Commander, U.S. Army Soldier Systems Command, ATTN: SATNC-UAP (Mr. Peter Wallace), Natick, MA 01760-5017

16 -- GUIDED, HIGH GLIDE AERIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM SOL DAAK60-CBD5-0014 DUE 042195 POC MR. PETER WALLACE, Address as above, telephone (508) 651-5376 The US Army Natick RD&E Center is conducting a Market Survey for guided, high glide aerial delivery systems and/or components for delivery of munitions and equipment. Natick is considering a technology based developmental effort to demonstrate an aerial delivery capability for payloads of 5,000 lbs minimum (with a goal of 10,000 lbs) and a lift-to-drag ratio of 6:1 or greater. The delivery method will be extraction from C-130 aircraft traveling at airspeeds up to 150 KIAS (knots indicated air speed) and at altitudes up to 25,000 ft above mean sea level (MSL), and deployment from the UH-60 and CH-47 aircraft at lower airspeeds and altitudes. Guidance and control of the system may be autonomous or man-in-the-loop, and will not be a major focus of this effort. This market survey will be used to assess the commercial availability of potential concepts pertinent to this effort. Natick is interested in obtaining information on existing systems, components or equipment that are currently available or can be scaled or otherwise modified to exhibit these capabilities. Critical factors affecting potential candidates for this program are demonstrated performance, extent of scale-up or other required modification, and approximate cost of the system including estimated costs of any modifications. Interested companies must submit to Natick a description of the current system or component with demonstrated glide ratio, payload capacity and other performance characteristics. THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT EXISTS. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS.(0081)

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