SOURCES SOUGHT
14 -- Concepts and Technologies Study for Enhance Cruise Missile (ECM)
- Notice Date
- 12/7/2004
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 928110
— National Security
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL, Space Vehicles Directorate, Kirtland AFB, 2251 Maxwell Ave, Kirtland AFB, NM, 87117
- ZIP Code
- 87117
- Solicitation Number
- Reference-Number-AFNWCA-002
- Response Due
- 1/7/2005
- Archive Date
- 1/7/2005
- Description
- INTRODUCTION: This Request for Information (RFI) solicits information about concepts and technologies applicable to a nuclear Enhanced Cruise Missile (ECM). The Air Force Nuclear Weapons and Counterproliferation Agency (AFNWCA) Advanced Technology Division (AT) will use this information in support of the Joint ECM Phase 6.1 concept study, an internal, government conducted study. The intent of the study is to explore cruise missile concepts that offer improvements in safety, reliability, and performance. 1. The concepts and technologies should address the ability of the ECM to: Have increased reliability over current cruise missiles Incorporate advanced command and control concepts Carry a nuclear payload and meet nuclear certification requirements Offer improvements in safety and nuclear surety Support global strike missions Address a variety of targets Address targets deep within future high threat anti-access environments Reduce minimum and extend maximum range of current cruise missiles Improve accuracy compared to current cruise missiles. Be carried on strategic bomber aircraft as well as alternative launchers (ground, sea, missile, etc.) Exploit altitude and missile velocity regimes 2. The ECM study team encourages cruise missile system integrators and developers to become involved with this process by responding to this RFI. The RFI response can consist of pre-existing product documentation, but should preferably be organized and presented in accordance with this RFI. 3. This RFI seeks information to help the ECM study team make useful and efficient assessment of the ability of the aerospace industry to develop and produce a nuclear ECM that offers improvements over existing systems and meets Air Force requirements beyond 2020. Please consider the purpose of this RFI when responding so your time is spent on addressing the issues in paragraph 1. Respondents may consider areas not explicitly asked for if they feel the information provides useful guidance. 4. Organizations responding to this RFI shall: Designate a single contact within that organization for receipt of all subsequent communications Notify the government of intent to submit a white paper 5. Responses to this RFI must be received at AFNWCA no later than 5:00 PM US Mountain Time January 7, 2004. However, earlier responses are encouraged. 6. The following outline is offered to assist in the development of your response. You should include: A cover letter ? this letter should include a brief summary of your response and indicate if supporting documentation is included. Your response must be in the form of an UNCLASSIFIED white paper, submitted in electronic and paper format, which addresses all the areas in paragraph 1. Appropriate ?proprietary? markings if applicable. 7. Although the ECM study team does not limit the size of responses, you are asked to consider that the team will rely upon resources with limited time availability to review these responses. In order to assure that your response receives the attention it deserves, you are asked to consider limiting the size of your response (not counting any supporting documentation) to no more than 10 pages. If you consider supporting documentation to be necessary, please indicate which portions of the supporting documentation are relevant to this RFI. 8. This RFI does not obligate the government in any manner for any future acquisitions. This is not a notice of intent to contract. The government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request for information or otherwise pay for information solicited. 9. All communication regarding this RFI, including submissions, should be sent to the contact below. Mr. Roger Kropf AFNWCA(AT) 1551 Wyoming Blvd. SE Kirtland AFB, New Mexico 87117 ECM.study@kirtland.af.mil (505) 853-0900 DSN 263-0900
- Record
- SN00717866-W 20041209/041207211809 (fbodaily.com)
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