U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command, Acquisition Center (AMSTA-AQ-DS), Warren, MI 48397-5000

A -- NEXT GENERATION UNMANNED VEHICLES SOL DAAE07-97-R-X064 DUE 060397 POC Shannon Tighe (810) 574-7230 The U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command is seeking proposals from sources interested in the Next Generation Unmanned Vehicles (NGUV) Robotics Program. The NGUV, under the direction of the Robotics Office at TARDEC in Warren, MI, and in cooperation with both the Army Research Labs (ARL) and the Missile Command (MICOM), is an effort to select, develop and integrate autonomous mobility and navigation technologies onto a vehicle platform. This four year effort will be known as DEMO III. DEMO III is the initial and primary thrust of the UGVTEE Program (FY97-01), an initiative to develop and demonstrate a new, smaller unmanned ground vehicle platform. DEMO III grows directly out of the DEMO II Program. It concentrates on exploiting the technology achievements of the DEMO II Program, which are intended to serve as evolutionary steps to support a wide range of future applications. The fundamental objective of DEMO III, for the technology perspective, is to develop and demonstrate a range of critical technologies, which, when combined, provides a significant, step-function improvement in current UGV capabilities. The technology focus will be on mobility, intelligent system architectures, human interface and planning, reconnaissance, surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA), and simulation, emulation, and testing. The main mission of DEMO III is to NGUV Platform integration and demonstration of four robotics vehicles for use in the Army Battle Lab Experiments (FY98) and extended user appraisal technology Demonstration (FY00). Options may be included for additional contract support during user appraisal. Solicitation issuance is estimated for 21 April 97 with proposals due approximately 45 days later on 3 June 1997. Full and open competition will be utilized for this procurement. See Note: 26. All responsible sources may submit an offer which will be considered. The offer due date is on or about 060397 (See solicitation for actual offer due date). (0091)

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