A -- LIGHT FIGHTER LETHALITY

Notice Date

August 7, 2001

Contracting Office

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

ZIP Code

07806-5000

Solicitation Number

DAAE30-02-R-0400

Response Due

October 2, 2001

Point of Contact

Janice Finkelstein, Contract Specialist, (973)724-7510

E-Mail Address

Janice Finkelstein (jfinkel@pica.army.mil)

Description

The U.S. Army TACOM-ARDEC intends to issue a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) to develop and demonstrate a projectile to support the Light Fighter Lethality (LFL) Science and Technology Objective (STO). The LFL is an effort to address the next generation, individual combat system, and is expected to be fielded in the 2020 year timeframe. This projectile should have a direct fire trajectory and a maneuver capability in operational range of 150-500 meters. Once launched from the weapon platform, the projectile should be totally autonomous with regard to power, guidance and control, and sensors. The projectile should weigh less than 0.6 pounds, and be shoulder-fired with a firing impulse of less than 3 lb-seconds. It must be operational in all battlefield environments, including day, night, all weather conditions, obscurants, and urban and rural terrain. Probability of incapacitation (30 second defense criteria); 0.5 required, 0.75 desired against Personnal Armor System for Ground Troops (PASGT) protected personnel, in open or defilade, stationary or moving at speeds up to 2 m/s in any direction. For the purposes of this announcement, a projectile is defined as any device which carries a high explosive warhead to the target and detonates. It may be a conventional or rocket assisted projectile, a small flying aircraft, or some other type of conveyance. The launch platform will not be addressed during this effort, except as required for testing. The demonstration is expected to take place in late FY03, but if any required technologies are not available at that time, and are reasonably expected to be available in five (5) to ten (10) years, surrogates may be substituted for demonstration purposes. The planned period of performance is expected to be three Phases with Phase I consisting of three months, Phase II consisting of six months and Phase III consisting of twelve months. Should multiple awards be made there may be downselect criteria for both Phases I and/or II. The present schedule projects electronic release of a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP), on or about 3 October 2001. Proposals shall be required within thirty (30) days from date of release of the RFP. All responses to this notice shall be done so in the English language. No telephone requests shall be honored. See numbered Note 26.

Web Link

US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network (http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/02R0400/02R0400.htm)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010809/ASOL016.HTM (D-219 SN50U270)