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A -- EXPLOSIVE STANDOFF MINEFIELD CLEARER (ESMC) FY99 FULL SCALE DEMONSTRATION DUE 112398 POC Ana Kimberly, Contracting Officer, 703-325-5800 and Jane Borden, Contract Specialist, 703-325-1709 E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer or contract, akimbe@hoffman-issaa2.army.mil, jborde@hoffman-issaa2.army.mil. The US Army CECOM Night Vision Electronic Sensors Directorate intends to acquire under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, Only One Responsible Source and No Other Supplies or Services Will Satisfy Agency Requirements, a Full Scale ESMC Flight Demonstration. This effort transitions the existing ESMC sub-scale configuration to a full-scale configuration through a continuation of the current development and test efforts. Specific areas of development and test include the lateral expanders, the explosive neutralization system, and the tear-web arrest system. This effort will also continue and complete the rocket motor Insensitive Munition (IM) development and tailor the rocket motor thrust profile to match the deployment loads associated with the larger system. ESMC Description: The ESMC consists of a reusable trailer and an expendable reload. The reload is a self-contained ready to fire round, containing a rocket motor, and an Explosive Neutralization System (ENS). The rocket deploys the ENS across the minefield. The ENS is a net with explosive shape charge munitions at each node, and is designed to neutralize all surface and buried mines regardless of fuzing from a safe standoff distance. This requirement is for a twelve-month contract effort. The Government intends to award a sole source contract to Tracor Aerospace, located in Austin, TX. See Numbered Note 22. Posted 10/07/98 (W-SN260065). (0280)

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