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The Army Eyes Getting Into The Ship Killing Business With This Cruise Missile
The service long neglected land-based anti-ship weapons, but its rushing to fill the gap as threats emerge, especially in the Pacific.
Citat:In November 2017, the Army also expressed an interest in buying the Serbian Advanced Light Attack System’s coastal defense variant, or ALAS-C, though it’s not clear whether those purchases would be for its own use or for foreign military sales. In 2013, the United Arab Emirates announced their intention to team up with the manufacturer EDePro, by way of the Serbia’s state-run Yugoimport SDPR arms broker, to build a light truck-mounted launcher using the 6x6 Nimr chassis.
ALAS-C is wire-guided, but has an impressive range for a missile of this type, able to hit targets between 15 and 30 miles away. It has a man-in-the-loop guidance system where an actual operator steers it on its target in the terminal phase by way of an infrared camera in the weapon’s nose.
The Israelis have been pioneers of this concept, which improves the accuracy, especially against moving targets and gives an actual person the ability to abort the attack very late in the missile’s flight in case of concerns about collateral damage or civilian casualties. ALAS at its core is actually very similar to Israel's Spike-ER anti-tank missile, but has considerably greater range.
If the Army did procure ALAS-C or a system like it, though it has relatively small warhead, it would offer another way of destroying smaller boats or landing craft. This level of anti-ship system could be useful for defending against more limited threats in constrained waterways, such as Russian missile-armed corvettes in the Baltic Sea or Black Sea or small Iranian watercraft and mining ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
With a combination of NSM, anti-ship ATACMS or new Deep Strike missiles, and a short-range system such as ALAS-C, the Army could field a tiered, mobile anti-ship defense system that can engage a variety of different maritime threats. These systems could offer defense in depth at existing locations or the option of rapidly deploying the most appropriate weapon in case of a particular contingency.
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/18427/the-arm.....se-missile
ALAS-C Missiles and Launcher
Solicitation Number: W15QKN-18-X-00V5
Agency: Department of the Army
Office: Army Contracting Command
Location: ACC - NJ (W15QKN)
Citat:Description: The U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey (ACC-NJ), on behalf of the Office of the Project Manager Maneuver Ammunition Systems (PM-MAS) and the Product Director - Non Standard Ammunition (PD-NSA), located at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000, intends to issue a request for proposal (RFP) to current Non Standard Ammunition Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract holders for the addition of the Serbian Advanced Light Attack System - Coastal Defense (ALAS-C) system inclusive of the firing platform (light weight vehicle with launcher) and long-range multipurpose wire guided missiles.
The ALAS-C is a highly effective missile system effective in missions to incapacitate targets within a range of 25 km, with potential to extend the range to 60 km. Characteristics of the ALAS-C guided missile are as follows: Penetration: more than 600mm Rolled Homogeneous Armor (RHA), Length: 3.4 meters, Diameter: 175 mm, Wingspan: 1.2 m. The ALAS-C is at first propelled with the aid of solid rocket engine and then a turbojet engine is activated. The guidance system is an Internal Navigation System (INS) or optional GPS with manual override; fiber optic.
Background: On 7 August 2017 ACC-NJ issued four (4), Five (5) year IDIQ contracts for Non Standard Ammunition, Ammunition Related Items, and Non Standard Mortar Weapon Systems on a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) basis. The IDIQ contract holders consist of the following awardees:
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS OPERATIONS LLC, Independence, MO
CHEMRING MILITARY PRODUCTS, INC., Perry, FL
GLOBAL ORDNANCE LLC, Sarasota, FL
UDC USA, INC., Tampa, FL
The Government's intent is to add the ALAS-C launching system and guided missiles to the contract item list on the IDIQ contract via an in scope modification as the ALAS-C are within the Non Standard family of ammunition. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. There will be no solicitation posted to FBO.gov for competitive quotes.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION: All interested parties, including those outside of the above mentioned IDIQ, should submit a general description, along with their capabilities to provide the complete ALAS-C launching system as well as additional guided missiles. Respondents are also requested to provide the following: (1.) Planned source of supply (2.) Suppliers planned monthly production rates to include lead times for delivery and (3.) Rough Order of Magnitude for a quantity range of 2-4 complete ALAS-C launching systems and a quantity range of 40-60 Missiles.
This information is requested to be submitted to Melissa Ardis via email at melissa.m.ardis.civ@mail.mil. This is not a pre-solicitation notice. *Please note: this announcement is for information and planning purposes only, does not constitute a pre-solicitation notice, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION. Please be advised that the Government will not pay for any information submitted under/in relation to this announcement. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date, a solicitation notice will be published.
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=f.....47f28d7712
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