SOLICITATION NOTICE
14 -- Direct Attack Seeker Head Future Naval Capabilities (DASH-FNC)
- Notice Date
- 9/23/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 334511
— Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Dept.1, N68936 NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER WEAPONS DIVISION DEPT.1 Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Dept.1 429 E. Bowen Rd - Stop 4015 China Lake, CA
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N6893608R0073
- Response Due
- 10/24/2008
- Archive Date
- 10/24/2009
- Point of Contact
- Helen Xiong 760-939-5124 Colette Nalley<br />
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- This publication constitutes a Request for Information (RFI) notice pursuant to FAR Part 15.201(E). No formal Request for Proposals (RFP) or other type of solicitation will be issued. Follow-up questions may be asked of responders for clarification, but this will not indicate a selection of preference.This is not a commitment to fund any effort submitted in response to this request. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division China Lake (NAWCWD-CL) will not issue paper copies of this announcement. GENERAL BACKGROUND: Future Navy guided weapons require increased capability to attack moving and stationary targets in all weather and environmental conditions. Adding the new asymmetric targets from the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) require flexible and low cost weapon solutions to attack these highly mobile threats. The Navy seeks low cost, innovative, and new invention technologies for seekers that will significantly improve the capabilities of existing weapon systems. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is conducting a Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) project called the Direct Attack Seeker Head (DASH) to address low cost seeker technology for the highly mobile threat in all environmental conditions. The DASH FNC project has completed its first year of development focused on a low cost radar sensor and must now lay out a more detailed plan for the complete low cost dual mode seeker. The use of new, low cost, high performance components has been critical to obtaining a low cost radar sensor for the DASH and it is anticipated this approach will be required for all DASH subcomponents to meet the cost objective. The use of Government Off-the Shelf (GOTS), Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) or other Non-Developmental Items (NDI) for an imaging sensor and applicable signal processing algorithms is preferred. The DASH goal will be a modular seeker design allowing for a single production line item that can then be integrated into multiple weapon systems using adapter kits. Weapon systems that could benefit from DASH performance and cost benefits vary from Zuni, JDAM, JSOW, JAGM, JASSM, HARM, SDB II, Harpoon, and Tomahawk. For the DASH FNC demonstration, a 5" form factor based on the DSU-33 fuze will be used. This form factor would be compatible with the majority of the possible weapon integrations. The target set for DASH will be stationary and moving targets in land and maritime environments. This seeker shall support fire and forget operation.INFORMATION SOUGHT: Respondents are encouraged to provide information pertaining to any or all of the topics of interest to the DASH FNC project: Mature (COTS/GOTS/NDI), small (diameter around 30 mm), low cost (less than $4,000.00 each for quantities of 30,000 units over a five year buy), imaging infrared sensors with detection range capability greater than 2 nmi against a Ford F350 truck size target (moving or not) in multiple background environments in clear weather. It is desired the image would have between 200-800 pixels on a 10 m2 target at a range greater than 1 nmi. Any response should include but not be limited to the following attributes: Field of View (FOV), Instantaneous FOV (IFOV) (if different from the FOV), optical resolution, detector type, format (e.g. array size), cooling requirements if any, detector time constant, frame rate, non-uniformity correction approach and implementation technique, detector NEDT, system spectral band, system NEDT, physical camera size: including optics, FPA electronics, and other processor/control electronics; use of automatic gain control, etc. The imaging sensor must function day and night and in the near vicinity to a radar sensor operating in the millimeter wave region. Mature (GOTS/COTS/NDI), real-time Target Recognition Algorithms (autonomous) for use with imaging sensors (radar, infrared, etc) to identify a single target type amongst confusers and complex clutter backgrounds: from desert to jungle to Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT). This is primarily an application where the target is known and must be found among confusers, but none of the confusers need be identified. Any response should include the "image" resolution required to detect, classify, and identify targets with high confidence (greater than 90%). Mature target recognition algorithms are defined as having been implemented in real-time in embedded processors. Mature (GOTS/COTS/NDI) radar processing algorithms for multiple radar modes for detection and tracking stationary and moving targets in various clutter backgrounds. These modes could be Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Inverse SAR (ISAR), Doppler beam Sharpening (DBS), Ground Moving Target Indication (GMTI), Maritime Moving Target Indication (MMTI), High Range Resolution (HRR), etc. Mature (GOTS/COTS/NDI) sensor fusion or sensor integration algorithms for combining radar sensor outputs with an imaging sensor outputs and initial and in-flight target cueing. Mature (GOTS/COTS/NDI) target tracker algorithms based on single sensor mode (radar or imager) as well as the sensor fusion/integration results. The tracker shall maintain a track on the primary target of interest and establish tracks on all alternate targets in the seeker field of view near the target cue in complex clutter environments including MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain). Mature (GOTS/COTS/NDI) "divert algorithms" that will allow a direct attack weapon to alter its aimpoint when a target track is revealed to be false and the weapon's impact location must be altered to minimize damage to a wrong target. Mature is defined as previously existing and utilized in at least one application or will be demonstrated in an application within the next twelve (12) months. Mature software is desired to have been implemented real-time. Simplified Interface Control Documentation (ICD) information is desired for each submission to understand data requirements (what specific data and what quality), communication techniques, and physical and electrical needs. All algorithms should provide memory and processor throughput estimates to operate the code in a real-time embedded system. Responders should address their algorithm robustness across modalities, resolution, etc. For planning purposes, pricing information on COTS, GOTS, and NDI items is desired. DISCLAIMER: This notice is not to be construed as an acquisition Request for Proposal (RFP), nor is any commitment on the part of the Government to award a contract implied, nor does the Government intend to pay for any information submitted as a result of this request. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request or to otherwise pay for the information solicited. NAWCWD will not issue paper copies of this RFI. NAWCWD provides no funding for direct reimbursement of the white paper development costs. The white paper (or any other material) submitted in response to this RFI will not be returned. Response Details: This announcement contains all information required to submit an informational white paper. No additional forms, kits or other materials are needed. The response period will be one month. However, the Government reserves the right to consider white papers that come in after the deadline published in this notice. Responses to this RFI will not be returned nor will respondents be notified of the results of the review. NAWCWD appreciates responses from all capable and qualified sources including but not limited to universities, university affiliated research centers, federally-funded research centers, private or public companies and Government research laboratories. White papers have the following formatting requirements:a)A one page cover sheet that identifies the title, organization(s), responder's technical and administrative points of contact - including names, addresses, phone and fax numbers, and email addresses of all co-authors; respondents should appropriately mark any data that is proprietary or has restricted data rights.b)A single overview briefing chart graphically depicting responders' capabilities;c)Ten-page maximum on their current capabilities to address the above mention areas.d) Accommodation for classified material can be made. Submissions should include the following information, taking into consideration that the information submitted may not be used for a procurement action: (1) If a U.S. or foreign company; (2) Company Size (Small or Large according to the NAICS and size standard listed); (3) If your company is a Small Business, specify if your company is or is not each of the following: (a) HubZone Business; (b) 8(a) Business; (c) Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Business; (4) Any DCMA points of contact for your business; (5) Any other specific and pertinent information as pertains to this particular area of interest that would enhance our evaluation of the information submitted. Respondents shall submit white paper in two forms: one electronic copy on CD (PDF or Microsoft Office format) and one hardcopy. The electronic copy can be emailed to helen.xiong@navy.mil. The hardcopy can be mailed to Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division (Code 254100D), Attention: Helen Xiong, 429 E. Bowen Road, Mail Stop 4015, China Lake, California 93555-6108.
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