The Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC) wants responses by March 31 to a request for information (RFI) for companies that could provide services for a potential requirement for a Surveillance and Target Acquisition System.
The market survey is to gauge the interest, capabilities, and qualifications of vendors who could support the requirement as a prime contractor or system integrator, the RFI said.
At this time there is no formal acquisition strategy, solicitation or other information available.
The system is intended to minimize the vulnerability of U.S. and coalition forces to armed attack and enable timely and appropriate response options such as direct air attack, indirect fire, and ground patrol/attack against improvised explosive devices, vehicle-born improvised explosive devices, rocket-propelled grenades, mortar, and small arms attacks.
The RFI laid out a series of things the system should do, including being capable of detecting hostile troop and/or equipment movement at distances of up to 40-plus kilometers, recognizing personnel at distances in excess of 28 kilometers and identifying personnel in excess of 17 km.
All the proposed system components shall be transportable by fixed- or rotary-wing aircraft and ground vehicles, the RFI said.
The system should include: a trailer, a trailer-mounted elevated platform system and a standard military shelter/storage/shipping container; a sensor suite that is capable of providing 360 degree, day/night visible and thermal imaging; and a system control and display unit.
The government will furnish a Standard Ground Station (SGS) to include Terre Sight Software by Sarnoff Corp., and 5KW Tactical Quiet Generators.
The system would use an electro/optical infrared (EO/IR) sensor, the RFI said. The sensors shall be bore sighted together, and a laser range finder–or equivalent geo location device–shall also be bore sighted to the sensors for accurate computation of the location of the object being viewed. The sensor should also have a laser illuminator and auto tracking capability.
The system should be able to relocate from an operational state, move, and resume operation, in less than six hours plus the travel time from one location to the next. Additionally, the system shall be operable in winds of up to 71 mph. Additionally, the RFI said the system shall be able to be stored or operated in temperatures ranging from -60F to +160F and meet military environmental requirements.
The SMDC Contracting and Acquisition Management Office (CAMO) supports the RFI. The CAMO point of contact is Neisha Mendiola: [email protected]; 256-955- 5904.
CAS Group, Wyle Inc., will aid the government review of any information submitted in response to this RFI.