SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Request for Information for Infrared Cueing System (ICS)
- Notice Date
- 9/20/2005
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- Contracting Office
- US Army C-E LCMC Acquisition Center - DAAB07, ATTN: AMSEL-AC, Building 1208, Fort Monmouth, NJ 07703-5008
- ZIP Code
- 07703-5008
- Solicitation Number
- W15P7T-05-I2WD-012
- Response Due
- 10/3/2005
- Archive Date
- 12/2/2005
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Request of Information (RFI) For Infrared Cueing System (ICS).... Date: 14 September 2005.... Contact: RDECOM, CERDEC, Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD), Bldg. 600, Fort Monmouth, NJ, 07703, ATTN: AMSRD-CER-IW-EO, Jose Vergara, email: jose.g.vergara@us.army.mil.... Synopsis: Request of Information (RFI) for Infrared Cueing System (ICS).... Description: The U.S. Army Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) is soliciting White papers from qualified and interested s ources to provide an Infrared Cueing System (ICS) with minimal development, for application on board various Army ground vehicles. The purpose of the ICS is to detect the launch of the threats projectiles and missiles at significant tactical ranges with ac curacies to support countermeasure systems. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes only and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government for an award of a contract, nor will the Government pay for information solicited. No basi s for a claim shall arise as a result from a response to this Sources Sought/Market Survey or Government use of information furnished. Responses to this RFI will be reviewed by the Government and may result in an invitation to submit proposals against the BAA for a 2QFY06 award& ICS is a two-year program with option for up to another additional two years. The system will provide the Warfighter with near real-time situational awareness (SA) as well as support rapid target declaration and acquisition. Specifi c program objectives include: (1) enhanced situational awareness, and (2) high confidence automatic target declaration and cueing in a battlefield clutter environment. Battlefield clutter is defined as small arms fire, weapon firings not targeted against y our platform, explosions, natural background and fires.... The Government will provide a general architecture and interface control documents defining integration requirements with other systems. A lab-prototype ICS shall be tested within twelve months, a fully-functional lab system within 18 months and platform hosted within 24 months.... The Government is asking for information on approaches to the ICS that are achievable within the approximate bounds of the cost and schedule constraints discussed above . Only those organizations or industry teams (encouraged) capable of providing the full complement of the objective capabilities should respond. The Objectives of the system are as follows:.... (1) PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS: (1.1) The ICS (sensor) shall be ca pable to provide 360 degree coverage in azimuth. State how many sensors are required to provide this coverage. State the field of view of each.... (1.2) The ICS (sensor) shall provide coverage in elevation of at least plus or minus 55-degrees with respect to the sensors.... (1.3) The ICS shall have the capability to detect launch of threat munitions and in-flight motor burn of the threat.... (1.4) The ICS shall be capable to declare a threat from an effective range of the weapon.... (1.5) The ICS shall be capable to classifying the type of threat. Describe methodology/ algorithm for classification. For example, various types of target discrimination techniques may be considered, including but not limited to time sampling, spectral band discrimination, spati al content and target characteristics with time The threat location error shall underline assumptions to include; atmospheric effects, internal mounting stability, threat size and aspect angle.... (1.6) The ICS shall be capable of providing sufficient Angl e of Arrival information of the threat to hand off to a tracking radar and countermeasure system. Provide the Angle of Arrival and the method of achieving it... (1.7) The ICS shall detect and declare operationally meaningful threats at survivable standoff ranges. The ICS will require a Probability of Detection (Pd), Probability of Classification (Pc) of 90 percent each& (1.8) Provide an estimate of Probability of Declaration (Pdecl), where Pdecl is the product of multi-frame Probability of Detection, Probability of Good Pixel (the probability that the pixel of signal interest is not a dead pixel), Probability of Track Association (probability that pixel signal can be associated with an existing track), and Probability of Discrimination (probability that existing track meets the weighted threat classification steps for declaration)&. (1.9) The ICS shall have a low false alarm rate from manmade and natural events. Sp ecify the false alarm rate in events per hour and specify what the clutter will be. (1.10) Provide a list of threats (weapons) with declaration (classification) ranges and time of declaration/classification. Provide model used for performance calculations, written assumptions and performance prediction methodology, and inputs used to derive performance predictions&.(1.11) Provide Focal Plane Sensitivity, Field of View, Instantaneous Field Of View and minimum cue time&.(2) SOFTWARE: (2.1) The ICS shall have algorithms for declaration and classification&. (2.2) The ICS is expected to be capable of providing both analog and digital imagery outputs&.(2.3) The ICS shall have low latency warning&.(2.4) The ICS shall be capable to detect, declare and report multipl e threats&.(2.5) The ICS software must be operable within few seconds from power turn on&.(2.6) The ICS shall incorporate an embedded diagnostic function. All fault messages shall be transmitted to the Platform Protection Processor&.(2.7) The ICS software shall be reprogrammable, including repairs and upgrades from the system&.(3) OPERATIONAL:&(3.1) The ICS shall be enclosed and protected for the elements&.(3.2) The ICS shall operate at high temperatures of 160 degrees F (71 degrees C)&.(3.3) The ICS shall operate at low temperatures of minus 51degrees F ( minus 46 degrees C)&.(3.4) The ICS shall comply with MIL STD 810F, Method 507.3 for humidity requirements&.(3.5) All data necessary to 100 percent isolate hardware faults must be output to the Platform Pro tection Processor&.(3.6) The ICS will require sufficient stabilization (data or mechanical) to keep the system on threat while operating from vibrating environments&.(3.7) Optimization should consider system performance, system constraints, fusion performa nce, environmental limitations (shadowing, weather, etc.) and mission objectives&.(4.) TECHNICAL SPECIFICTIONS:&(4.1) The ICS shall require a frame update rate of greater than or equal to 100Hz with a goal of greater than or equal to 400Hz&.(4.2) The ICS s hall not require cryogenic cooling. For the purposes of this RFI, cryogenic cooling is defined as cooling the detector below 200K&.(4.3) The ICS shall have a NEI less than or equal to 50pw/cm2. Specify the aperture size, F number, and detector (array) act ive area for this NEI. Provide lens design information showing focus aberrations, and Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) across the optical Field of View&.(4.4) The individual sensor dimensions of the ICS of interest are nominally 4 inches High by 4 1/2 in ches Deep by 6 inches Wide&.(4.5) The weights of each ICS sensor shall be less than or equal to 5 pounds. Total system weight of sensors and processor shall be less than 35 pounds&.(4.6) Power consumption of each sensor should be less than or equal to 5W. Power consumption of the processor shall be less than 150W&.(4.7) Provide interface control information to include input (output) interfaces and mounting interfaces&.(4.8) Address any issues regarding crosstalk between neighboring detectors and issues re lated to detection of point sources&.(5.) OTHERS:&(5.1) Maturity of the ICS (i.e., conceptual, developmental, production). If ICS has been produced, please provide quantities and customer(s) contact information. Any performance data to substantiate your cl aims of performance would be appreciated. Provide the present status of the technology areas. Describe the nature of required development: i.e., none, minimal d evelopment is required, or advanced development is required&.(5.2) Cost schedule requirements for development to a Technology readiness Level 6&.(5.3) Multiple submittals, for various configurations, are acceptable&.(5.4) Propose plan for: support equipmen t for the systems, spares, technical support, testing support, maintenance, upgrades as required, Support the integration of the ICS with other systems, and Procurement of additional ICS systems. Provide the production cost (not including non recurring cos ts) in quantities of 100, 1000 and your most efficient quantity price break point. Provide the cost model&.(5.5) Provide a risk analysis for technology risk, schedule risk, and cost risk&.(5.6) Provide integration information of the ICS in to other systems &.(5.7) An opportunity will be given to the industries to demonstrate their systems during the maturity demonstration session at Lakehurst, New Jersey, or another facility scheduled for the second week of December 2005. The demonstration will include: High confidence automatic target declaration and cueing in a battlefield clutter environment. The demonstration will be focusing on capabilities for declaration of the mid-wave IR two colors ATGM simulator (3.9 mm to 4.1 mm blue color and 4.55 mm to 4.75 mm re d color). The demonstration will be part of the evaluation criteria. The demonstration will be at industries own expense&&.PROGRAM: The overall program effort is envisioned to include, but not be limited to, the following:&(1) In FY06, technology feasibili ty assessment with estimates on performance gains achieved&.(2) In FY07, finalization of the ICS and final test&OPTIONAL: (3) From FY08, on-going efforts to improve the ICS and assess performance and stability. (4) In FY09, Controlled environment experimen tation, with performance characterization finalization of the improve ICS&.. Responses to this RFI should be no more than 20 single sided pages of size 10 or 12 font including all enclosures, backup material, supporting papers, and other material. The resp onses should describe the approach within the architectural and programmatic constraints and objectives outlined above, service breakdown and technical description, system requirements (space, power, etc.), expected performance, and technology maturity&.Re sponses are to be received by 1700 EST, 3 OCT 2005. All information must be in writing or via e-mail. You may forward responses to US Army, RDECOM, CERDEC, I2WD, Bldg. 600, Fort Monmouth, NJ, 07703, ATTN: AMSRD-CER-IW-EO (Mr. Gerard Gaeta and Mr. Jose Verg ara) or the following e-mail address: gerard.gaeta@us.army.mil and jose.g.vergara@us.army.mil. Acknowledgement of receipt will be issued. If you choose to submit proprietary information, mark it accordingly. Classified information should be listed in an a ppendix attached with your responses and will be accepted by mail only, but please mark it accordingly and send it via proper channels. Classified information can be sent to US Army, RDECOM, CERDEC, I2WD, Bldg. 600, Fort Monmouth, NJ, 07703, ATTN: Securit y Office. The inner wrapping shall be addressed to: ATTN: AMSRD-CER-IW-EO (Mr. Gerard Gaeta and Mr. Jose Vergara)&.Questions regarding this information request are encouraged and can be directed to Mr. Gerard Gaeta and Mr. Jose Vergara VIA EMAIL ONLY.
- Place of Performance
- Address: US Army RDECOM CERDEC, I2W Directorate ATTN: AMSRD-CER-IW-EO, Building 600 Fort Monmouth NJ
- Zip Code: 07703-5008
- Country: US
- Zip Code: 07703-5008
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