Low-Cost Ground and Airborne Technologies to Detect, Classify, Track, and Defeat UAS-borne Threats, Request for Information

Pre-Solicitation Synopsis – Request for Information (RFI)

1.  Class Code: 1095 and 5963 – Effectors and Electronic Modules

2.  NAICS Code:  541715

3.  Subject:  Low-Cost Ground and Airborne Technologies to Detect, Classify, Track, and Defeat UAS-borne Threats, Request for Information

4.  Solicitation Number: W911QX-26-BA0001

5.  Set-Aside Code: NA

6.  Response Date: 30 days from date of posting

7.  Place of Performance:  US Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground

Adelphi Contracting Division

                                    2800 Powder Mill Road
                                    Adelphi, Maryland
                                    20783-1138, USA

8.  Description: 

The United States Government provides this Request for Information (RFI) to determine potential responsible offerors capable of meeting the Government’s requirement of (1) modular remote expendable sensing technologies and (2) modular inexpensive effector technologies, which can detect, classify, track, and subsequently disable or destroy multiple drone-borne threats (see Section 9 below). 

This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, this notice does function as a Request for Information (RFI) for offerors who believe they can meet the Government’s requirement (see Section 9 below). Any responsible source who believes it can meet the requirement may submit a capability statement, proposal, or quotation, which shall be considered by the agency, only if received by the closing date and time of this notice.  A determination not to compete the proposed requirement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. 

9. Requirement:

The Army Research Laboratory is seeking industry partners with innovative affordable Sensing and Effector technologies suitable for immediate integration into a layered, counter-UAS System-of-Systems which is remotely emplaced by unmanned aerial systems. 

The Sensing solutions must be capable of detecting, classifying, and tracking Group 1 to Group 3 Unattended Aerial System (UAS)-borne.  Solutions should be mature, modular, low Size Weight and Power (SWaP), battery powered, low-cost (< $3K per module in quantities of 10K+), with documented physical and electrical interfaces suitable for immediate integration.  Solutions may be ground-based or suitable for operation on Class 1 UAS platforms.

The Effector solutions must include capabilities to disable or destroy UAS-borne threats and may utilize non-kinetic soft-kill (disable, disrupt, confuse) solutions, or kinetic hard-kill (destroy) solutions.  Multi-kill solutions are preferred but not required.  Solutions may be ground based, battery powered (preferred) suitable for integration into a Group 1 UAS, or a fully integrated counter-UAS drone with a documented wireless interface.  Solutions must also be low cost (<$4K in quantities of 10K+).

Responses to this notice are due on or before 30 days after posting by email to Kelly Bennett, kelly.w.bennett.civ@army.mil.  

Point of Contact for this notice is, and Kelly Bennett, kelly.w.bennett.civ@army.mil.