The U.S. Army RDECOM Contracting Center, on behalf of the U.S. Army Research Laboratory intends to solicit and award a contract on a sole source basis to Alliant Techsystems Integrated (ATK) Individual Airburst Weapon System (IAWS). The focus of this effort is to continue with the design and development for an airbursting individual weapon system to meet user identified capability gaps for revolutionary lethality, while extending stand-off range, defeating defilade targets, providing day, night and all weather capability, and incorporating a multifunctional fire control sub-system.


The overall objectives of this contract include design improvements and testing for the Target Acquisition/Fire Control System, weapon and airbursting ammunition, the building of prototype hardware/systems, the continuation of design of the 25mm design the family of ammunition (Air Burst, Anti Personnel, Armor Piercing), and performance of development testing. The Contractor shall continue to design, develop, build and/or fabricate, test, apply a cost as an independent variable process (considering total ownership costs), verify Technology Demonstration (TD) performance thresholds, and iterate the design so as to reduce programmatic risks and establish a final design of the Individual Airburst Weapon System configuration for TD. The Contractor shall provide system engineering, design engineering,materials, services, tooling, program/technical management, quality assurance, equipment, facilities, prototyping, and administration services. These efforts will continue the development of an individual airburst weapon system that meets the system performance requirements. At the conclusion of the TD effort, the Contractor shall document and deliver an updated system performance specification of the IAWS, reflecting the performance levels validated through use of Contractor tests and Government technical tests. The Contractor shall also document and deliver draft performance specifications of the subsystem level requirements.

The contract effort will consist of four Design Effort Phases. Phase I (System, Ammunition, Target Acquistion/Fire Control, Weapon, Supportability/Training), Phase II (Ammunition, Target Acquisition/Fire Control, Weapon test), Phase III (Ammunition for Test, Weapons Systems for Test), Phase IV Long Lead Items.

A Sole Source Request for Proposal (RFP) will be posted on the FedBizOpps website located at: http://www.fedbizopps.gov/ on or about 12/5/2008.

The point of contact for this action is Cayti McKenna, email:[email protected], telephone (410) 278-6517.

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