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

10 -- PROGRAM DEFINITION AND RISK REDUCTION FOR THE OICW DEVELOPMENT SOL DAAE3099R0419 DUE 082099 POC Michael W. O'Connell, Jr. WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/SRCSgt/071519991/071519991.htm. E-MAIL: Michael W. O'Connell, Jr., oconnell@pica.army.mil. The Product Manager for Small Arms is seeking sources for the execution of the Program Definition and Risk Reduction (PD&RR) Phase of Objective Individual Combat Weapon (OICW) development. The government has completed a concept development phase and is currently conducting an Advanced Technology Demonstration. The OICW is the next generation infantry weapon that will replace the M16, M4 and M203 for Land Warrior equipped infantry units and certain elements of the Special Forces. The Product Manager foresees complex issues of integrating designs and requirements of the weapon system, ammunition, fire control, training, and the land warrior system, all into a modeling and simulation structure during the development and future production phases. System Description: The OICW will be a dual weapon system that combines a high explosive air bursting (HEAB) round, secondary kinetic energy (KE) munitions and a ruggedized, compact, single, integrated full solution day/night target acquisition/fire control system (TA/FCS) capable of operations without environmentally caused degradation of performance. It will be fully integrated with the Land Warrior. An Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) Phase planned beginning in FY02, with planned fielding in FY07 will follow the 27-month PD&RR phase. PD&RR: The PD&RR will be a 27-month simulation based acquisition phase. Using simulation and modeling to the greatest extent possible, the primary deliverable of this phase will be a near final design of all components of the OICW system. This phase will include development of a configurable virtual weapon that provides verifiable data (including life cycle logistics and costs) to conduct the trade-off decisions necessary to design the OICW to meet User requirements and be fully integrated with Land Warrior. Hardware to be delivered in this phase will be limited to that which is necessary to verify models or demonstrate capabilities of the systems. These hardware deliverables include HEAB ammunition withwarhead, and settable fuze for use in warhead effectiveness and aeroballistic testing; an airbursting target practice spotter cartridge, and a blank cartridge. Key components of the TA/FCS to be delivered include the link with the fuze for airbursting, and the method of packaging the multiple lasers necessary for the fire control. Additional deliverables include the weapon recoil mitigation system and realistic man-in-the-loop models for use in an OICW simulator, and a virtual model for use in further development. The models which can be used in this phase include but are not limited to PRODAS, FBAR, CASRED, and CASTFOREM. A simulator must be developed with the capabilities to replicate the functions of the TA/FCS with both bursting and KE munitions in firing scenarios. It will be used during engineering and user evaluations. Current government simulators can be modified to meet this requirement. The offeror must additionally begin development of a virtual trainer with these same capabilities to allow cost-effective training of troops. A system performance specification for the synthetic environment (SE) which governs these simulations must be provided. Finally, the offeror must conduct testing to verify models, and designs. This testing would include: warhead arena testing, aeroballistic testing, laser bench testing (integration of lasers), integrated TA/FCS model testing, HEAB reliability (both function and range), weapon recoil mitigation, system characterization, and weapon load testing. Results of these tests are also deliverables. Key Performance Parameters (in a fielded system) include: Weight: The OICW will weigh no more than 14 pounds when fully loaded with 8 HEAB rounds, 30 KE rounds, the TA/FCS, power supply and sling. Range/Lethality: The HEAB round will have a maximum range of 1,000 meters and must provide a probability of incapacitation P(i) of not less than 0.5 at 500 meters against an exposed point target, and 0.35 at 500 meters against defilade targets. Reliability: The system should be rugged enough to withstand military use, including airborne and shipboard operations without degradation of the OICW s performance. Effectiveness: The OICW will be effective from the standing, crouching, kneeling, sitting, prone, and foxhole positions. Other Features include: TA/FCS: The TA/FCS will have a direct view powered optic mode, thermal sighting mode, and a television/camera mode all with automatic, ballistically adjusted reticles. It will include a laser range finder; a compass, cant and inclinometer; an environmental sensor suite; a combat identification module and an infrared aiming light; laser illuminator pointer; and embedded training. It will include automatic fuze programming to arm the HEAB in any of the following modes: burst, point detonating, point detonating delay and window (detonating delay after passing through a window). It will contain a full ballistic algorithm to facilitate accurate placement of the airburst munition on target incorporating data from environmental and attitude sensors. Weapon: The OICW weapon will consist of two separable subsystems, an HE module, and a KE module, with a single trigger and selector switch that operate both subsystems and interacts with the TA/FCS automatic fuze programming. The KE module will utilize standard 5.56mm ammunition and have semi-automatic and burst modes equivalent to the M4 carbine. The HE subsystem will fire the HEAB ammunition in all four fuzing modes. The weapon will be as reliable as the M16 rifle/M4. Ammunition: The HEAB munition will have a settable fuze that interacts with the TA/FCS automatic fuze programming. It will have the necessary lethal radius to insure the required P(i) s are met. The HEAB munition shall demonstrate a minimum reliability of not less than that of the current 40-millimeter M406 HE/M433 HE Dual Purpose (HEDP) cartridges. A family of cartridges for the HE portion of the weapon will be developed including an inert cartridge for training, a target practice spotter cartridge which indicates actual burst location, and a blank cartridge for force on force training. The KE ammunition will be the current standard 5.56mm ammunition. The government is interested only in those potential offerors who have specific knowledge with this subject matter and have experience to conduct a successful PD&RR phase within the 27-month period, and can conduct a successful EMD phase by meeting the U.S. Army s minimum technical requirements listed in the Key Performance Parameters. In response to this survey, contractors should provide specific knowledge, abilities, and past efforts that will give the government the required confidence that the contractor is capable of executing a successful PD&RR program. The sum of all efforts referred to in the opening paragraph may not reside within a single company. Offerors considering a teaming arrangement with other companies should provide notice to that effect as well as provide individual team member specific knowledge, abilities, and past efforts. Interested offerors and those of their team members should submit their qualifications and plans for executing this phase of the program within 30 days to: Commander, US Army TACOM-ARDEC, Acquisition Center, AMSTA-AR-PC-D, BLDG. 10, ATTN: Michael W. O Connell, Jr., Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000, email: oconnell@pica.army.mil. Information submitted should be pertinent and specific in the technical area under consideration, on each of the following qualifications: (1) Experience: An outline of previous projects, specific work previously performed or being performed and any in-house research and development effort; (2) Personnel: Name, professional qualifications and specific experience of scientist, engineers and technical personnel who may be assigned as a principal investigator and/or project officer; (3) Facilities: Availability and description of special facilities required to perform in the technical areas under consideration. A statement regarding industry security clearance. Any other specific and pertinent information as pertains to this particular area of procurement that would enhance our consideration and evaluation of the information submitted. A security clearance of SECRET is required for performance of this effort. The classified portion of the solicitation will be provided via U.S. Postal Service to offerors possessing a SECRET security clearance upon written request to Michael W. O Connell, Jr. All information is to be submitted at no cost or obligation to the Government. Electronic responses are preferred, please see the Procurement Network site, http://procnet.pica.army.mil for the correct file format. NO TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. This is sources sought notice only. It is for planning purposes only and should not be construed as a Request for Proposal. Posted 07/15/99 (D-SN354926). (0196)

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