By May 21, the Army wants industry responses to a Request for Information (RFI) for a ground vehicle active protection hard kill counter measures (HKCM) system.
The RFI from Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) is for planning purposes only and is open to U.S. and foreign responders.
RDECOM is particularly interested in HKCM systems or subsystems that will be technically mature enough for integration onto RDECOM’s Modular Active Protection Systems (MAPS) to support on vehicle demonstrations in fiscal year 2019.
The threshold requirements for the HKCM will be for the hard kill defeat of threats that range from infantry shoulder-launched rockets/projectiles to vehicle-launched anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs).
Objective threats may include, tank fired KE and CE projectiles, indirect fire rockets, artillery and mortar threats and unmanned aerial system-launched threats.
The HKCM system should be able to respond to the azimuth and elevation of threats as projected by the Onboard Modular Fire Control system. HKCM subsystems may include an interceptor or countermeasure with or without a launcher mechanism.
A modular active protection systems approach is being considered so many types of ground vehicles could be equipped with the capability. All TRL 5/6 technologies (by FY ’19) that can accomplish this task for either one or multiple types of vehicles are of particular interest. Both the HKCM and MAPS will be integrated onto various Army ground vehicles for a demonstration in FY ’19.
In FY ’15, the government will complete the assessment and formulate a MAPS HKCM acquisition and demonstration strategy.
The current plan is to acquire up to two HKCM Systems, or a combination of subsystems for integration, modification, optimization and demonstration on two Army ground vehicles or platforms. The candidate vehicles are the M1126 Stryker, M2 Bradley and M1 Abrams.
For questions, all potential responders can contact RFI POC: Roger Tang, email: [email protected].