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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF MAY 21, 2006 FBO #1637
SOLICITATION NOTICE

15 -- Laser Designator Payload Integration and Flight Testing for Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV)

Notice Date

5/19/2006
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

NAICS

336413 — Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing
 

Contracting Office

US Army Aviation and Missile Command (Missile), ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280
 

ZIP Code

35898-5280
 

Solicitation Number

W31P4Q-06-Q-0011
 

Response Due

6/5/2006
 

Archive Date

8/4/2006
 

Small Business Set-Aside

N/A
 

Description

The US Government intends to procure services to integrate and flight test up to two (2) laser designator payloads for the Shadow TUAV for system demonstration purposes. This integration includes two (2) Air Vehicles (AVs), one (1) Ground Control St ation (GCS), one (1) Ground Data Terminal (GDT), one (1) Portable GCS (PGCS), and one (1) Portable GDT (PGDT). Payload Specifications are as follows: Payload Size: less than 10.3 diameter, No external E-box with no more than 7.5 height inside the fuselage and no more than than 7.5 height below fuselage during take-off and landing. Payload Weight: less than 50 lbs. Payload Input Voltage & Avg/Max Power: 28V; less than 300W/600W Command Interface: RS-422 Video Out (switchable between EO & IR): RS170/SMPTE 250 Gimbal Stabilization and laser spot stability on target: less than 50 micro-radians; 90% laser energy on 3.5x3.5 meter target at 3.5km slant range. Boresight Method: Min=Factory; in-flight desired. EO Sensor Specifications are as follows: Sensor Type: Color with near IR capability D/R Range (Det=1.5 cycles; Rec=4.5 cycles, 80% Pd/Pr): greater than 7.1km ID Range (ID=9.75 cycles, 80% Pi): greater than 3.5km IR Sensor Specifications are as follows: D/R Range (Det=1.0 cycles; Rec=3.0 cycles, 70% Pd/Pr): greater than 7.1km ID Range (ID=8.25 cycles, 70% Pi): greater than 3.5km Laser Designator Parameters are as follows: Basic Interoperability: Minimum: Hellfire Munition LD wavelength: 1.06 micons Pulse energy: greater than or equal to 40mJ/pulse Beam Divergence: less than or equal to 400 micro-radians Pulse Width: greater than or equal to 10 and less than or equal to 25 nanoseconds Pulse Modes: PRF/PIM Laser Range Finder Parameters are as follows: Effective Range: greater than 7.1km Accuracy: +/- 5 meters Prototype/Production: 8/18 months from AOC The payloads selected for integration shall be production representative prototypes that are form, fit, and functionally capable for demonstration within 6 months after contract award. The prototype payloads will be evaluated against each of the payload s pecification elements stated above. The evaluation will consist of a laboratory payload characterization and a limited flight evaluation to determine Laser Designator interoperability with the Hellfire missile and ability of the Shadow 200 system to maint ain the laser designator spot on a calibrated target board. Integration of the Laser Designator Payload into the Shadow 200 TUAV shall include coordination with the Payload vendors, software and engineering changes required for the GCS to control both prototype payloads, and Weight and Balance Analyses for each ins tallation to ensure that performance/safety/specifications of the Shadow 200 system and the Hellfire missile are not denigrated by this integration. The System Demonstration phase shall include a flight test program with each Laser Designator Payload. Test plans shall be in accordance with DI-NDTI-805566. After each test phase or event, a test report shall be prepared in accordance with DI-NDTI-80809 . A minimum of five (5) hours of flight testing shall be conducted on each candidate system. Characterization tests during this testing will be used to demonstrate minimum payload performance per the payload specifications above and basic Shadow 200 system / Hellfire missile interoperability. Sensor performance (detection, recognition, and identification) in both EO and IR modes and laser performance (minimum laser pulse power, pulse width, beam divergence, and jitter control) will be evaluated. Primary considerations for payload evaluations are EO/IR performance (at minimum equivalent to the current POP300), laser power, beam divergence, pulse width, p ointing accuracy, and cost. The Government will make the final selection of the laser designator payload vendor. Once the primary vendor for the system demonstration is selected, a Hellfire Missile Live Fire Test shall be conducted. This test will support a minimum of five (5) hours of flight test for a live fire test with the Hellfire missile system. The live fire test will demonstrate the ability of the Shadow 200 system with Laser Designator Payload to successfully designate a tank size target for Hellfire missiles, resulting in at least two hits out of three firings. Range coordination, obtaining and providing test missiles, coordination of government lab test support, generation of Live Fire Test Plan, conduct of Test Readiness Reviews, Flight Readiness Reviews, and execution of the Test Plan shall be coordinated between the contractor and the Joint Missile Pro gram Office. Integration/Flight Testing/System Demonstration is planned as sole source to AAI (CAGE 97384), producer of the Shadow TUAV under Basic Ordering Agreement W31P4Q-05-G-0004. Parties interested in subcontracting opportunities should contact AAI, 124 Industry Lane, Hunt Valley, MD 21030. See Note 22.
 

Place of Performance

Address: US Army Aviation and Missile Command (Missile) ATTN: AMSAM-AC, Building 5303, Martin Road Redstone Arsenal AL

Zip Code: 35898-5280

Country: US
 

Record

SN01054003-W 20060521/060519221131 (fbodaily.com)
 

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