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A -- AFFORDABLE RAPID RESPONSE MISSILE DEMONSTRATOR (ARRMD), INDUSTRY DAY SOL Section 845 Announcement (98-01-845-PRK) POC Contact Anthony W. Everidge, AFRL/WRS-PRKB, Agreement Officer, (937) 255-4818, fax: (937) 255-4434, Lt Col Walt Price, DARPA/TTO, Program Manager, (703) 696-7500, fax: (703) 696-8401 E-MAIL: click here to contact the Agreement Officer, everidaw@wl.wpafb.af.mil. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) hereby announces an INDUSTRY DAY to initiate the Affordable Rapid Response Missile Demonstrator (ARRMD) program. The two-phased ARRMD program will include the design, development, fabrication, integration, ground and flight test of a Mach 6-8 cruise missile for long range precision strike. The Military utility of the missile is in the rapid defeat of long range, time critical, heavily defended or hardened and buried targets. It is envisioned that the missile will be capable of being air-launched by Navy and Air Force tactical fighters, and strategic bombers or surface launched from the Navy Vertical Launch System against targets at long range (400-600 nm.) In addition, the missile engine must use logistically suitable storeable fuels. The primary ARRMD program objective is to design and develop a missile that can ultimately be produced for an average unit flyaway price of $200K. The acquisition approach for ARRMD is to use the authority of Section 845 of PL 103-160, as modified by Section 804 of PL 104-201, Authority to Carry Out Certain Prototype Projects. This solicitation will emphasize the use of commercial business practices and products, use of best practices in design and manufacturing, integrated product development and product teams, and integrated cost and schedule management tools that can provide the government insight into program progress. In order to participate in the ARRMD program, offerors must possess a Secret security clearance. Offerors are requested to provide evidence of their clearance with their request for further information (see below). Awards made on the ARRMD program will be to U. S. Owned and operated companies only. The near term schedule includes a draft solicitation release on or about 7 November 1997, the INDUSTRY DAY briefing at 8am EST, 14 November 1997. The INDUSTRY DAY briefing will be held at The Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, Maryland 20723-6099. The current agenda for INDUSTRY DAY, is for a Government briefing in the morning followed by an open forum question and answer session in the afternoon. The purpose of the open forum is to provide industry an opportunity to ask questions regarding the ARRMD program and draft solicitation, and for industry to provide the government feedback on the draft solicitation. The tentative schedule for the final solicitation release is on or about 24 November 1997. Offerors should contact the government focal points listed above in order to obtain further information about attending INDUSTRY DAY and/or to request a copy of the draft solicitation. Requests must be in writing or by E-mail, telephone requests will not be honored. The draft solicitation will be faxed or sent electronically. Therefore, please provide a fax number and/or e-mail address with your requests. (0304)

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