SPECIAL NOTICE
A -- Hypersonics Advanced Capabilities for Weapon System Improvements
- Notice Date
- 3/9/2022 9:34:06 AM
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541715
— Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- Contracting Office
- NSWC CRANE CRANE IN 47522-5001 USA
- ZIP Code
- 47522-5001
- Solicitation Number
- N0016422SNB46
- Response Due
- 3/25/2022 11:00:00 AM
- Archive Date
- 05/10/2022
- Point of Contact
- Luke Duwel, Phone: 812-854-4818, Matthew S. Summers, Phone: 8128548756
- E-Mail Address
-
luke.a.duwel.civ@us.navy.mil, matthew.s.summers@navy.mil
(luke.a.duwel.civ@us.navy.mil, matthew.s.summers@navy.mil)
- Description
- Special Notice N00164229G022 Agency: Department of the Navy Office: Naval Sea Systems Command Location: NSWC Crane Division Classification Code: AC13/25.5 - National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense Military; Experimental Development NAICS Code: 541715 � National Defense R&D Services; Department Of Defense - Military; Experimental Development Response Due Date: 25 March 2021 Request for Solutions: Hypersonics Advanced Capabilities for Weapon System Improvements 1. PURPOSE This Request for Solutions (RFS) is issued to identify solutions to improve and upgrade its capabilities portfolio to meet warfighter requirements. Technologies include battery modules, alternative Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) for navigation in place of Global Positioning System (GPS), and high temperature Radio Frequency (RF) apertures to survive the extreme environment external to the vehicle. The Government will evaluate the solutions with the intent of awarding multiple Other Transaction Agreements (OTAs) in accordance with 10 U.S. Code � 4003. 2. BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY 2.1 S2MARTS Vendors interested in responding to this RFS must be members of the Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S2MARTS) consortium. Interested parties may visit S2MARTS.org for membership information. This project will be managed by a Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division Project Manager. 2.2 PROJECT OVERVIEW The Hypersonics opportunity seeks to improve and upgrade its capabilities portfolio to meet warfighter requirements. Technologies include battery modules, alternative Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) for navigation in place of Global Positioning System (GPS), and high temperature Radio Frequency (RF) apertures to survive the extreme environment external to the vehicle. Target environments range from onset of hypersonic regimes at Mach 5 to traditional reentry regimes experienced by the Space Shuttle, for example, nearing Mach 25. The primary objective of this effort is to rapidly develop capability prototypes which will be integrated into a developmental flight test campaign for demonstration. BATTERY MODULE Batteries are an essential component to a hypersonic vehicle. The Hypersonics opportunity is soliciting solutions addressing high power-density, storable battery chemistries suitable for high reliability, long term storage (greater than 20 years) and suitable for naval applications. Battery module requirements are identified in the �Desired End State� section. ALTERNATIVE PNT Current navigation systems are heavily reliant on GPS technology for both commercial and military applications. While GPS has become a pervasive technology for military uses, it has security and availability challenges. This creates a need to explore alternative technology solutions that could utilize terrestrial or non-terrestrial, natural or man-made objects, or signals of opportunity that may be available worldwide to provide navigation accuracy comparable to GPS. NSWC Crane desires alternative PNT solutions to alleviate or replace GPS reliance, with consideration for Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) constraints. Examples of alternative PNT in other DoD programs include optical, radio frequency, terrestrial and non-terrestrial, celestial, and terrain mapping inputs. These solutions, as well as novel solutions of other PNT modalities, are acceptable responses to this solicitation. HIGH TEMPERATURE APERTURES Hypersonic vehicles experience extreme environments during flight with dynamic aero heating, shock, and vibration challenges. Sensor apertures external to the vehicle need to not only survive in extreme environments but operate as well. Approaches for high temperature RF apertures range from extremely high temperature capable materials, active and passive cooling methods, and heating mitigation assembly techniques. Publicly available data for the X-43/Hyper-X aircraft, for example, reports the vehicle experiences temperatures in ranging between and in excess of 1,100�C to 1,800�C. NSWC Crane desires industry propose State of The Art (SoTA) and novel aperture solutions to enable RF applications in the hypersonic environment. Please visit the S2MARTS website at https://s2marts.org/ to review the full RFS. Contracting Office Address: 300 Hwy 361 Crane, IN 47522 United States Primary Point of Contact.: Luke Duwel luke.a.duwel.civ@us.navy.mil Phone: (812) 854-4818 Secondary Point of Contact: Matthew Summers matthew.s.summers@navy.mil Phone: (812) 854-8756
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