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B -- NEW TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS TO IMPROVE POWER PROJECTION AND FORCE CLOSURE OF ARMY UNITS WITHIN A THEATER OF OPERATIONS. POC B.Crowder, (703) 917-9800; J. Pittman, (703) 917-9800 E-MAIL: click here to contact POC at Logistics Management Institute, bcrowder@lmi.org. Category -- General: New and emerging technology applications to improve power projection and force closure of Army units within a theater of operations. The Logistics Management Institute (LMI), acting on behalf of the United States Army Transportation Center and School at Ft. Eustis, VA is conducting a survey to identify new and/or emerging doctrine, organization (force design), equipment, and technology applications that will enhance the rapid mobilization, pre-deployment, deployment (strategic lift), and early entry (reception, staging, integration, onward movement, and integration or RSO&I) phases of force-projection operations under the Army After Next (AAN) initiative. Specifically, the Army is looking for radical changes in doctrine that will dramatically re-engineer and subsequently, streamline the force projection process. Other concepts could include redesigning existing force structure in order to decrease the size, weight, and space of the deploying force; increasing the speed and size of strategic aircraft and/or sea-lift; determining the minimum the mission essential combat, combat support, and combat service suppport units on the time phased force deployment data (TPFDD) list required to perform specific operations; and outsourcing/privatizing specific aspects of force projection operations. Concepts for new equipment items could include futuristic tanks, artillery, rotary-wing aircraft, trucks, etc. Samples of advance technology could include the use of smart munitions/advanced weapons systems technology, alternative fuel sources, maintenance-free engines for combat vehicles, lightweight armor protection, etc. that have the potential to become high pay-off items in terms of both lightening the force and, or increasing the combat lethality/effectiveness of the force. In addition, new concepts/technologies addressing the command, control, communication, and information management (C3I) systems that will maintain 100% visibility over all deploying units, to include personnel, unit equipment, and follow-on sustainment during the force projection scenario as well as measuring the incremental build-up of the combat power in theater could be addressed. The proposals/concepts/new equipment items/emerging technologies submitted should plan on being in full scale engineering by the year 2010 and in production by 2020. Responses are required by 30 July 1997 and will not exceed five typewritten pages with the front page consisting of a summary of the new doctrinal concept, organization structure, equipment item, and/or technology. Page one should also clearly articulate the enhancements or value added to the current force-projection operations and provide metrics, if available. Pages 2-5 can be any supporting data/information the vendor wishes to provide . Electronic responses are desired, but not required. The results of this solicitation for information will be treated as confidential/business sensitive and will not be released to outside sources other than our client. It is noted that the US Army does not have a funded requirement for this effort at this time. Your participation in this survey will not eliminate you or your firm from any subsequent procurement under DOD organizational conflicts of interest procedures, if and when a funded requirement develops. Contact B.Crowder or J.Pittman. Internet e-mail address is bcrowder@lmi.org or jpittman@lmi.org. Logistics Management Institute, 2000 Corporate Ridge, McLean, VA 22102-7805, telephone (703) 917-9800, fax (703) 917-7529. (0163)

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