US Army ARDEC, AMSTA-AR-PC, Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey 07806-5000

A -- ABLATIVE MATERIAL FEASIBILITY STUDY SOL DAAE30-99-R-0529 DUE 030999 POC MARGARET RHINESMITH, PROCUREMENT TECHNICIAN, (973)724-3050 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/99R0529/99R0529.htm. E-MAIL: MARGARET L. RHINESMITH, mrhines@pica.army.mil. THE U.S. ARMY TACOM-ARDEC IS CONTEMPLATING A SOLE SOURCE PURCHASE ORDER TO VERITAY TECHNOLOGY, 4845 MULLERSPORT HIGHWAY, P.O. BOX 305, EAST AMHERST, NY 14051-0305. THE GOVERNMENT IS ENGAGED IN AN EFFORT TO DEVELOP RETROFITABLE OBRUATORS FOR THE CURRENT INVENTORY OF 155MM ARTILLERY PROJECTILES FOR THE REDUCTION OF BARREL WEAR. THE CONTRACTOR IS TO INCORPORATE ABLATIVE MATERIALS INTO THE DESIGN OF THESE RETROFITABLE OBUTARORS IN ORDER TO MINIMIZE ORIGIN AND DOWN BORE WEAR. THE FEASIBILITY OF INCORPORATING ABLATIVES IN OBTURATORS WILL DEPEND ON SEVERAL INSTRUMENTED TESTS THAT ARE TO BE CONDUCTED UTILIZING CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ABLATIVES. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE INSTRUMENTATION, ABLATIVE MATERIAL AND A PORTABLE ACQUISITION SYSTEM TO ACQUIRE THERMAL TEST DATA FOR A GUN TEST. THE TEST DATA WILL BE ANALYZED IN ORDER TO INVETIGATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ADDING ABLATIVE MATERIALS ON TO OBTURATORS FOR THE REDUCTION OF CANNON WEAR. SEE NUMBERED Notes 22 AND 26. Posted 02/19/99 (D-SN300269). (0050)

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