10 -- REDUCTION OF UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE FOR BLU-97 SUBMUNITIONS

Notice Date

November 17, 2000

Contracting Office

Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (Code 2.4), 47123 Buse Road, Building 2272, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1547

ZIP Code

20670-1547

Solicitation Number

N/A

Response Due

January 15, 2001

Point of Contact

Dan Carreno, 1-800-358-5804

Description

Request for Information, Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW) and Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM). In anticipation of the issuance of Department of Defense policy, the JSOW and TLAM Program Offices are seeking information on potential solutions for reducing unexploded ordnance (UXO) on a battlefield following an engagement using BLU-97 submunitions. The BLU-97 submunition is one of the very few submunitions certified for use aboard US Navy ships, however it is known to leave significant amounts of armed UXO in the engagement area. Submunition reliability is specified at 0.96. JSOW is an air-launched weapon currently deployed by the United States Navy and Air Force. TLAM is a developmental weapon system that is launched from surface ships, submarines, and aircraft. Successful solutions will meet the following minimum requirements: 1. Provide a significant reduction in the percent of armed UXO at the BLU-97 submunition level. An objective is to completely eliminate armed and unarmed UXO at the AGM-154A and TLAM system level. (See Note 1). 2. If the respondant's approach to eliminating UXO is based on improving submunition reliability, then the threshold requirement is to provide a submunition reliability of 0.99 after submunition dispense. The objective requirement is to provide submunition reliability of greater than 0.999 after dispense. 3. Provide similar performance capability against current BLU-97 specification targets. An objective is to provide improved performance and/or expanded target sets. 4. Be fully compliant with Navy and Air Force safety requirements for land-based, ship-based, and air carried systems. 5. Provide only minor cost impacts in production quantities. An objective is to reduce the cost over the existing design. 6. Be fully compatible with JSOW and TLAM weapon systems. 7. Have a minimum 20-year shelf life. An objective is to have a 30-year shelf life. 8. Be capable of being inserted into production by 2005. An objective is to have a solution inserted into production in 2003. The JSOW Program will host an Industry Day at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, California, on 6 December 2000. The purposes of this Industry Day are to further clarify minimum requirements, to discuss classified parameters, and to meet with all interested sources, privately if desired. The POC for attendance at the Industry day is Mr. Dan Carreno, phone 1-800-358-5804. Further details of the Industry Day shall be provided by the POC to all interested sources. Potential solutions will be evaluated for cost, schedule, performance, and risk by an integrated technical and management team of government personnel. Responses should include sufficient technical detail and proposed design validation methodology to permit an independent government assessment of technical risk. Respondents are encouraged to provide a risk assessment for their proposed solutions. Proprietary information will be protected as appropriate. The POC for this information is Mr. Carreno. The requested information is due to the NAWCWD POC by COB, 15 January 2001. All sources, domestic and foreign, are encouraged to respond. This RFI is the initial announcement of potential future business opportunities and further information will be provided in future RFIs. Note 1: The BLU-97 is also used in existing USAF CBU-87 and CBU-103 Combined Effects Munitions. Although no new procurement is anticipated, a solution at the BLU-97 submunition level that is also compatible with CBU-87s and CBU-103s is highly desirable.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001121/10SOL004.HTM (W-322 SN5069U7)