ATTN: AMSAM-AC-OS-RB, Building 5405 Attn: Deidra Barnes Redstone Arsenal AL
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Record
- SN00560970-W 20040408/040406212313 (fbodaily.com)
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