SOLICITATION NOTICE
16 -- Aircraft Occupant Ballistic Protection System (AOBPS)
- Notice Date
- 6/4/2008
- Notice Type
- Modification/Amendment
- NAICS
- 336413
— Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Other Defense Agencies, U.S. Special Operations Command, Technical Applications Contracting Office (TAKO), ATTN: AMSAM-TASO-K, Lee Boulevard, Building 401, Fort Eustis, Virginia, 23604-5577
- ZIP Code
- 23604-5577
- Solicitation Number
- AOBPS
- Response Due
- 6/30/2008
- Archive Date
- 9/30/2008
- Point of Contact
- Sharon A. Gayle,, Phone: 757-878-0730 X 246
- E-Mail Address
-
sharon.gayle@us.army.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Technology Applications Program Office (TAPO) is seeking a light weight replacement for the current heavy steel Ballistic Protection System (BPS) currently used on its rotary wing aircraft. As a result TAPO has the requirement to conduct a live fire test on readily available aircraft armor panels (ballistic protection). These systems should encompass the gamut of light weight ballistic protection to meet the objective and threshold requirements below. Those firms who would like to participate in these live fire tests are invited to provide one 1’ x 1’ (one-foot-square) panel and four 6” x 6” (six-inch-square) panels at no cost to the government for the government’s use in the test. Ballistic performance tests will be carried out using the following criteria: • Range/ Obliquity - 100 meters stand-off from muzzle and zero obliquity (100m, 0 Deg); • Ballistic Protection - Threshold - 7.62mm x 39 M1943 Type PS ball, Objective - 7.62mm x 54R Type LPS and • Repeatability - 2 rounds within a 1” diameter. The armor should be in its deployable state (i.e. have any and all coatings typically used when in normal operation in a combat environment) and at an Areal weight with a Mass Efficiency (ME) of 3 or greater, as compared to RHA. Mark your panels with appropriate markings to reflect supplier, type of material, and armor fabrication. Firms will only be provided the results from their own ballistic panel test event and will not have access to another firm’s result. This is a Government only test event and participating firms cannot witness the test. Additionally, the Government requests the written composition of the armor panel to determine if any material or environmental concerns exist. These details will be maintained by the Government and will not be shared with other firms. The Government conducted live fire test is anticipated to occur in early July 08. As a result each firm’s panels must be delivered no later than 30 June 08. TAPO Technical POC for this action is Sean Heatherman, Aerospace Engineer, (757) 878-3299 ext 266 Added: <input type="hidden" name="dnf_class_values[procurement_notice][description][1][added_on]" value="2008-05-21 15:14:21">May 21, 2008 3:14 pm Modified: <input type="hidden" name="dnf_class_values[procurement_notice][description][1][modified_on]" value="2008-06-04 11:42:42">Jun 04, 2008 11:42 am Track Changes
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Unknown, United States
- Record
- SN01586881-W 20080606/080604220330-51a84f298714052bb2abdd5ec3e8f45c (fbodaily.com)
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