US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

59 -- ELECTRICAL AND CONTROL ELECTRONICS SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS WITH EXISTING 5.56MM PRODUCTION LINE SOL DAAE30-98-R-0407 DUE 021398 POC George M. Chavis, AMSTA-AR-PC-D, (973) 724-4496 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/procacts.htm. E-MAIL: George M. Chavis, gchavis@pica.army.mil. The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command, Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (TACOM-ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, 07806-5000, is currently seeking interested sources to offer commercial and/or non-developmental item, state-of-the-art solutions to hardware problems concerning our existing 5.56mm ammunition, high speed production process at the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, Independence, Missouri. The specific details of this requirement can be found via the internet only, at the following website: (http://www.pica.army.mil/lcaap/electronics/Default.htm). Interested sources are encouraged to offer solutions to single hardware components of either the Case Submodule or Load & Assemble Submodule, or to both submodules in their entirety. In addition, the U.S. Army has identified an immediate need for a replacement frequency drive unit for the Trim Converter; the replacement must be compatible with existing trim motors. The U.S. Army is not seeking recommendations for system process improvements, merely but state-of-the-art hardware replacements only. This is not a request for proposal. While there is no current funding for this requirement and no immediate award will be made as a result of the request for information, the U.S. Army has a sincere desire to identify interested sources. Interested parties should provide relevant catalogues, brochures or hardware technical data no later than January 31, 1998, to Mr. Joseph Lachowski, (973) 724-2693, (jlachow@pica.army.mil), U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC, ATTN: AMSTA-AR-CCL-B, Bldg 65, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, 07806-5000. Technical questions only should be addressed to Mr. Kyle Smith, (816)796-5171, or Mr. Gerald DeBoard, (816) 796-5170. (0005)

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