AFFORDABLE MULTI-MISSILE MANUFACTURING PROGRAM AFFORDABLE MULTI-MISSILE MANUFACTURING PROGRAM -- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, in cooperation with the Army, Navy and Air Force, intends to solicit proposals for Phase 3 of the Affordable Multi-Missile Manufacturing Program, an advanced technology demonstration program initiated in FY 95. The purpose of the program is to demonstrate advanced missile design and manufacturing enterprise concepts that can substantially reduce the cost and cycle times associated with the development and production of the DoD portfolio of tactical missiles and smart munitions. Phase 3 is the Implementation and Demonstration Phase of the program during which successful offerors will implement and integrate innovative design and manufacturing system concepts together with new management and business practices to form pilot missile enterprises. Successful offerors will conduct demonstrations of capabilities through implementation and demonstration of the pilot enterprises in real missile programs. It is not required that offerors for the Implementation and Demonstration Phase (Phase 3) be participants in the Concept Definition and Concept Validation Phases (Phases 1 and 2) of the program. However, during the evaluation of proposals for Phase 3, substantially more weight will be given to proposed enterprise concepts that have been validated by demonstration, simulation etc. during Phase 2 of the Program, or that have otherwise been shown in some comparable manner to have significant potential for attaining the program objectives. A draft solicitation for the Implementation and Demonstration Phase is available for industry review and comment on the World Wide Web at the Home Page for the Affordable Multi-Missile Manufacturing Program (http://www.sainc.com/arpa/am3/index.htm). Potential offerors who want to receive a hard copy of the draft solicitation by mail must submit their requests by FAX to DARPA at (703) 696-3999, Attention: Affordable Multi-Missile Manufacturing Program. Industry comments are dueat DARPA on or before 4:00 PM on January 31, 1997. Comments should be delivered to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Defense Sciences Office, Attn: Keith Miller, 3701 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1714.

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