The US Army, TACOM-Picatinny Center for Contracting and Commerce, Picatinny, NJ anticipates issuing a Request for Proposal(RFP)for the production of the Enhanced Portable Inductive Artillery Fuze Setter (EPIAFS). The RFP will be for one production year with options for an additional four production years, for a total five production years. The EPIAFS system will be capable of setting the XM982 Excalibur projectiles and all NATO standard inductive fuzes. The EPIAFS system consists of three electronic components: A Platform Integration Kit (PIK), a handheld Setter, and a setter to gun Cable. The PIK is a gun-mounted data processor that sends and manages the data stream from multiple interfaces. The setter is a handheld device which inductively couples data and power to either the Excalibur projectile or applicable fuzes. When used alone, the Setter must replicate the functionality of the M1155 PIAFS. When connected with the Cable to a Howitzer with an automated fire control system, such as the Light Weight (LW) 155 Towed Howitzer M777A2 or the M109A6 Paladin Digital Fire Control System, the EPIAFS can receive and inductively supply a stream of data, power, and timing pulses to initialize a precision guided GPS projectile such as Excalibur. Excalibur is a GPS Precision Guided Munition which requires power and Gun, Target, Fuze, and GPS data to be sent over an inductive interface to initialize the projectile. Funds are available for this acquisition. The request for Proposal will address a requirement to propose the entire system or to allow for a breakout of the cable and will be posted on or about June 1, 2006. A secret security clearance is required for this effort. Point of contact for this requirement is Mr. William D. Tenz, AMSTA-AQ-APH, Bldg. 9, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000. Email: [email protected]

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