US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PCW-A, Building 10, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

A -- ARTILLERY LOADER-ASSIST MECHANISM TO SUPPORT THE ADVANCED TOWED CA NNON ARTILLERY SYSTEM DUE 102095 POC Major Trent Enlsey, Contract Specialist, (201) 724-7870, email=tensley; Gregory L. Gorman, Contracting Officer, (201) 724-3271. This action is initiated to obtain one hydraulically powered, electronically controlled Artillery Loader-Assist mechanism and spare parts to support the Advanced Towed Cannon Artilllery System (ATCAS) engineering testbed program. The loading mechanism shall incorporate a projectile tray that can seat manually placed 155mm artillery projectiles in the cannon chamber, and shall be sufficiently re-configurable and compact to allow use on a towed howitzer. Similiarly, the loader must be compatible with the limited electric and hydraulic output of the M198 Towed Howitzer equipped with the Hydraulic Power-Assist Kit (HYPAK) pump and battery-based power supply. The device should also include a ruggedized electronic control unit and all necessary hardware required for weapon integration. This contract is anticipated for Sole Source award to Intertechnik G.m.b.H., Industriezeile 56, Postfach 100, A-4040 Linz, Austria pursuant to FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source. Recent evaluations of U.S. and foreign manufactured semiautomatic loaders have demostrated that the Intertechnik Loader is the most suitable device to satisfy U.S. Army requirements. (0262)

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