REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE VEHICLE TARGETS

Notice Date

July 12, 2001

Contracting Office

Commander, U. S. Army Aviation & Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Buiding 5303, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280

ZIP Code

35898-5280

E-Mail Address

click here to contact the Contract Specialist via (tanya.davis@redstone.army.mil)

Description

The Targets Management Office (TMO), Redstone Arsenal, AL is conducting market research on vehicle targets to be used on Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) and other training sites. BACKGROUND: The basic mission of the U.S. Army is to fight and win in combat. Training soldiers, leaders, and units is the vital ingredient that ensures the readiness of the force to accomplish this mission. To be effective, training must provide soldiers with opportunities to practice their skills in the field. Conditions should be tough and realistic as well as physically and mentally challenging. Recently, the Army has created a family of training ranges designed to develop and improve soldier and team proficiency and competence in the use of sophisticated weaponry. Individual soldier proficiency and collective training ranges that realistically portray combat conditions help mold the team into an effective fighting unit. Today's ranges will be equipped with computer-controlled equipment. This equipment will enable trainers to develop scenarios and to control targetry and battlefield simulation devices so that soldiers can practice wartime mission tasks in a stressful battlefield environment. Computerized systems also provide soldiers with feedback on their performance. This enables them to recognize their errors and correct them. At the same time, it recognizes positive actions. This reinforces correct procedures and fosters soldiers' confidence. Accurate feedback helps soldiers learn procedures and techniques on the training range that will save lives and achieve success on the battlefield. Although training ranges have been greatly upgraded and improved to support the modern force, much still remains to do. REQUESTED INFORMATION: In support of these missions, the TMO is actively pursuing technical data on commercially off-the-shelf realistic visual, vehicle targets. The vehicle targets being sought are primarily, but not limited to, mobile ground wheeled vehicles that may be encountered during urban combat (i.e., lightly armored personnel carriers, light trucks, humvees, jeeps, etc.). The vehicle targets, once outfitted for use, will be either remote controlled or towed and will be equipped with instrumentation to provide realistic engagement responses. Companies wishing to provide information on their available vehicle target systems are invited to do so within 20 days. Please provide the vehicle type, brief description of the target (size, weight, and any propulsion system) materials used in construction, and other capabilities to the address below: Commander U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command AMSAM-AC-SM-H/Tanya Davis Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898 This is a request for technical information only. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this instrument or otherwise pay for information obtained. It is highly desireable that information submitted be provided with unlimited rights; however, if proprietary/restricted information is submitted in response to this announcement, it must be clearly marked and presented as an addendum to the non-restricted/non-proprietary information. The Government will not be responsible for information/data received without proper markings.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010716/SPMSC007.HTM (W-193 SN50R6B6)