RFI W9124PMCAS.pdf

RFI

Missile Control Actuation System for a

Guidance Assisted Ballistic Missile Request for Information

Background

The U.S. Army Futures Command, Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation and Missile Center (AFC CCDC AvMC) is developing a guidance assisted ballistic missile for air targets. It is envisioned that the missiles will use a Control Actuation System (CAS) designed to position aerodynamic surfaces in a tail guided configuration to achieve the necessary control authority.

The purpose of this Request for Information (RFI) is to gather, from industry, information on existing mature (TRL 9) CAS capabilities that can support the needs for the controls and missile characteristics detailed below. The CAS designs will need to incorporate a void space in the middle to accommodate a blast tube for the propulsion system, blast tube diameter range is provided below. CAS design physical size, mass, power consumption, thermal limitations, and performance descriptions are what this solicitation is seeking. Estimates for levels of effort to scale existing designs to meet missile size differences are desired.

The range of missile characteristics that are being considered include:

• Outer Diameters: 16 in – 20 in.

• Lengths: 15 ft – 20 ft.

• Missile Masses: 1400-2000 lbs.

The range of CAS characteristics are:

• Blast Tube Keep Out 5.0-8.0 inches

• Unloaded Slew Rate 300-400 o/s

• 1 deg Bandwidth 20-25 Hz

• Stall Torque > 250 in-lbf

Response Details

The system concept and critical technology ideas provided by respondents will be used to augment and refine current government system concepts and associated critical technologies. These ideas must be provided in the form of a whitepaper described below.

Each whitepaper should address a single system concept or critical technology topic.

Multiple whitepaper submittals are encouraged on any one or number of topics.

Responses to this RFI are expected in the form of unclassified electronic Microsoft Word files (1 file per topic, recommended less than 5 Megabyte) attached to your email transmittal. The file name should contain the technology area and the contractor or agency identification, shown below in Example 1. If there are multiple papers on the same topic, then increment the file name sequentially as shown below in Example 2

Example 1: Control Actuation Method-XYZ Corp-01.

Example 2: Control Actuation Method -XYZ Corp-02, The whitepapers should be no longer than 10 pages, single-spaced, in 11 font, Times New Roman, with 1 inch margins, and embedded figures (if used) in Microsoft Word.

The whitepapers must be organized according to the section outline below.

White Paper Section Descriptions:

1. Technology Area (1 line).

2. Contractor or Agency Identification (1 line)

3. Critical Issue (0.5 page) Name the issue and why you think it is critical.

4. Historical Approaches (if any) (1.5 pages) What were previous shortcomings that your idea overcomes?

5. System Concept or Critical Technology Idea (5 pages) Your idea for the system concept or the critical technology. Include modeling, simulation, or testing data, identifying your own contributions. Emphasize the innovative aspect of your idea and why it is feasible.

6. Relevant Experience (1 page) Include names of principal investigators, contract or IR&D identifier, title of effort, customer email address, U.S. dollar equivalent value, start and completion dates.

7. Technology Development Plan (2 pages) What would it take to mature your system concept or critical technology? Include a rough order-of-magnitude (ROM) cost estimate, start to finish schedule, and milestones.

The whitepapers will be reviewed by Government personnel and Government support contractors. All information provided will be treated controlled unclassified information (CUI) and will not be disclosed outside of the Government. Any proprietary information must be appropriately marked with appropriate Department of Defense legends in accordance with Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement part 227.7103-3.

The Government reserves the right to request further clarification or request presentations to enhance our understanding of the respondent’s submittal. All respondents will be notified of the disposition of their whitepaper. RFI responses will be accepted from United States companies/ organizations only. Whitepapers that fail to comply with the above instructions, or present ideas not pertinent to launch and/or attitude control system technologies, may not be reviewed.

In accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulations paragraph 15.201 (e.), responses to this notice are not offers and cannot be accepted by the Government to form a binding contract. No award is intended as a result of this RFI. Information submitted in response this RFI is submitted at no cost to the Government.

Responses to this RFI should be e-mailed to , as attachments, with a return receipt requested to provide indication of receipt. Responses may also be mailed to