Bradley Top Attack Survey 240403 (002).docx

Market Survey

Bradley Hard Kill Top-Attack Protection

DESCRIPTION OF INTENT

The Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems (PEO GCS), Product Manager Bradley Fighting Vehicle (BFV) is conducting a market survey to collect information from industry to determine current market manufacturing capability to integrate and produce a system at Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 to defeat top-attack threats using a hard kill active protective system.

For purposes of this RFI, top-attack protection shall be defined as the ability to disable loitering munitions, drones, missiles and kinetic threats attacking at elevation angles from 0° to 90° in a manner that prevents them from penetrating the top, side, front and rear armor of the turret and hull of a Bradley M2 variant.

Systems must meet the following criteria:

Power: Peak power draw on the vehicle of objective of 50 amps or less, threshold 150 amps Weight: 915 kg or less for the entire system (A Kit and B Kit) Multishot: Four shots or more without reloading protecting vehicle top (includes complete turret and hull deck) Minimum range: Shall be inside the minimum arming range of all threats to include close-in threats such as rocket propelled grenades

Responses shall be limited to systems that are foreign exportable to other nations such as Ukraine.

This is a Market Survey; no contract will be awarded from this announcement. This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP) or an announcement of a forthcoming solicitation, nor is it a request seeking contractors to be placed on a solicitation mailing list. Response to this market survey is voluntary and no reimbursement will be made for any costs associated with providing information in response to this market survey and any follow-on information requests. Data submitted in response to this market survey will not be returned. No solicitation document exists at this time, and calls requesting a solicitation will not be answered. It is the responsibility of Industry, when providing any comments/responses, to properly mark such information that is considered proprietary or is otherwise restricted.

DISCLAIMER:

The United States Government (USG) is not obligated to protect unmarked data. Nor is the Government obligated for like data in possession of third parties or for data which is afterwards placed in the public domain by the contractor or by third parties through no fault of the USG. Should the USG need to reproduce the protected data for distribution purposes between Government offices, all such data will be reproduced with restrictive legends in place.

Reference herein to any specific commercial company, product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or the Department of the Army (DA). The opinions of the authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or the DA, and shall not be used for advertising or product endorsement purposes.

The USG acknowledges its obligations under the Federal Acquisition Regulation 3.104-4 to protect confidential information provided to the Government (18 U.S.C. §1905). Pursuant to this statute, the USG is willing to accept any trade secrets or proprietary restrictions placed upon qualifying data forwarded in response to this survey and to protect such information from unauthorized disclosure, subject to the following:

Qualifying data must be clearly marked PROPRIETARY and be accompanied by an explanatory text so that the Government is clearly notified as to exactly what data so qualifies.

Mark only data that is truly confidential.

Do not mark data that is already in the public domain or is already in possession of the USG or third parties on an unclassified basis.

Proprietary data transmitted electronically must have the PROPRIETARY legend on both the cover of the transmittal e-mail as well as at the beginning of the file. Proprietary information contained within the correspondence shall use the legends: "PROPRIETARY PORTION BEGINS" and "PROPRIETARY PORTION ENDS."

Please note all data provided/submitted is to be UNCLASSIFIED data. Do NOT submit any CLASSIFIED data in response to this market survey.

INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM INDUSTRY:

Manufacturer

a. Name: ________________________________________________________

b. Mailing Address: ________________________________________________________

c. Website: ________________________________________________________

d. CAGE (commercial and government entity) Code (if any):_____________________________________________________

Personnel Responding to Market Survey

a. Name: ________________________________________________________

b. Title: ________________________________________________________

c. Company Responsibility/Position: ________________________________________________________

d. Telephone/Fax Numbers: ________________________________________________________

e. E-Mail Address: ________________________________________________________

INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESPONDING TO THIS REQUEST:

Responses are requested by 22 April 2024 and shall be submitted to the POC of this action, ANNA PHILLIPS via an email response with the subject heading as “Market Survey Response for “Bradley Hard kill Top-Attack Protection” to ANNA.PHILLIPS@DLA.MIL @army.mil. Any request for clarifications shall also be addressed to ANNA PHILLIPS, Contract Specialist at ANNA.PHILLIPS@army.mil.

Responses to this Market Survey are due on 22 APRIL 2024. Please note that all questions and answers will be posted anonymously to this website. Questions that are received by this office five days prior to the RFI deadline will be considered late and may not be answered.

MARKET SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE

1) Describe your company's experience developing and testing a TRL 6 top-attack hardkill defeat system.

2) Describe threats that your hardkill system has defeated, including drones, missiles, and kinetic rounds, and how your system protects elevation angles from 0° to 90°.

3) Describe multi-shot capabilities of:

USG testing that has included defeat of near-simultaneous threats with separation times of 100 milliseconds or less System design showing ability to defeat 10 shots or more without reloading protecting vehicle top (includes complete turret and hull deck).

4) Provide weight and peak power draw for a system that protects the top hull deck and full turret of a Bradley M3.

5) Provide safety zone calculations and data supporting minimum safe distance claims.

6) Describe your past experience in achieving MAPS and/or VBK interface compliance.