1.         Purpose

 This Request for Solutions is issued to identify a unique solution for an Accelerated Vehicle Durability Testing (AVDT) Drivetrain Simulator. The Government will evaluate the solutions with the intent of negotiating an Other Transaction Agreement under the Training and Readiness Accelerator (TReX).

 2.         Summary and Background

 2.1       The Army requires a drivetrain simulator to test heavy vehicles, with four or five axles and weighing from 23,000 to 80,000 lbs, which can be utilized to estimate the reliability of the vehicle system.

 The Army desires to develop a Heavy Vehicle Durability Simulator System, as part of the Accelerated Vehicle Durability Testing (AVDT) program, to include both a chassis simulator and a drivetrain simulator, to accelerate wheeled vehicle reliability and durability testing. Testing will be accelerated four to five times, significantly shortening test durations. This capability supports Department of Defense (DoD) directives to integrate modeling and simulation tools into acquisition development and testing. The ultimate goal is to streamline vehicle acquisition by quickening and improving assessments of vehicle system durability and reliability. The project focuses on stressing high risk chassis and powertrain components on heavy, multi-axle wheeled vehicles, but also extends to reliability of all on-board subsystems such as electronics.

 This effort will acquire the drivetrain simulator, with the chassis simulator being acquired under a separate effort.

 The Drivetrain Simulator will test entire vehicle powertrain, including the powertrain mounting structures.  The powertrain components will rotate under power with transient loading. The capabilities being prototyped under this effort do not currently exist.

 2.2.      Vendors interested in responding to this Request for Solutions must be members of the Training and Readiness Accelerator (TReX).

 The full RFS can be viewed on the TReX website, located at the following link:

https://trainingaccelerator.org/2018/09/accelerated-vehicle-durability-testing-drivetrain-simulator