Requirements_for_Small_Glide_SOPGM_28_Oct_15.docx

Small Glide Standoff Precision Guided Munition (SGM SOPGM) Requirements

Munition must be capable of being employed from fixed wing and rotorcraft air platforms using both internal and external carriage in the USSOCOM Common Launch Tube (CLT). Munition must be at least Technology Readiness level 8, flight qualified by demonstration, and at least Integration Readiness Level 4, prototype/demonstrator subjected to representative flight environments, in the USSOCOM Standoff Precision Guided Munition (SOPGM) architecture. The SOPGM architecture employs weapons from a common launch tube using the Battle Management System (BMS) in use on AC-130W and other Special Operations Platforms. The munition must already be approved for live flight test on US National Ranges through one of the military service safety boards.

Other characteristics and capabilities must include:

· 50 lbs, weight class

· Modular warhead that can be removed and replaced without modification to other munition components in non-factory environments.

· Lethal against people, in any position and moving, in the open, in vehicles (fixed, maneuvering, speeds up to 70 mph, non-armored).

· Operator selected fuze mode, air burst or contact. Both with delay capability.

· Employable 360 degrees from launch platform flight path with full engagement coverage underneath platform.

· Employable using the SOPGM BMS from any carriage orientation.

· Guidance using GPS/INS with Semi-Active Laser (SAL) seeker. Accuracy within five (5) meters without SAL and one (1) meter with SAL demonstrated in flight test.

· Attack angles up to 90 degrees (+/-5 degrees).

· Ability to add way points and/or selectable attack azimuth to flight software to enhance employment flexibility.

· Employable up to 35K feet mean sea level (MSL).

· Range greater than 20 nm +/- 90 degrees of release azimuth and greater than 15 nm +/- 180 degrees of release azimuth against stationary targets from 30K feet above ground level (AGL) at 150 Knots indicated airspeed (KIA).

· Employable against targets moving up to 70 mph at azimuths +/- 180 degrees from platform flight path from release altitudes of at least 10K feet AGL.

· Time to target less than 60 sec out to 4 nm and 25K feet AGL.

· Munition to be delivered in CLT with no field assembly or maintenance required.

· Captive Air Training Munitions that electronically replicate munition function through release required to support Operational Program Software (OFP) and BMS interoperability validation, and to support training.

· Munition must have Built-in-Test (BIT) to confirm munition is employment ready. The BIT must be executable through the BMS and a hand carried field test set.

· Initial production deliveries required by August 2016 to support munition performance characterization, tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) generation, and unit training.

· Combat deployment by Apr 2017.

· Government will not pay for production facilitization or munition design changes necessary to meet capability specified in this document.