Army looks to five companies to
develop munitions technology
for next-generation armament
June 30, 2015
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J., 30 June 2015. U.S. Army munitions
technology experts are choosing five companies to help design and build
new technologies for next-generation Army armaments and munitions,
ranging from precision-guided munitions, warheads, fuzes, mortars,
and different kinds of conventional ammunition.
Officials of the Army Contracting Command at Picatinny Arsenal, N.J.
, have selected the five companies to compete over the next five years for
munitions technology projects involved in the
Rapid Prototyping & Technology Initiative-Generation 2 (RPTI-GEN2).
The five contractors will help the Army Armament, Research,
The five contractors will help the Army Armament, Research,
Development, and Engineering Center (ARDEC) design, build,
and test new munitions technologies for new and emerging Army requirements.
The companies are:
-- Universal Technical Resource Services Inc. in Cherry Hill, N.J;
-- TRC Defense Systems LLC in Madison, Ala.;
-- Savit Corp. in Rockaway, N.J.;
-- Middle Bay Solutions LLC in Huntsville, Ala.; and
-- Subsystem Technologies Inc. in Arlington, Va.
These companies will compete for different jobs over the next five years
worth as much as a collective $200 million. Funding and work location
will be determined with each order.
ARDEC is the Army's principal researcher, developer, and sustainer of current
and future armament and munitions systems, and is involved in the Soldier
and Future Combat Systems and in advanced weapons that use technologies
like high-power microwaves, high-energy lasers, and nano-technology.
Picatinny Arsenal is the joint center of excellence for armaments and munitions,
and helps all branches of the U.S. military. The organization develops and
buys advanced conventional weapons advanced ammunition, including IED
defeat technologies; small, medium and large caliber conventional ammunition;
precision-guided munitions; mortars; fire-control systems; small-arms weapon
systems; howitzers; gunner protection armor; warheads; fuzes; and insensitive
munitions.
The RPTI-GEN2 is an initiative of the Joint Munitions & Lethality (JM&L)
Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) Strategic Sourcing Initiative
to increase ARDEC's ability to provide reliable, responsive, and cost effective munitions technologies.
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ARDEC also is responsible for developing quick-reaction munitions
technologies for rapidly changing battlefield conditions in the global war on terror.
The five RPTI-GEN2 contractors will develop enabling technologies and
prototypes in sis separate areas: materials and processes, component fabrication
and equipment; product assembly; testing support; and engineering services.
Materials and processes involves electronics, optics,, lasers, new materials,
composites, coatings, adhesives, metals and alloys, and other processes.
Component fabrication and equipment involves armaments; non-energetics;
energetics; munitions; electronics; metallic components; and non-metallic
components. Product assembly involves combining armaments, non-energetics,
energetics, optics, lasers, and electronics into a final lethal, scalable, or counter-
lethality platform, armament, or product.
Systems engineering and integration involves systems engineering, system
of systems capability, integration, and product fielding. Testing support and
capabilities involves energetic and non-energetic materials. Engineering
services involves supporting the life cycle engineering needs from cradle to grave.
This contract runs through June 2020. For more information contact Picatinny
Arsenal online at www.pica.army.mil, or ARDEC at www.ardec.army.mil.
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