MODIFICATION
10 -- Foreign Comparative Testing For Weapons Station
- Notice Date
- 3/14/2006
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000
- ZIP Code
- 07806-5000
- Solicitation Number
- W15QKN-06-X-0412
- Response Due
- 4/3/2006
- Archive Date
- 4/23/2006
- Description
- The US ARMY ARDEC< Program Manager for Crew Served Weapons, Picatinny NJ is seeking foreign firms that will submit its weapon station for Foreign Comparative Testing. The product should be a gunner-operated system that provides the capability to remotely aim and fire a suite of crew served weapons. The station shall be capable of mounting on a variety of vehicles, and will use the host vehicle system power. The system minimally consists of a weapon cradle, traverse and elevation drives, weapon interface, weapon remote charger, ammunition magazine feed system, viewing and sighting/stabilization unit, remote control and display unit and an electronics support unit/fire control processor. The station shall be capable of mounting to the upper horizontal surface (roof), or existing mounting ring, on any of a suite of combat vehicles. The station mount geometry shall be generic (not specific to any particular vehicle); vehicle specific mounting considerations shall be accomadated by an integration kit. The station shall be designed to integrate MK19 40mm Grenade Machine Gun, M2HB 50 cal Machine Gun, M240 7.62mm Machine Gun and the M249 5.56mm Squad Automatic Weapon. The station shall incorporate a single through-hull, quick-disconnect, electrical connector for all systems signals and power. The connector shall provide protection against misalignment and shall provide identification of interconnected weapon system. The weapon station must also meet US military operational safety requirements. Firms/companies are invited to indicate their interests by providing specifications, brochures, manuals, reports, demonstration video and other technical data as well as identification of current customers and rough indication of pricing for a single unit as well as a proposed integration kit to the vehicle. These should be sent, if available and at no cost to the US Government within 21 days of this announcement to the US Army ARDEC. ATTN: Gary Ferguson, AMSTA-AQ-APD, Bldg 10 Picatinny, NJ 07866-5000, email gary.ferguson2@us.army.mil. No phone calls will be accepted. In addition, please provide the firms name and address, point of contact with telephone number and email address, size of business (small/large), and country represented. This is a market survey for information only and shall not be construed as a request for a proposal or as an obligation on the part of the US Government. The US Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this market survey or otherwise pay for information solicited
- Web Link
-
US ARMY TACOM-Picatinny Procurement Network
(http://procnet.pica.army.mil/dbi/Download/GoGetSourcesSought.cfm?SolNum=W15QKN-06-X-0412)
- Record
- SN01005889-W 20060316/060314212216 (fbodaily.com)
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