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

A -- LIGHT HYBRID ASSAULT CANNON (LHAC) LETHALITY STUDY SOL DAAE30-00-R-0208 DUE 060200 POC Donna Apgar, Contracting Officer, (973)724-3271 WEB: US ARMY TACOM-ARDEC Procurement Network, http://procnet.pica.army.mil/cbd/RFP/00R0208/00R0208.htm. E-MAIL: Donna M. Apgar, dapgar@pica.army.mil. U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM), U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny Center for Contracting and Commerce, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000 intends to solicit/negotiate/award two sole source contracts to General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) 640 Seminole Road Muskegon, MI 49441 and United Defense LP (UDLP) Armament Systems Division 4800 East River Road Minneapolis MN 55421 for Phase II of the light hybrid assault cannon (LHAC) study. This Phase II effort is considered to be continued development of specialized equipment. The incumbent contractors from Phase I are experienced in integration, development and production of armament systems who have already developed concepts and demonstrated the potential of their approaches. The Phase II contracts will continue this effort in greater detail by using these existing concepts and trade studies and refining both contractor and Government developed gun based armament systems concepts. These studies are intended for complete armament systems. For a contractor to perform this study in its entirety, it must have armament systems integration experience in order to address the complete system being studied. This includes, but is not limited to gun, autoloader, rearming, munitions, fire control, secondary armaments and turret. The contractor must be able to integrate these components into a fully integrated armament system. It is a nine (9) month effort, with an option for three (3) additional months. Phase I of the study was completed in February, 2000. See Numbered Note 22. Posted 05/02/00 (D-SN450502). (0123)

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