[Commerce Business Daily: Posted December 20, 1996]
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PART: U.S. GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENTS
SUBPART: SERVICES
CLASSCOD: A--Research and Development
OFFADD: U.S. Army Space and Strategic Defense Command, ATTN:
CSSD-CM-CN, PO Box 1500, Huntsville, AL 35807-3801/106 Wynn
Drive, Huntsville, AL 35805-1990
SUBJECT: A--KINETIC ENERGY ANTI-SATELLITE (KE ASAT) TECHNOLOGY
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM
SOL DASG60-97-C-0039
POC Linda B. Gray, Contracting Officer, CSSD-CM-CN, (205) 955-1187
DESC: KINETIC ENERGY ANTI-SATELLITE (KE ASAT) TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM. The objective of this program is to define, develop,
integrate and test the necessary Kill Vehicle (KV), weapon
control subsystem component and subsystems technologies to
demonstrate hit to kill performance, with debris mitigation,
against hostile satellites. It is the intent of the Government
to award a contract to Rockwell International Corporation,
Rocketdyne Division, 6633 Canoga Avenue, P.O. Box 7922, Canoga
Park, California 91309-7922 (See Note 22). This is a follow-on
effort to a contract which was competitively awarded in 1990.
The proposed contract will exploit prior effort by a phase
which will include prototype hover testing and an option for
flight testing. Award of this effort to other than the proposed
offeror would result in substantial duplication of costs to
the Government. The purpose of the effort is to directly pursue
development work of the contractor hardware and software together
with testing since 1990, via a follow-on development phase.
This effort will consist of a hover test of the prototype KV;
hardware-in-the-loop (HWIL) testing of all elements of the
KE ASAT system; upgrades to tactical performance and flight
qualification of the prototype KV subsystems; and debris mitigation
and system integration testing to validate the system elements.
Data to support the DOD Space Control Architecture study will
also be provided through simulation runs and system performance
estimates. Testing of the KV seeker on an airborne platform
will be investigated to gather seeker performance data that
would normally be demonstrated during flight testing. A hover
test of the prototype KV is planned for the second quarter
in FY97 at the National Hover Test Facility to demonstrate
the full-up KV free flight performance. Air bearing testing
of the flight qualified KV will be conducted to allow validation
of the closed-loop operation of the complete KV with actual
flight software. The Weapons Control Subsystem (WCS) will be
upgraded at the Army Space Operations Center (ARSPOC) to include:
a Mission Control Element (MCE), Battery Control Center (BCC),
and Communications Network (CN). The option will extend the
period of performance for one year and will execute two flight
tests. These flight tests will demonstrate the functionality
of the integrated system. A TOP SECRET facility clearance is
required. The proposed effort will not be open for oreign participation.
In accordance with Note 22, interested firms should submit
their written qualifications to this office, ATTN: Ms. Linda
Gray, and should reference Letter Contract Number DASG60-97-C-0039.
All notices of interest should be submitted within fifteen
(15) days of the publication of this notice. Any requests relative
to this requirement shall include the requester's nine-digit
zip code number as well as business size. The applicable SIC
code is 8731 with a small business size standard of 1,000 employees.
CITE: (I-355 SN014369)