SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Study to define a medium altitude Height-of-Burst, HOB,sensor for the Kinetic Energy Rod program
- Notice Date
- 6/1/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541712
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Army, U. S. Army Materiel Command, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command (Missiles), 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-09-R-0312
- Response Due
- 7/16/2009
- Archive Date
- 9/14/2009
- Point of Contact
- GAYLE NORMAN, (256) 876-4900<br />
- E-Mail Address
-
US Army Aviation and Missile Command (Missile)
(gayle.norman@us.army.mil)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Pursuant to FAR 15.2, the Guidance Systems Branch, Weapons Development Integration Directorate of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development, and Engineering Center, AMRDEC, hereby issues this Request for Information, RFI, regarding a study to define a medium altitude Height-of-Burst, HOB, Sensor for the MLRS Kinetic Energy Rod, KE Rod program. This study will provide a better understanding of the state of the art for the HOB sensor technology and identify potential candidate designs or approaches for ultimate implementation in MLRS KE Rod. THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) IS NOT AN INVITATION FOR BID OR REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS. Rather this RFI is part of a technology survey that is an integral part of US Army planning efforts for possible future programs. Informal or white paper response using font size 10 or 12, with one inch margins in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat PDF format containing a description of appropriate technologies and how these technologies can be applied to this project are encouraged. The following device specifications are derived from a set of notional system requirements and can be viewed as performance goals. 1. HOB Technology: RF, Laser or other. GPS systems are not under consideration at this time. 2. Nominal Height of Burst: 200-400 meters or 250-500m slant range. 3. Target Surfaces will be: Soil wet or dry, Concrete wet or dry, water, dense foliage, and dense scrub. 4. Signal attenuation, loss, shall be negligible due to visual obscurants. The value of the attenuation is TBD. Visual obscurants include fog, smoke, rain, ice, snow, sleet, hail, and dust. 5. Modes of Operation: Proximity: selectable HOB, other ranges are TBD. Time delay. Self Destruct. 6. HOB Accuracy: Standard Deviation. 1 sigma equals 10 percent of selected height. 7. Time Delay Mode: Detonation to occur at expiration of set time plus 3.2 seconds. 8. Time Range: 5.0-199.9 seconds in 0.1 increments. 9. Mission Profile: 8.5 seconds launch, 100 seconds flight. 10. Angle of Approach: HOB mode if Angle is greater than 20 degrees with respect to horizontal, Time mode if Angle is less than or equal to 20 degrees with respect to horizontal. 11. Physical Characteristics: Ogive shall be the same as the M445 fuze. Shall interface mechanically to the rocket in the same manner as the M445 fuze. Size and shape shall be the same as the M445 fuze. 12. Notable Environmental Characteristics: Flight Altitude: Sea level to 40 kM. Rain: 55.8 mm/hr plus or minus 12.7 mm/hr. Tube Cover Push thru Shock: 12.3 kN, 15 ms, one half sine pulse. 13. Power will be supplied from a thermal battery. Voltage and current levels are TBD. 14. The HOB sensor will accept an enable signal to power the transmitter. The HOB sensor will not transmit a ranging signal unless enabled. 15. The HOB sensor will provide fire command to the fuze within 100 microseconds after detecting the correct HOB. 16. All existing interfaces to the MLRS Fire Control System (FCS) and the M445 fuze must be maintained. The FCS will select the HOB mode, set the time, if necessary, and the HOB sensor will retain the settings as long as it is powered by the FCS. If power is lost before the thermal battery is squibbed, the settings will not be retained. HOB sensor designs that do not quite meet these requirements may still be of interest if there is a potential decrease in cost or if there is a potential increase in reliability, safety, or performance. Aspects of the design that are proprietary or have usage restrictions such as licensing requirements or restriction on modifications or operator servicing should be clearly identified. Interested and capable U.S. sources only, are asked to submit a white paper compatible with Microsoft Word, Rich Text Format, or Adobe Portable Document Format, containing a description of appropriate technologies they possess, or are developing, and how those technologies could be applied to this project. Drawings, sketches, or other graphics not embedded in the white paper shall be in Portable Network Graphics, PNG, Joint Photographic Experts Group, JPEG, or Tagged Image File Format, TIFF, with the resolution set so that graphical features and text labels are legible at 600 dots per inch, dpi, or higher printout resolution. The white paper and associated graphics, if any, shall be submitted on standard Compact Disk, CD,or Digital Video Disk, DVD. Responses to this RFI may not be submitted by fax,email, or direction to website or file transfer protocol, FTP server; any so sent will be disregarded. THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT INTEND TO AWARD A CONTRACT ON THE BASIS OF THIS REQUEST FOR INFORMATION OR OTHERWISE PAY FOR THE INFORMATION SOLICITED. Information submitted in response to this RFI is submitted at no cost to the Government and will not be returned. Any exchange of information shall be consistent with procurement integrity requirements, and all appropriate proprietary claims will be protected to prevent improper disclosure. Send five copies of written Request for Information responses to the following address. Responses must reference the RFI number and are to be submitted no later than 3:00 PM local time on 16 July 2009 to US Army Aviation and Missile Command, CCAM-RD-B, Bldg 5400, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 Attn; Gayle Norman.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Aviation and Missile Command (Missile) ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road Redstone Arsenal AL<br />
- Zip Code: 35898-5280<br />
- Zip Code: 35898-5280<br />
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