Stop a Single Medium Vehicle
Stop a Single Medium Vehicle - Convoy
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General Scope of Prototype Developments
Generally, the scale and scope of ideas funded at the proposal stage are completion of a prototype in less than 24 months, and for awards in the $200K-$500K range. These are not fixed limits and originators are encouraged to submit excellent ideas that may fall outside these suggested values, if warranted.
2010 Funding and Negotiations for Contract Award
This solicitation is funded by appropriated funds for the fiscal year 2010. The funds are held by the contracting officer, Department of the Interior, National Business Center, Fort Huachuca, AZ to award upon completion of negotiations with selected originators.
Idea Submission Deadline
DefenseSolutions.gov will be open for the submission of ideas on the two posted Joint Non-lethal Weapons topics until 5 pm Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) Thursday, 30 September 2010. Individuals or companies may submit ideas regarding these topics electronically, directly from the site. Early idea submission is encouraged.
Requests for Proposals
Following the closure of the idea submission period, and pursuant to the evaluation of all submitted ideas by the Program Office, proposals will be requested from the originators of the most meritorious ideas. These proposals will be prepared by the originators complying with the instructions that will accompany the proposal invitation. If there are no ideas submitted that are sufficient to justify proposals, none will be requested.
Proposal Submission Deadline
The due date for proposals will be approximately 4 November 2010, but will be provided explicitly in the invitation to submit a proposal. The Program Office will conduct a source selection of proposals received. Immediately following selection of proposals to be funded, all offerors will be individually notified of the results. Successful proposers will begin negotiations for contract award. The Government reserves the right to award all, some, or none of the proposals received as assessed against the evaluation criteria.
Vehicle Stopping Developments
This solicitation seeks to prepare or develop prototypes of equipment that does not exist “on the shelf.” Although offers of “on the shelf” items that purport to meet the criteria will be accepted, there is no implication that the Government will buy these products or services.
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Stop a Single Medium Vehicle
Project Description: Create a prototype system or device capable of bringing a single medium-sized vehicle traveling at 100 Kmh (or less) to a complete stop for five minutes while maintaining a standoff distance of 100 meters. The system must immediately neutralize or incapacitate vehicles without causing permanent injury, death, or gross physical destruction. The stopping means must be non-lethal and to the maximum extent practicable, reversible. “Non-lethal” and “reversible” are defined below.
Stopping zone: Vehicles approach a fixed location on a straight, flat road where the line of sight is at least 500m. As the vehicle approaches, it will be evaluated for hostile intent. It may pass through moderate barriers or serpentine courses, the vehicle may receive light or hand signals to slow or stop, and it may be subject to warning shots or other unmistakable signals to slow or stop. Once the decision is made to stop a particular vehicle, the non-lethal prototype system must be oriented toward or alerted to the vehicle, activated, arrive at or impinge upon the incoming vehicle, take effect, and bring the incoming vehicle to a complete stop at least 100m away from the fixed location. Nominally, the stopping zone is 500m to 100m.
Definitions:
Medium-sized vehicles: (10,300-60,000 lbs Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)) This range covers commercial delivery vans to large semi-trailer trucks hauling water and fuel.
Non-Lethal: Neutralizing or incapacitating a vehicle without causing permanent injury, death, or gross physical destruction to the vehicle or its occupants.
Non-Lethal Weapons: Weapons, devices, and munitions that are explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate immediately personnel or materiel, while minimizing fatalities and permanent injury to personnel, and/or undesired damage to property in the local area or environment. Non-lethal weapons are intended to have reversible effects on people or vehicles.
Reversibility: The ability to return the vehicle to its original condition. Reversibility is measured by time and level of effort required for returning the vehicle to its original condition on an inverse scale, the shorter the reconstitution time and the less the effort needed to restore a vehicle to its original condition, the greater the reversibility. The highest level of reversibility is attained when a vehicle or person suffers no damage at all from the stopping procedure. Consistent with the goal of stopping the vehicle and its passengers, the highest achievable level of reversibility is desired, but a minimum risk of permanent injury and damage must be accepted.
Personnel: Minor personnel injuries resulting from the stopping of the vehicle are expected and are acceptable only when the employment of immediate basic and advanced first aid (self-aid or buddy aid) and basic combat lifesaving skills can ameliorate the injury sustained.
Vehicles and other materiel: Non-lethal effects must remain non-lethal against the humans occupying the vehicle, to the limits of reversibility described above. A moderate level of damage is expected when applying enough force to stop the vehicle within the distances, times, and speeds allowed. Acceptable damage is always task dependent, but for this purpose, the vehicle damage inflicted must be reversed by no more than organizational level maintenance skills. These skills are the lowest level of maintenance that is performed by an operating unit for its own vehicles such as changing/repairing tires, replacing fluids, sparkplugs, and temporary radiator repair.
In summary, the reversibility standard is that the effect cannot inflict vehicle damage that exceeds organization level repair and, it cannot inflict injury to vehicle passengers or bystanders that basic first aid cannot remedy.
Operational environment: All circumstances (traffic load, intersections, road width, etc.) and conditions (road surface, curvature, temperature, wind, precipitation, day or night) under which medium-sized vehicles can operate.
Standoff distance: The distance between friendly forces (operating the stopping system or device), and the medium-sized vehicle when fully stopped (nominally, 100m).
Expected Technical Performance
The Open Business Cell particularly desires all new ideas, designs, and concepts for stopping vehicles. For example, creating this capability may involve the application of sonic, light, physical, chemical (for inhibition or modification of engine combustion only), mechanical, electrical/electronic, or any other non-lethal means or effects applied individually or in combination. All non-lethal methods of stopping medium vehicles will be considered, however, biological or chemical attacks on the driver are not allowed. Upon completion of development, the prototype device must be suitable for repetitive field-testing in a simulated operational, desert environment.
Specific Capabilities Desired: The prototype’s desired capabilities are listed below in priority order, highest to lowest. Please send your ideas providing or integrating these capabilities beginning with the highest priority and working down this list. If you can integrate several (or all) capabilities in any order, please describe this in your idea submission. If you can provide a partial capability in some area but not all, please submit an idea for that partial capability.
1. Minimal effects on passengers and vehicles: The medium vehicle stopping process should commence at the maximum effective range of the device, and minimize physical harm to personnel, in, on, or in close proximity to, the vehicle. The stopping process should inflict minimal and reversible damage to the vehicle (i.e., the vehicle can be quickly restored to its original condition and be re-used following stopping procedure). In any case, following the stopping event, the vehicle must be in a condition to be moved from the roadway by pushing or towing. The prototype shall cause the vehicle to come to a complete stop (0 mph) before reaching the minimum standoff distance of 100 meters. The stopping effect shall last for at least 5 minutes.
2. Adequate vehicle stopping performance and reliability: The device must effectively stop 75% of the vehicles in the medium vehicle range. In evaluation of ideas, extra consideration will be given to systems that appear to be universally applicable to all vehicles of any weight. In prototype testing, it must demonstrate an overall reliability of at least 95%. It must be substantial in design, withstand repeated use, and be effective under all road and weather conditions in which medium-sized vehicles operate. These conditions include bright sunlight, artificial light, darkness, an extended temperature range (1400F to -200F), and all weather conditions that may be encountered normally in temperate climates (heavy rain, sleet, snow, icing, fog, etc.).
3. Physical size and power: The device can range in size from hand-held to modular, capable of being readily integrated into a small tactical vehicle such as a HMMWV or carried in a 5,000 lb capacity towed trailer. Lighter weight, smaller physical size, and lower power requirements are highly desirable. If power is required, it must be self-powered; optionally and additionally, it can be powered externally using 120 VAC or 12 or 24VDC power up to 150KW.
4. Ease of operation: The device will be armed or activated by a single stationary operator. The operational scenario may involve pre-positioning the device (or not) with manual, automated, remote, or any combination of arming and /or activation methods. Regardless of arming /activation method, the capability must be employable by one person at checkpoints or access control points. Installation, set-up, and checkout should be reduced to absolute minimum times without special tools or handling gear. Training to use this device should consume less than four hours.
5. Portability, mobility: The device or system shall be portable, or mobile and re-locatable. Portable means able to be carried by an individual (typically no more than 50 pounds). Mobile and re-locatable includes self-propelled, towable, or loadable onto a vehicle or trailer while fully or partially assembled or fully disassembled.
6. Environmental Impact: Consistent with performing the task of stopping the vehicle, the least impact on the local environment is best.
Evaluation Criteria
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Stop a Single Medium Vehicle - Convoy
Project Description: Create a prototype system or device capable of bringing a single medium-sized vehicle traveling at 48 Km/hr (or less) to a complete stop for five minutes while maintaining a standoff distance of 100 meters from a moving convoy of military vehicles. The system must be effective against vehicles within line of sight from the moving convoy and from any direction of approach. The system must immediately neutralize or incapacitate approaching vehicles without causing permanent injury, death, or gross physical destruction, and without effect on convoy vehicles. The stopping method must be non-lethal and to the maximum extent practicable, reversible. “Non-lethal” and “reversible” are defined below.
Stopping zone: Nominally, the stopping zone is 1000m to 100m. Vehicles approach a convoy moving at 48Km/hr (30 mph) on a straight, flat road where the line of sight is at least 1000m in all directions. Convoy operators evaluate approaching vehicles for hostile intent. As the threatening vehicle approaches the convoy, it may receive light, hand, or other signals to slow or stop, and it may be subject to warning shots or other unmistakable signals to slow or stop. When the decision is made to stop a threatening vehicle, the non-lethal prototype system must be oriented toward (or alerted to) the vehicle, activated, arrive at or impinge upon the approaching vehicle, take effect, and bring the incoming vehicle to a complete stop at least 100m away from the convoy (see Standoff distance definition below for further explanation). The stopping action must be effective for at least five minutes.
Definitions:
Medium-sized vehicles: (10,300-60,000 lbs Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)) This weight range covers commercial delivery vans to large semi-trailer trucks and tankers.
Non-Lethal: Neutralizing or incapacitating a vehicle without causing permanent injury, death, or gross physical destruction to the vehicle or its occupants.
Non-Lethal Weapons: Weapons, devices, and munitions that are explicitly designed and primarily employed to incapacitate – immediately – threatening personnel or materiel, while minimizing fatalities and permanent injury to personnel, and/or undesired damage to property in the local area and environment. Non-lethal weapons are intended to have reversible effects on people or vehicles.
Reversibility: The ability to return people and vehicles to their original condition. Reversibility is measured by the time and level of effort required for returning an injured person or a damaged vehicle to its original condition. Reversibility is measured on an inverse scale, the less the reconstitution time and the less the effort needed to restore a person or vehicle to its original condition, the greater the reversibility. The highest level of reversibility is attained when a vehicle or person suffers no damage at all from the stopping procedure. This highest achievable level of reversibility is desired, but, consistent with the goal of stopping the vehicle and its passengers, a minimum risk of injury and damage must be accepted.
Personnel: Minor personnel injuries resulting from the stopping of the vehicle are expected and are acceptable only when the employment of immediate basic and advanced first aid (self-aid or buddy aid) and basic combat lifesaving skills can ameliorate injuries sustained.
Vehicles and other materiel: Non-lethal effects must remain non-lethal against the humans occupying the vehicle, to the limits of reversibility described above. A moderate level of damage is expected when applying enough force to stop the vehicle within the distances, times, and speeds allowed. Acceptable damage is always task dependent, but for this purpose, any vehicle damage inflicted must be reversed by no more than organizational level maintenance skills. These skills are the lowest level of maintenance performed by an operating unit for its own vehicles, such as changing/repairing tires, replacing fluids, changing sparkplugs, filter replacement, and temporary radiator or hose repair.
In summary, the reversibility standard is that the stopping effect cannot inflict vehicle damage that exceeds organization level repair and, it cannot inflict injury to passengers or bystanders that basic or intermediate first aid cannot remedy.
Operational environment: All circumstances (traffic load, intersections, road width, etc.) and conditions (road surface, curvature, temperature, wind, precipitation, day or night) under which medium-sized vehicles can operate.
Standoff distance: The distance between friendly forces (operating the stopping system and onboard the convoy), and the threatening medium-sized vehicle when fully stopped (nominally, 100m). The stopping device will be located in the lead or the trail vehicle of the moving convoy. The relative speeds of the military convoy and the approaching, threatening vehicle must be considered based on angle of approach. In the worst case encounter, (head on, closing, collision course) a maximum, relative speed of 97Km/hr (60 mph) may be assumed between the convoy and the oncoming vehicle. Once a vehicle stopping action against an oncoming vehicle occurs, the convoy will stop within 100m of the initiation point. In the case of threatening vehicles overtaking the convoy, it will be assumed that the convoy will proceed ahead at 48Km/hr (30 mph), the threatening vehicle will increase speed to 96 Km/hr (60 mph) and close the convoy with a relative speed of 48 Km/hr (30 mph). Once the overtaking vehicle has been stopped, the convoy will proceed ahead to a safe distance.
Expected Technical Performance
The Open Business Cell particularly desires all new ideas, designs, and concepts for stopping vehicles approaching a moving convoy. Creating this capability may involve the application of acoustic, light, physical, chemical (for inhibition or modification of engine combustion only), mechanical, electrical/electronic, or any other non-lethal means or effects applied individually or in combination. All non-lethal methods of stopping medium vehicles will be considered, however, biological or chemical attacks on the driver are not allowed. Upon completion of development, the prototype device must be suitable for repetitive field-testing in a simulated operational, desert environment.
Specific Capabilities Desired: The prototype systems’ desired capabilities are listed below in priority order, highest to lowest. Please send your ideas providing or integrating these capabilities beginning with the highest priority and working down this list. If you can integrate several (or all) capabilities in any order, please describe this in your idea submission. If you can provide a partial capability in some area but not all, please submit an idea for that partial capability.
1. Minimal effects on passengers and vehicles: The medium vehicle stopping process should commence at the maximum effective range of the device, and minimize physical harm to personnel, in, on, or in close proximity to the vehicle. The stopping process should inflict minimal and reversible damage to the occupants, bystanders, and vehicle (i.e., the vehicle can be quickly restored to its original condition and be re-used following stopping procedure; the people involved can be treated for any injuries sustained and released). In any case, following the stopping event, the vehicle must be in a condition to be moved from the roadway by pushing or towing. The prototype shall cause the vehicle to come to a complete stop (0 mph) before reaching the minimum standoff distance of 100 meters from the stopped convoy after initiation of the stopping event.
2. Adequate vehicle stopping performance and reliability: The device must effectively stop 75% of the vehicles in the medium vehicle weight range. In evaluation of ideas, extra consideration will be given to systems that appear to be universally applicable to all vehicles of any weight. In prototype testing, it must demonstrate an overall reliability of at least 95%. It must be substantial in design, withstand repeated use, and be effective under all road and weather conditions in which medium-sized vehicles operate. These conditions include bright sunlight, artificial light, darkness, an extended temperature range (1400F to -200F), and all weather conditions that may be encountered normally in temperate climates (heavy rain, strong wind, sleet, snow, icing, fog, etc.).
3. Physical size and power: The device can range in size from hand-held to modular, capable of being integrated readily into (or on) a small tactical vehicle such as a HMMWV or in a 5,000 lb capacity towed trailer. Lighter weight, smaller physical size, and lower power requirements are highly desirable. It must be self-powered or powered from its host vehicle.
4. Ease of operation: A single operator monitors, trains, arms, and activates the system. The convoy scenario obviates pre-emplacement along route. The system must travel with the convoy, using manual, automated, remote, or any combination of arming or activation methods. Regardless of arming /activation method, the capability must be employable by one operator. Vehicle installation, set-up, and checkout should be reduced to absolute minimum times using the least special tools or handling gear. Training to use this device should consume less than four hours.
5. Portability, mobility: The device or system shall be mobile and re-locatable. Mobile and re-locatable includes self-propelled, towable, integrated in a vehicle, or loaded onto a towed trailer.
6. Environmental Impact: Consistent with performing the task of stopping threatening vehicles as described above, the least impact on the local environment is best.
Evaluation Criteria
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