U.S. Army ARDEC, Close Combat Armaments Center, Light Armanemt Div., ATTN: Phillip Tang,AMSTA-AR-CCL-CA/Bldg. 65N Picatinny, NJ 07806-5000

10 -- INFORMATION IN SUPPORT OF THE SOLDIER ENHANCEMENT PROGRAM SOL MARKET SURVEY POC Phillip Tang, Project Engineer, 201-724-7924, Product Director, Peter P. Errante, 201-724-4798. During the FY97 time frame, the Product Manager -Small Arms at the U.S. Army Armanemt Research, Development and the 40mm high velocity canister cartridge. Candidate cartridges must be: a. Compatible with the MK19 Mod 3 Automatic Grenade Machine Gun. b. Effective against unprotected personnel from 0 to 100 meters at ambient, hot and cold temperatures. C. Capable of providing a 90% probability of hitting a standing man-size target at 100 meters when fired in a three round burst. D. capable of providing 85% reliability with 90% confidence level. A preliminary Technical Data package (TDP) will be provided for informational purposes only, if the proposed company does not already have a non-developmental item to meet the cited criteria. This synopsized request for information (RFI) is for planning purposes and should not be construed as a request for porposal (RFP). The subsequent RFP will require fifty (50) Canister cartridges to be delivered in the Feb 97 time frame (approx.) for initial demonstration testing. If successful, a contract to fabricate the qualification test hardware would then be offered to the successful contractor. It is requested that all responses to this market survey be received by the government no later than 15 October 1996. (0214)

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