A -- REQUEST FOR INFORMATION BATTLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS

Notice Date

August 16, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of the Air Force, Air Force Materiel Command, AFRL -- Eglin Research Site, 101 West Eglin Blvd Suite 337, Eglin AFB, FL, 32542-6810

ZIP Code

32542-6810

Description

Request for information (RFI): The Munitions Directorate of the Air Force Research Lab (www.afrl.af.mil) develops air-delivered munitions systems and related components and technologies. We are interested in receiving white papers on technologies pertaining to the construction and transmission of "bomb damage information"(BDI) derived from intelligent fuze data for "battle damage assessments" (BDA) of hardened-and-deeply-buried targets. Some areas of particular interest include: (1) characterization of the target structure during weapon penetration and determination of warhead function (detonation or deflagration) after fuzing, (2) assimilation of data to support post-mortem target functional assessment/analysis, and (3) innovative means and methods of communicating/transmitting this data from the weapon to the warfighter since tethered/umbilical and RF communication technologies under current investigation have been challenged by the weapon's penetration trajectory and shock loads, target depth, and obscured point-of-entry. The technical point of contact for this RFI is: Dr. Alex Cash, 850-882-2141 x2219, cash@eglin.af.mil; 101 W. Eglin Blvd., Ste. 245, Eglin AFB, FL 32542-6810. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only, does not constitute a formal Request for Proposals (RFP), and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. Responses to this synopsis must be received within 30 days from the date of publication. =20

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