SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Sources Sought Synopsis for the Maneuver Air Defense Concepts and Technologies for the Enhanced Area Air Defense System
- Notice Date
- 10/7/2003
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army Aviation and Missile Command DAAH01, ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280
- ZIP Code
- 35898-5280
- Solicitation Number
- W31P4Q-04-R-R003
- Response Due
- 11/7/2003
- Archive Date
- 1/6/2004
- Point of Contact
- GAYLE NORMAN, (256) 876-2053
- E-Mail Address
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Email your questions to US Army Aviation and Missile Command DAAH01
(GAYLE.NORMAN@REDSTONE.ARMY.MIL)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- NA The Research and Development and Engineering Centers (RDECs) and the Space and Missile Defense Technology Center (SMDTC) are jointly seeking Request for Information (RFI) for Maneuver Air Defense System Concepts and Technologies for the Enhanced Area Air D efense System. The results of this RFI will be used to determine if sources capable of satisfying the agency??????s requirement exist. The following information further defines the anticipated need and sets forth precise response instructions: On 12 May 2 000, the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) signed Memorandum 092-00 that validated Enhanced Area Air Defense System (EAADS) as within the scope of the Theater Air and Missile Defense Mission Needs Statement and recommended initiation of Milestone 0 (now MS A) concept exploration for EAADS as a Major Defense Acquisition Program with Joint Interest. The Vice Chief of Staff Army Memorandum, AROCM 02-014 dated 18 October 2002, resulted in the Army Training and Doctrine Command directing the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School (USAADAS) to develop the EAADS Operational Requirements. Additionally, the Unit of Action (UA) Operational and Organizational Plan and the JROC approved Future Combat Systems (FCS) Operational Requirements Document has codifi ed EAADS as the Objective Force Maneuver Air Defense Capability. To meet these needs, an EAADS Integrated Concept Team has been formed by the USAADAS Air and Missile Defense Battle Lab (AMDBL) to develop the operational concepts and requirements for a cap ability to attack aerial threats through end-to-end engagements providing enhanced air defense for the Future Force UA and other critical assets of the maneuver force in the 2015 + 5 timeframe. The Army Research Development and Engineering Centers (RDECs) and the Space and Missile Defense Technology Center (SMDTC) are conducting a joint study that addresses the EAADS need and identifies and evaluates system concepts and critical technologies and will form the basis for a Science and Technology (S&T) program called Maneuver Air Defense System (MADS). The MADS Program will demonstrate technologies and system concepts for transition to System Development and Demonstration (SDD) in the 2010 timeframe . This study is assessing threat characteristics and operational scenarios, operational requirements and system performance parameters, and will establish a preliminary notional system breakdown of: (1) Sensors performing functions such as surveillance, counter-fire, electronic warfare, and fire control; (2) BMC4I performing functions such as Battle Management, command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (BMC4I); and (3) Shooters consisting of weapons such as projectiles, missiles and di rected energy. This Sources Sought / Request for Information (RFI) is designed to collect ideas on system issues and critical technology issues for further development to support the MADS study and the MADS S&T Program. THE ENHANCED AREA AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: EAADS is the Army??????s Future Force Maneuver Air Defense (AD) system. The EAADS is an element of the Unit of Employment (UE) and will directly augment the UA organic assets to accomplish air and missile defense tasks beyond the capability of the UA????? ?s organic assets in order to protect the force and high value assets, allow the commander freedom of maneuver, and deny the enemy the ability to see first. The EAADS is a system of systems that will consist of Shooters, Sensors and BMC4I systems that wil l be task organized and employed as Battle Elements to provide the necessary protection against threat saturation attacks, denying threat attack options and minimizing the impact of the attacks by rockets, artillery, and mortars (RAM); unmanned aerial vehi cles (UAVs); cruise missiles (CMs); rotary wing (RW) and limited fixed wing (FW) aircraft; short ranged tactical ballistic missiles (TBMs), and tactical surface to air missiles (SAM) and their launch ers. The EAADS Shooter systems will have an ??????outer tier?????? capability out to approximately 40Km to engage CMs, UAVs, and other aerial targets and an ??????inner tier?????? capability that will conduct preferential active defense engagements agains t incoming RAM projectiles out to approximately 10Km, and conduct engagements of in-flight SAMs fired at approaching/departing intra-theater lift. This is particularly critical during vertical maneuver when defeating anti-access threats. In addition to t he Air and Missile Defense (AMD) capability, these platforms will have a direct fire capability for self-defense or a multi-functional role. The EAADS will also have a Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS) capability. EAADS and Special Operations Fo rces (SOF) special weapons crews will be capable of employing next generation MANPADS when Mission, Enemy, Terrain, Troops - Time available, Civil (METT-TC) requires short range, dismounted air defense missions such as ambushing enemy RW arriving in landin g zones, conducting roof top shots in military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) environments, or performing SOF MANPADS requirements. The EAADS Sensors (surveillance and fire control) systems will have the capability required for enabling EAADS Shooters to conduct line-of-sight (LOS), beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS), and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) end-to-end engagements of the entire EAADS threat set. The EAADS Sensors and BMC4I (force and engagement operations (FO/EO)) will have the capability to detect, tra ck, identify, decide, direct, and assess engagements with or without a mature Joint Tactical Air Missile Defense command and control structure. EAADS units will also be capable of integrating with the Joint Integrated Air Defense System and provide fire d irection and control for AMD fires. EAADS task organized battle elements will consist of a mix of Shooter, Sensors and BMC4I that will provide the following operational capabilities. Shooters: Engagements will be conducted preferentially providing the capability to engage the right threats at the optimum times and locations to maximize probability of kill and handle the saturation attack, counter the highest priority threat first, minimize colla teral damage from debris or fallout, and minimize cost and logistics. This capability is afforded through a multi-tiered defense design consisting of inner tier and outer tier components. The initial outer tier missile interceptor component Surface Launch Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (SLAMRAAM) Block I will perform LOS, BLOS, and NLOS engagements of UAVs, CMs, RW, and limited FW threats. The inner tier component performs preferential engagements of RAM and UAV threats through the best combinat ion of projectiles, missiles, and/or directed energy (high energy lasers/high power microwaves) solutions. These solutions must provide a means of destroying the aerial threats within the defined battle space. Sensors: The EAADS sensors (surveillance and fire control) will have the capability required for enabling EAADS shooters to conduct LOS, BLOS, and NLOS end-to-end engagements of the entire EAADS threat set. EAADS ground based surveillance and fire control (FC) sen sors will be capable of performing multiple-missions with multi-functional capabilities. These sensors will be a source of local air picture information and this information will assist in the development of the 3rd dimension of the Common Operational Pic ture (COP). The sensor information will be used for force warning, airspace management, contribute to situational awareness, provide FC quality data for inner and outer tiered interceptors, and support counter fire missions through target identification, location and track cueing and will interface with the EAADS BMC4I system. BMC4I: The EAADS BMC4I is a multi-echeloned network that will produce, distribute, and manage the required information to support multiple simultaneous engagements against a saturation attack, sensor-to-shooter linkages, weapons selection and target pairing, and integration with external sensors and data networks. The EAADS BMC4I must provide force operations planning, coordination, directing, and controlling of EAADS Battl e Elements. The EAADS BMC4I must also provide timely assessment of the AMD threat, the ability to conduct aerial intelligence preparation of the battlefield, rapid dissemination of tactical warning, and post-strike assessment to subordinate EAADS battle e lements. For each EAADS battle element, a BMC4I node must provide the capability for planning FO and directing/controlling EO. All battle element nodes require embedded training capabilities. In developing concepts for the EAADS BMC4I system, the follow ing capabilities should be considered: Battery/Platoon FO and EO nodes, architecture, BM planning models and simulations, engagement planning models and simulations, interoperability, communications. The EAADS BMC4I will integrate with the Joint Integrat ed Air Defense System (JIADS), interface with the Future Force common command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems, integrate/operate within the common Air and Missile Defense command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) architecture, integrate with external surveillance and warning systems, intelligence assets, decision making facilities, and higher echelon Air Defense control elements. The EAADS battle element BMC4I syste m could be task organized into an AMD Task Force where it will be required to perform all the EAADS functions and fight a Medium Air Defense capability as well. Operational Context: Based on operational scenarios to guide the MADS Program, several defense reference missions (DRMs) have been tentatively defined which may be used to understand the MADS Program system and critical technology issues. DRM1 is summarized below and details will be provided during the subsequent phase of the MADS program. Future DRMs will address a much smaller conflict (DRM2-Peacekeeping) and a much larger conflict (DRM3-Major Theater of War). DRM1 takes place enroute to a land-locked objective approximately 100Km from a secured forward base of operations. The Future Force was required to march over a narrow channel of terrain bordered by restrictive terrain that affords enemy forces considerab le concealment and protection. The Future Forces use bounding over-watch tactics to position themselves at intermediate objectives. The threat consisted of small caliber rockets (SCR) (i.e. 122mm) with 40 rockets per launcher and a range capability of 8K m to 45Km, large caliber rockets (LCR) (i.e. 240mm) with 12 rockets per launcher and a range of 50Km to 100Km, cannon artillery (i.e. 152mm) with a range capability of 11Km to 50Km, mortars (i.e. 82mm to 120mm) with a range from 400m to 10Km, 8 CMs, UAVs f or reconnaissance and attack capabilities. These threat systems are assigned improved capabilities commensurate with the timeframe. Other air threats to the operation are eliminated either by the EAADS outer tier or organic assets of the UA or UE. Typical situations the EAADS Battle element will be able to handle are on the order of 200 RAM and 10 UAVs within approximately 1 minute. Assets protected ranged from small (50m radius) items such as surveillance radars, to medium (200m by 200m) assets su ch as bridges, to large (1Km by 2Km) assets such as tactical operations centers. It should be noted that for Peacekeeping types of situations, we expect that defense will be required against 10 or fewer SCR and mortars attacking within 10 or less seconds. For a Large Theater of War situation, defense is likely to be required against a threat consisting of more than 200 SCRs, 100 CMs, 100 artillery/mortar systems, 10 UAVs, and fewer than 100 LCRs attacking within a battle period of 500 seconds. It should be understood that these DRMs are only an example and the levels of any attack will vary depending on the specific situation. Additional detail required for the respondent's idea may be obtained from appropriate open sources such as Jane's Ammunition Handbook. Further pertinent information and response instructions will follow in a modification to this RFI, W31P4Q-04-R-R003, which should be posted directly following the RFI. Point of contact email address is: gayle.norman@redstone.army.mil
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army Aviation and Missile Command DAAH01 ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road Redstone Arsenal AL
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 35898-5280
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