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Tactical Tailor Now on GSA
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011Improved Carbine Q&A Posted
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011I am assuming that everyone has seen the presolicitation for W15QKN-11-R-F003 Improved Carbine. If not click the link. In association with the Industry Day, the Army collected questions and here are the answers. Most won’t make any sense unless you have the draft solicitation close at hand.
Adcor Defense to Offer BEAR as Improved Carbine Contender
Saturday, May 14th, 2011
Adcor Defense has announced that they plan to offer their piston driven Brown Enhanced Automatic Rifle (BEAR) as a candidate for the upcoming US Army Improved Carbine solicitation anticipated to be released late this month. Unlike other Stoner-style piston rifles, the BEAR’s piston is permanently attached to the bolt carrier.
“The Adcor Defense BEAR combines a new piston system with an exclusive ejection port dust wiper with cover, an ambidextrous forward-placed charging handle/forward-placed assist, and a new key-locked, highly rigid rail system,” said Jimmy Stavrakis, president of Adcor Defense Inc. “More importantly, this innovative design will increase reliability and eliminate the soldier’s most common cause of weapon failure — jamming due to operation in harsh, dirty environments.”
The fixed piston isn’t the only innovation found on the BEAR’s bolt carrier. In order to mitigate stoppages caused by dust and other debris entering the chamber, Adcor has developed a patented spring-loaded dust cover mounted on the bolt carrier. Each time the weapon fires and the weapon goes into battery, the dust cover moves into the ejection port opening, flush with the outside geometry of the carbine.
Interestingly, the BEAR also integrates an ambidextrous (user configurable) forward charging handle into the rail system. And imagine this, it’s non-reciprocating. Additionally, the barrel is free floated.
www.adcorindustries.com/defense
Army Camouflage Improvement Effort Q&A
Thursday, May 12th, 2011Got an Idea to Defeat IEDs?
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011The Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) is working to win the IED fight in a holistic way, using a balance of intelligence, training and technology. They have released a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) concerning two areas. The first is Dismounted Detection of Buried IEDs and the second, for Unmanned Ground Vehicle for Dismounts. if you have any technologies that you think can answer these areas, visit the JIEDDO BIDS portal. Submissions are due 23 May 2011.
US Army Camo Improvement Effort Solicitation Mod One
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011The first modification of the solicitation (W911QY-11-R-0008) was issued yesterday. It changes the response date from 31-May-2011 01:00 PM EDT to 15-Jun-2011 01:00 PM EDT.
Attention Australian Readers
Sunday, April 24th, 2011Defence Material Organisation is seeking a Contracts Manager for their Soldier Systems program. The position is with the Clothing Systems Program Office (CLOSPO) is part of Integrated Soldier Systems Branch within Land Systems Division of the Defence Materiel Organisation. CLOSPO is responsible for approximately 4,000 distinct products all of which are available in numerous sizes and variations. Overall, CLOSPO manages more than 20,000 lines of inventory.The Contract Manager is part of a team responsible for planning and managing the acquisition and introduction into service of an assigned equipment in support of Australian Defence Force (ADF) Capability. The successful candidate will be responsible for the planning and management of the activities that are required to manage the solicitation (including requesting and evaluating tenders) and assisting with the management of contracts.
Full details in the attached document.
DMO Contract Manager – Soldier Systems
Army Releases Camo Improvement Solicitation – Updated
Friday, April 15th, 2011The Army has finally released the Camouflage Improvement Effort solicitation. The solicitation closes at 1PM on 31 May 2011. In 45 days potential offerors must submit their design concepts. Following this will be a multi-phase effort to search for a new family of camouflage patterns consisting of woodland, desert, multi-terrain or transitional patterns in addition to a possible fourth pattern for field equipment such as armor and packs. The final decision won’t be made for two years and Soldiers will be stuck in the current ill-suited UCP for that entire time as well as well into a transition period. Based on this course of action, we could see UCP being used for another three to five years despite the availability of more effective patterns.
US Army Camouflage Improvement Effort Solicitation
Notes to industry and those that fancy themselves camouflage barons: The Army is placing a lot of emphasis on technical performance. From the solicitation, “Technical Area is the most important of all the areas; the Technical Area is more important than the Management/Production Readiness Area; the Management/Productin (sic) Readiness Area is significantly more important than the Contract/Cost/Price Area; the Contract/Cost/Price Area is more important than the Past Performance Area; the Past Performance Area is more important than the Small Business Participation Plan. Area I – Technical Factor A is more important than B. Area II – Management Factor A is significantly more important than B, and Factors B and C are of equal importance. To receive consideration for award, a rating of no less than “Acceptable†must be achieved for all areas. Offerors are cautioned that the award may not necessarily be made to the lowest price offered.” You are not going to win this on lowest cost. So make it count.
