SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Science & Technology Development of a Variable Load & Ride Height Suspension System for Existing and Future Military Vehicles, including the Family of Joint Light Tactical Vehicles
- Notice Date
- 6/7/2006
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541710
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research, ONR, CODE ONR-02 875 North Randolph St., Suite 1425, Arlington, VA, 22203-1995
- ZIP Code
- 22203-1995
- Solicitation Number
- BAA-06-020
- Response Due
- 7/24/2006
- Archive Date
- 8/8/2006
- Description
- In response to an operational need and an aging fleet of light tactical wheeled vehicles, the Joint Services have developed a requirement for a family of new tactical wheeled vehicles. This vehicle will provide increased force protection, survivability, and improved capacity over the current up-armored High Mobility Multi Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) while balancing mobility and transportability requirements with total ownership costs. The collection of variants is known as the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Family of Vehicles. The five (5) Mission Role Vehicles (i.e. common platform(s) configured to perform a particular mission) are defined as follows: 1) Combat Tactical Variant 2) Command and Control Variant 3) Utility Variant 4) Light Infantry Squad Carrier Variant and 5) Reconnaissance Variant and shall also include compatible trailers. These 5 Mission Role Vehicles track to the 5 task oriented gaps in current joint service light tactical mobility that have been identified through JCIDS analysis: (1) Move mounted infantry/combat arms forces; (2) Move mounted Combat Service forces; (3) Move mounted Combat Service Support forces; (4) Move Light Infantry (Airborne/Air Assault) and (5) Move reconnaissance forces undetected. The JLTV and other future military vehicles will be designed with basic organic armor protection (?A? kit) but must also accommodate an add-on armor protection system (?B? kit) that may be installed by the vehicle occupants. Since these vehicles will be required to accommodate a substantial payload, their Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW) can vary substantially from the ?A? kit, unloaded condition, to the ?B? kit, fully loaded condition. This can cause undesirable effects on unladen vehicle ride quality and undesirable changes in body height. Additionally, challenging ship and aircraft transportability interface requirements and the desire to raise the vehicle for blast mitigation may necessitate a variable body height. Lastly, there is a need to mitigate rollover accidents which may necessitate built-in stability control systems. The lack of flexibility in the ride height suspension on military vehicles is a persistent issue with many vehicle types. The research and development desired is expected to raise the performance levels and adjustability of suspension systems in multiple future vehicle designs. It is anticipated that much of the technology to be captured from this effort can first be refined through use in the JLTV program.
- Record
- SN01064442-W 20060609/060607222007 (fbodaily.com)
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