[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)