LMAMS_RFI_3_Final_10_April_2019.pdf

Request for Information (RFI) for the Lethal Miniature Aerial Missile System (LMAMS)

This RFI is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid, request for quotation, request for proposal, or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this RFI will be treated as information only. No entitlement to payment of direct or indirect costs or charges by the Government will arise as a result of a contractor's submission of responses to this announcement, or the Government's use of such information. This request does not constitute a solicitation for proposals or the authority to enter into negotiations to award a contract. The information provided may be used by the Government in further developing its acquisition strategy and statement of work/statement of objectives and performance specifications. US Government is looking for low cost material solutions to fulfill urgent LMAMS operational requirements. Respondents shall demonstrate existing system capabilities and submit written responses as described below.

The participation of Non-United States companies or any United States subsidiaries of a non-US owned company shall be restricted as prime, sub-contractors or component vendors if their participation includes any level of access to classified information with regards to warheads, electronic safe and arm devices, SAASM global positioning system, or any form of National Security Agency encrypted algorithm data link. Access restrictions included but are not limited to: system, subsystem or component designs and specifications; interface control documents; system or component drawings; manufacturing technology, materials, components; quality control and software development, integration, testing and documentation.

The Army is seeking a capability that meets or exceeds set LMAMS threshold requirements described in attachment titled “LMAMS System Technical Requirements.” These requirements are based on existing user requirements submitted as part of Joint Urgent Operational Needs (JUON) and Operational Needs

Statements (ONS), and component technologies developed by the Combat Capabilities Development

Command (CCDC) Aviation and & Missile Center. A general LMAMS description and functionality is described below.

The LMAMS is envisioned to be a loitering, precision-guided system, organic at the small unit level that enables engagement of enemy combatants without exposing the Warfighter to direct enemy fires.

Notional LMAMS system components may consist of: 1) an all-up-round missile (includes airframe, sensors, integrated guidance, warhead, data link, and launcher) and 2) Fire Control Unit (providing functions such as data link, operator interface, and mission preparation and execution functions) that is notionally day/night readable, provides the user real time video and control of the missile. The operator can select predetermined targets using geo location reference, visually select and identify targets of opportunity, loiter, abort, abort and redirect, arm/disarm, and manually command warhead detonation.

The architecture for the LMAMS controller should be modular so it can be hosted by any future approved end user device or United States Army common controller. The training simulator device is embedded into the Fire Control Unit so that training does not require additional equipment other than the tactical hardware.

Three distinct mission phases are 1) mission preparation, 2) fly out, and 3) terminal engagement. All phases of the LMAMS operations must be accomplished by a single operator and configurable for dismounted or mounted patrolling operations. For mission preparation purposes, targeting information is provided to or by the operator and may consist of headings, geo location reference, or landmark information provided by direct observation from the operator, other observers, or by sensors and networks separate from LMAMS. Positive identification of the target shall be made prior to launch by these sources. The operator will use this information to perform mission preparation with the controller allowing man-in-the-loop flight to the area of interest. For the fly out, LMAMS must be launched quickly and fly an assigned route or path to a target area by a single operator. LMAMS will be capable of loitering. In the terminal engagement phase, LMAMS will have the ability to automatically track a target designated by the operator or allow the operator to manually control the system as needed to focus on a specific area or point of interest. The system must have lethal effects against personnel and light-duty vehicles, while minimizing collateral damage. LMAMS must have the ability to automatically lock on and track a stationary or moving target. Once a target is selected by the operator in the terminal phase of engagement, no further operator input shall be required.

The CCDC Aviation & Missile Center (CCDC AvMC) has developed component technologies in support of LMAMS under the Small Organic Precision Munition (SOPM) Program. Component technologies that have completed development to TRL 6 and are potentially available for Limited Purpose Cooperative

Research and Development Agreements (LP-CRADAs) between CCDC AvMC and interested industry partners include a Secure micro Digital Data Link (SmDDL), App-Based Fire Control Unit technology, LiPo battery technology, Image Stabilization and Autotracker, Small Warhead, Electronic Safe and Arm

Device (ESAD), and Laser Height of Burst Sensor. Under an LP-CRADA, it is anticipated that CCDC

AvMC would provide technical documentation and/or software for the partner to build, integrate, and test the component technologies in their proposed solution. Information can be obtained on these technologies by contacting Army Contracting Command-Redstone, Building 5303 Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000, Point of Contacts are Laquetta Atkins, email address laquetta.k.atkins.civ@mail.mil, Veronica Hannahs, email Address veronica.hannahs.civ@mail.mil, and

David Street, email address david.w.street.civ@mail.mil.

The following information is requested:

1. A White Paper describing your company and proposed capability solution, including:

a. Small business certification

b. Corporate capabilities, past and current relevant performance information, available facilities, and assets

c. Technical and programmatic approach including all relevant data for achieving each capability described above

d. Critical Technology elements.

e. Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) and Manufacturing Readiness Levels for all system components and sub-components

f. Operating procedures and special equipment

g. Approach to obsolescence mitigation, modernization, and technology insertion in design, software development, and production

h. Configuration management of the system and ability to sustain confidence in the capability

i. Identify data rights and license of proprietary hardware, software, and provide path/potential cost of transfer of full data rights to the Government

j. List any testing conducted commercially and/or state the Government agency and title of the test report. Please do not include the report with the response

k. Note whether or not your company is a current member of the Aviation and Missile

Technology Consortium (AMTC). For more information on the AMTC see the following website: https://ati.acqcenter.com/ATI/Portal.nsf/Start?ReadForm

Microsoft Office Document, 30 page limit, 1” margins, font size 12 is the preferred method of providing information for this item.

https://ati.acqcenter.com/ATI/Portal.nsf/Start?ReadForm

2. Detailed description of any development, engineering, or testing required to bring your proposed solution to TRL 7 (if not already at TRL 7), including a detailed ROM to include all activities described and estimated schedule to accomplish all tasks.

Costs should be in FY19 constant dollars with unit costs broken out by material, labor, and overhead costs with major cost drivers and potential mitigations. Production unit cost will be a significant factor in any future program decision.

3. A ROM unit estimate for Controller at quantity ranges of 50/100/200 per year, missiles at quantity ranges of 100/300/500/1000/1500, and training hardware at quantity 50/100/200 per year for 5 years with major cost drivers and potential mitigations. The government is seeking a Low Cost solution, so all potential cost savings (unit cost, range pricing, learning curve, etc) should be included and explained within this estimate.

Costs should be in FY19 constant dollars with unit costs broken out by material, labor, and overhead costs with major cost drivers and potential mitigations. Production unit cost will be a significant factor in any future program decision.

4. A proposed training strategy including:

a. Trainer-to-Student Ratio

b. Class Size

c. Class Duration (Number of Days)

d. Training Methodology Concept

e. Cost Estimate for One Training Class

f. Requirements for Operators to receive Certification

g. Need/Frequency/Requirements for Operators to receive Recertification

Microsoft Office Document, unlimited pages, is the preferred method of providing information for this item. Costs should be in FY19 constant dollars.

5. A proposed support and sustainment strategy to include:

a. In theater personnel to provide direct support to operators with fielded systems

i. Hardware maintenance performed CONUS or OCONUS

ii. Duration of Field Service Representative presence following fielding

iii. Cost of labor hours, program management, support costs (visa fees, travel costs, per diem rates, etc.)

b. Maintenance

i. What Hardware items will require regular repair and maintenance?

ii. Average Cost of regularly planned maintenance activities

iii. Intended location for performance of activities (vendor facility, government depot, OCONUS location)

6. The Government recognizes that in response to this RFI, contractors may be describing non-developmental hardware/systems requiring modifications to meet Government performance and qualification requirements. What, if any, are the commercial applications and potential commercial markets for the system that you would propose to modify for the LMAMS capability and what would those modifications be?

Interested parties are responsible for marking proprietary or competition sensitive information contained within their response. Any submission will be handled in accordance with associated markings/legends provided by the submitting vendor. The Government does not intend to award a contract on the basis of this request for information, or to otherwise pay for the information submitted in response to this RFI.

All interested vendors with the capabilities identified herein are encouraged to respond to this RFI by providing the information specified above, on or before 15 May 2019. Questions and industry responses to this RFI are to be sent via email or mailed to: Army Contracting Command-Redstone, Building 5303

Martin Road, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000, Point of Contacts are Laquetta Atkins, email address laquetta.k.atkins.civ@mail.mil, Veronica Hannahs, email Address veronica.hannahs.civ@mail.mil, and

David Street, email address david.w.street.civ@mail.mil.

Required

Capabilities

THRESHOLD OBJECTIVE

Command Destruct The LMAMS shall allow for a command destruct capability by the operator.

T=O

Communications The LMAMS shall have a secure

Digital Data Link (DDL).

The LMAMS shall provide secure uplink and downlink, real-time, full motion video between Fire Control Unit

(FCU) and missile by means of DDL.

The system shall be able to hand off control of a missile in flight from one

FCU to another without data transmission interference between the two FCU’s.

The LMAMS shall have a Digital

Data Link (DDL) that is able to provide NSA Approved encryption.

The system performance shall be resistant to degradation in the presence of EW and electronic countermeasures.

The system shall be able to communicate with more than one missile simultaneously from a single

FCU.

Endurance The LMAMS shall have a flight endurance of ≥ 15 minutes in winds less than 10 knots and no precipitation.

The missile shall have a flight endurance ≥25 minutes in winds up to 25 knots and light precipitation

Insensitive

Munitions

The LMAMS, in the soldier carried configuration, shall not detonate if hit by small arms fire or fragmentation.

T=O

Lethality The LMAMS operator must be able to engage and incapacitate an enemy combatant in the open and or in a soft-skinned vehicle while minimizing the probability of permanent injury to nearby non-combatants.

The LMAMS capability shall minimize collateral damage within 30m of the intended target.

T=O

The LMAMS capability shall minimize collateral damage within

15m of the intended target

Manueverability The LMAMS shall maneuver horizontally and vertically in all terrain beyond line of sight.

If the LMAMS does not engage a target, then it shall be recoverable and able to be reflown upon return.

Range The LMAMS shall successfully engage a ground target at a range of up to 3 km with built-in Fire Control Unit (FCU) antenna and without manual antenna adjustment.

The LMAMS shall successfully engage a ground target at a range of up to 10 km with manual antenna adjustment and/or auxiliary antennas.

LMAMS shall successfully engage a ground target at a range of up to

20 km without antenna adjustment.

Single Operator LMAMS shall be transported, employed and operated by a single operator

T=O

Speed of

Employment

The LMAMS shall be capable of being configured and ready to launch in ≤2 minutes from its stowed configuration.

The LMAMS shall be capable of being configured and ready to launch in ≤ 30 seconds from its stowed configuration.

Target Acquisition From 100 meter Above Ground Level

(AGL), the LMAMS operator shall be able to recognize personnel during daytime operations in clear weather at a slant range of 250 meters.

From 100 meter AGL, the LMAMS operator shall be able to recognize a vehicle target (sedan, pick up, or sport utility vehicle) during night time operations at a slant range of 200 meters.

From 100 meter AGL, the LMAMS operator shall be able to recognize personnel during daytime operations in clear weather at a slant range of

500 meters.

From 100 meter AGL, the LMAMS operator shall be able to detect and recognize personnel during night time operations at a slant range of

250 meters.

Target Wave-off The LMAMS operator shall have the ability to wave-off and redirect the flight path ≥4 seconds prior to impact.

The system shall automatically disarm upon wave-off.

Recommended

Capabilities

THRESHOLD OBJECTIVE

Cybersecurity The LMAMS design shall adhere to applicable standards within the DoD in accordance with DoDI 8510.01 National

Institute of Standards and Technology

(NIST) SP 800 series Special Publications

(SP) for Risk Management Framework

(RMF) and comply with DoDI 5200.44 for the protection of critical components and functions to include Defense Federal

Acquisition Regulation Supplement

(DFARS) 252.204-7012 and 252.204-

7008.

T=O

Data Storage The system shall have the ability to output real-time video and flight data to external sources.

The LMAMS shall have the ability to record ≥ three times the operational endurance of flight data and video that is downloadable to external devices.

The LMAMS FCU will be interoperable with other indirect and precision fire capabilities to increase Situational Awareness and targeting. The FCU will be use standard and non-proprietary messaging and data formats and electrical interfaces to ensure compatibility and interoperability with other military systems.

Environmental

Conditions

The LMAMS AUR shall operate at temperature ranges from -4º Fahrenheit (F) to +122º F and withstand storage from -40º

F to + 131º F.

The LMAMS FCU shall operate at temperature ranges from 0º Fahrenheit (F) to +122º F and withstand storage from -40º

F to + 158º F.

The LMAMS AUR shall operate at temperature ranges from -26º

Fahrenheit (F) to 140˚F and withstand storage from -60º F to +

160º F.

The LMAMS FCU shall operate at temperature ranges from -26º

Fahrenheit (F) to 140˚F and withstand storage from -60º F to +

160º F.

External Fire

Control

The LMAMS shall be capable of accepting a manually input CAT 1 target coordinate from the system prior to launch and during flight.

The LMAMS shall be capable of receiving flight path waypoints that account for denied airspace, meteorological conditions at target, target approach azimuth, ROZs, terrain avoidance geometries, and SFAs and NFAs.

Fire Control Unit The LMAMS FCU shall not allow daylight to inhibit the operator’s view of the screen while operating the system; the screen shall be adjustable allowing the operator to maintain situational awareness in limited light conditions. The FCU shall also help maintain light discipline during the hours of darkness.

The LMAMS FCU shall provide the operator the following capabilities:

autonomously or manually control the missiles in flight, wave-off, wave-off and redirect; select predetermined targets using geo-location reference; and loiter, arm/disarm, and destruct.

The LMAMS FCU shall display/output mission flight video, meta-data, flight information/telemetry.

The FCU system software shall be modular, and hosted by any future approved end user device or common controller, so that it could potentially be integrated for tactical usage if that system is approved for production and tactical fielding.

Loss of Link (LoL) The LMAMS shall have a default LoL waypoint equal to launch point; LoL waypoint shall be reprogrammable at any time during operation.

The LMAMS operator shall be responsible for arming and disarming the missile.

The LMAMS shall, when armed and in terminal approach and lock, continue target prosecution.

When armed and in waypoint progression, if the LMAMS loses link it will automatically disarm and go to preprogrammed LoL waypoint. If the

LMAMS is not armed and in terminal approach and lock, it will fly to the preprogrammed LoL waypoint.

If the LMAMS does not reacquire signal, it shall continue to orbit the LoL waypoint until the battery is completely expended.

T=O

Missile Power The LMAMS shall have a shelf life of 1 year while maintaining 80% of its full charge capacity and be fully rechargeable within 1 hour.

The LMAMS shall have the ability to charge the missile battery without removing the missile from its launch configuration.

The LMAMS shall be rechargable from

0%.

The LMAMS shall use non-proprietary, Army approved power sources and chargers.

The LMAMS shall have a shelf life of ≥ 5 years while maintaining full charge.

The LMAMS energy source shall be completely contained with adequate shelf life to preclude the need for storage maintenance.

Missile Shelf Life The LMAMS shall have a shelf-life of ≥10 years without any component replacements or maintenance other than the battery.

The LMAMS shall have a shelf life of ≥15 years without any component replacements or maintenance other than battery charging upon deployment. The

LMAMS shall have a modular architecture that may be suitable for the support of a shelf life extension program.

Missile Status The LMAMS system status transmitted to the FCU shall include missile location, armed or safe indication, and system fault indications on the live-warhead.

T=O

Modular Payload The LMAMS shall have a modular payload/warhead bay that allows alternative payload(s) without modification to the missile body.

T=O

Positioning

Navigation and

Timing

The LMAMS shall be compliant with

Public Law 111-383 section 913 for the

Global Positioning System.

The LMAMS system status transmitted to the FCU shall include missile location in a

GPS aided environment, accurate to within

5 meters CEP and 10 meters RMS in altitude.

The LMAMS system status transmitted to the FCU shall include missile location in a GPS denied/degraded environment, accurate to within 500m CEP (T), 100 meters CEP (O) and 10 meters RMS in altitude.

Target Tracking The LMAMS shall automatically track/continually adjust track gates for changes in angle, range and sudden movement of a designated stationary or fleeting target–in the open or cluttered environment–with no further operator input.

The LMAMS operator shall have the ability to update tracking aim point to impact.

The LMAMS should have the additional ability to automatically adjust camera zoom levels to provide the best situational awareness for given flight dynamics (i.e., airspeed, pitch, yaw, roll) to fly the missile to the target and have the ability to maintain continuous observation of the target until prosecution.

Velocity The LMAMS shall have variable velocity and be able to overtake a target that is traveling up to 30 mph within a 5 km range from the launch point at the time of launch.

The LMAMS shall have variable velocity and be able to overtake a target that is traveling up to 50 mph within a 5 km range from the launch point at the time of launch.

Multi-Pack

Configuration

The LMAMS operator shall have the capability to launch unmodified AURs in a multi-pack configured system for fixed-site or mobile platforms.

The LMAMS multi-pack configuration weight shall not exceed 130 pounds when empty.

shall have a remote control operation of at least 100 ft.

shall be powered by an internal battery.

Simulation Training

Device

The LMAMS flight characteristics and operator interface shall permit use of

COTS flight simulation software programs.

Simulation devices shall use open architecture to enable interface with other simulation systems. The LMAMS training device shall allow for operators to conduct operator proficiency, emergency procedures, and mission planning/rehearsal.

The LMAMS FCU shall include an embedded training device that allows units to conduct operator proficiency, emergency procedures, and mission planning

/rehearsal.

Weight The combined weight of one LMAMS unit

(1 Fire Control Unit and 1 All-up Round) should be a total of ≤ 14 lbs.