AFFTC/PKAE Directorate of Contracting, 5 S. Wolfe Ave, Edwards AFB, CA 93524-1185

A -- ADVANCED SOLID AXIAL STAGE (ASAS) DEVELOPMENT II SOL F04611-98-R-0059 DUE 060198 POC Donna L. Thomason, Contract Negotiator, AFFTC/PKAE, 805-277-3900 ext 2277; Liliana J. Richwine, Contracting Officer, AFFTC/PKAE, 805-277-3900 ext 2229. WEB: Click here for the On-Line Acquisition and Solicitation Information System, http://AFFTC_PK.elan.af.mil/scripts/xindex.asp. E-MAIL: Click e-mail link to contact the POC, thomasod%pk.edw@mhs.elan.af.mil. The Advanced Solid Axial Stage (ASAS) Development program, Contract F04611-88-C-0008, consisted of the design, development, and demonstration of solid axial rocket motor propulsion technologies which included safe and arm (S&A) devices, thrust vector control (TVC), attitude control systems (ACS), state of the art energy management systems, stage separation systems, propellant tailoring and composite cases. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Propulsion Directorate, Rocket Propulsion Division, (AFRL/PRR), Edwards AFB, CA, using the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304( c)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii), Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services will Satisfy Agency Requirements, is planning to negotiate a follow-on contract (ASAS II) with the Thiokol Corporation, Elkton DLV Operations, for a twelve (12) month technical effort and a three (3) month reporting phase for follow-on development and demonstration of solid booster technologies listed above that began under the ASAS program. The contract award will take place in June 1998, with the first demonstration of the solid rocket motor technologies required by August 1998. (Motor requirements: composite case, 280s Isp, mass fraction >.91, propellant mass >6000lbm, L/D 6.5, Favg-vac 60,000 lbf.) The concluding motor demonstration is required by June 1999. Specific areas of technological development that are on going and will be completed under the contract shall include aft end thrust termination, light weight, high strength, high stiffness, composite cases, multifunctional electro-optical S&A devices, combined ACS/TVC using safe liquid propellant, high performance, flat burn rate exponent propellant, dual area TVC nozzles, low cost, erosion and diffusivity sprayable insulation, low cost and debris igniters, and non-eroding throats. Any interested sources shall have engineering expertise in all of the following areas on motors similar to the demonstration motor specified above. Engineering expertise shall include multifunctional electro-optical Safe and Arm devices. Sources shall have expertise in ACS and TVC, including deflecting nozzle actuators and safe liquid injection actuators. Sources shall have expertise in solid propellant tailoring, grain design and analysis for high operating pressure propellants in high L/D motors. Sources shall have demonstrated expertise in lightweight low or non-eroding throats for highly aluminized propellants. Interested sources shall have expertise in stage separation systems including thrust termination and reversal. Sources shall have expertise in consumable igniters. Interested sources must submit information including pricing that clearly demonstrates their ability to meet the screening criteria listed above within the stated scheduling constraints. "See Notes 22 and 26." (0107)

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