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APPENDIX F2A

GUN AND AMMUNITION TEST FACILITY, TA A-22

1.0 PURPOSE. The purpose of the Gun test facility at TA A-22 is to test and evaluate gun system performance and ammunition performance, lifecycle, and ballistic characteristics.

2.0 GENERAL.

2.1. TA A-22 is a complex, highly instrumented test facility designed to collect detailed performance data on all aspects of small caliber (usually 30 mm or less) gun systems and ammunition. Gun firing bays are equipped for static firing a wide variety of weapons, ranging from small handguns to large rapid firing Gatling-type automatic systems. Automatic data systems gather and record critical performance parameters of both guns and ammunition.

2.2. From the vehicle parking ramp, vehicles with internal gun systems or gun pods can be fired from onboard controls to collect projectile dispersion and bore sight information, or to evaluate airframe reaction to firing forces.

2.3. Also located within the boundaries of TA A-22 are the Aeroballistic Test and Evaluation Facility (ATEF) (appendix F2B), the Fuze Evaluation Facility, and a propellant laboratory. The latter two are operated and maintained by the Government.

3.0 CAPABILITIES.

3.1. The Contractor shall operate and maintain the Gun and Ammunition Test Facility located at TA A-22, including:

3.1.1. A fixed mount automatic weapon firing facility (building 410). The facility includes offices, a briefing room, six instrumented firing bays, maintenance facilities, and six concrete target butts.

3.1.2. A vehicle parking ramp designed for onboard gun firings, with a target butt located 300 feet downrange.

3.1.3. An adjacent clear-firing range over land of 6900 feet, plus an impact area over water extending 3 miles into Choctawhatchee Bay.

3.1.4. One CCTV system, including videocassette recorders, cameras with integrated positioning system, position controllers, switcher/controller matrix, monitors, signal modulators, and digital video recording equipment.

3.1.5. One ballistics pressure transducer calibration system, including a high-pressure hydraulic ram, digital voltmeters, charge amplifiers, associated cabling, calibration standards, and operational transducers.

3.1.6. One X-Y scoring system for projectile dispersion. The system includes target area transducer frames and acoustic coupler system including coupler/amplifiers and a power supply contained in a weather-resistant housing.

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3.1.7. Voltage and dual mode amplifiers

3.1.8. One high-speed data acquisition system

3.1.9. One remote-controlled roll-paper framing target

3.1.10. Four Ballistic velocity systems with enclosures and associated test generator

3.1.11. Assorted instrumentation transducers including flow, pressure, temperature, position indicators, blast gauges, and magnetic sensors

3.1.12. Six-channel digital temperature indicators and an infrared pyrometer

3.1.13. Recording digitizing oscilloscope

3.1.14. Ballistic pressure transducer charge amplifiers

3.1.15. Temperature conditioning chambers for ammunition up to 40 mm.

3.1.16. Specialized test support equipment including:

1. Assorted gun mounts for 0.50 caliber and 20, 25, and 30 mm weapon systems

2. One multi-output hydraulic system with associated controls and instrumentation

3. A fiber optics inspection system, including light source, fiber optics cables, and viewing lens

4. Gun barrel inspection borescopes

5. Gun barrel gauging systems

6. Gun bore sight equipment, including laser bore sight kit, optical bore sight kit, target dolly, and target hoist

7. One portable digital Ballistic Stop-Action Camera System (BSACS)

8. A high-speed digital video recording system to capture muzzle flash events during automatic gun firings.

3.1.17. General test support equipment, including:

1. Two Weapons Firing Control systems

2. Three interconnection patch panels and associated patch boards

3. A communications and control system, including amplifiers, headset outlets, control panels, and mounting racks

4. Two fixed position firing control consoles and one portable firing control units

3.1.18. Safety interlocks, lights, and controls, including:

1. Communications and control wiring distribution frames

2. One Strobotac tester

3. A signal multiplexer and unit power supply

4. An uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system

5. Portable electric power supplies, both AC and DC.

3.1.19. Machine shop equipment, including:

1. Various power tools and equipment, including metal lathe, grinders/buffers, drill press, core drill, band saw, welder, milling machine, sheet metal shear, sheet metal brake, and 12-ton hydraulic press

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2. An oxygen/acetylene welding kit

3. An electric arc welding system

4. A portable 110 VAC powered spot welder

5. Various range equipment, including one-ton hoists, portable floor crane, shelf trucks, hand trucks, and air compressor.

6. Parts washer

7. Bead blaster

8. 6,000 lb forklift

3.2. The Contractor shall set up and conduct tests and collect data with a complex gun instrumentation system IAW tasks and test directives, including:

3.2.1. Instrumentation and facility configuration changes as necessary to comply with variations in test requirements

3.2.2. Fire control for both automatic and single-fire Mann-type gun systems

3.2.3. Minor target fabrication and modification and repairs to existing targets.

3.3. The Contractor shall load, download, operate, and maintain Government-owned automatic and single-shot gun systems.

3.4. The Contractor shall support one of the following operational scenarios at a time when chosen as part of the seven simultaneous operations specified in PWS paragraph 1.7:

1. Conduct one automatic gun firing test and one warhead lethality and vulnerability test at one of the three following facilities: TA A-22, TA C-64 or TA C-52

2. Conduct one single-fire gun test at each of two of the following: ATEF, TA A-22, TA C-64, or TA C-52

3. Conduct one automatic gun firing test at TA A-22 and operate the ATEF

4. Conduct gun firing test in one bay at TA A-22 while accomplishing pre-mission preparations in up to two other bays at TA A-22

5. Conduct a gun firing test in one bay at TA A-22 while supporting an open-ramp mission at TA A-22.

3.5. The contractor shall maintain and operate the vehicles identified in Table F2A-1 in accordance with requirements established in TRD A3. Co-utilization of vehicles from and to other Contractor operated and maintained facilities is an acceptable means for satisfying vehicle shortages due to surge support requirements. Suitable substitute for vehicle type is acceptable.

TABLE F2A-1

Mgt Code Nomenclature Qty Auth

B204 TRUCK 1/2T REG CAB 4X2 1

B211 TRK 1/2T4X4 4600-5799GVW 2

E948 TRK, FORKLIFT, 4K 1

B204 TRUCK 1/2T REG CAB 4X2 1

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