Sobre el kit Harvest Hawk Plus:
https://beta.sam.gov/opp/dc47e13ce02147 ... rue&page=8...
Contract Opportunity Type: Presolicitation (Original)
All Dates/Times are: (UTC-05:00) EASTERN STANDARD TIME, NEW YORK, USA
Original Published Date: Feb 24, 2021 02:15 pm EST
Original Response Date: Mar 11, 2021 05:00 pm EST
Inactive Policy: 15 days after response date
Original Inactive Date: Mar 26, 2021
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The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) KC-130J Program Office (PMA-207) intends to negotiate and award a sole source Contract to Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC). The anticipated contract will include a one-year base period, and four (4) one-year option periods, for a total of five (5) years. The contract will be issued on a sole source basis to SNC, in order to provide the supplies and services necessary to design, manufacture, test, integrate and install the Harvest Hercules Airborne Weapons Kit (HAWK) Plus (HH+), in support of the weapons and sensor systems for KC-130J Harvest Hawk Plus Aircraft Offensive Air Support (OAS) and Multi-Sensor Imagery Reconnaissance (MIR) missions for the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC), and the U.S. Navy (USN).
This procurement includes CONUS and OCONUS Field Service Representative (FSR) Support; Software Sustainment Support of a System Integration Laboratory (SIL) for testing, Diminishing Manufacturing Sources and Material Shortages (DMSMS)/Obsolescence management, software development and modification support, engineering investigations and maintenance of fielded systems, and various program management functions. Software Development and modification support includes, but is not limited to: Engineering Change Proposals (ECPs), retrofit kit development and installation, associated non-recurring engineering (NRE), systems engineering, integrated logistics support, production support, technical manual development and sustainment, test and evaluation support, spares support and repair of repairables, training systems simulators/devices sustainment and modification, and associated support equipment. The non-recurring engineering for all of the listed capabilities require revisions to the HH+ Mission Operator Pallet (MOP) via hardware and BURMA software modifications. Retrofit kit procurements include Beyond Line Of Sight (BLOS) Phase II, Intercommunications System (ICS), Link-16, Windows 10, and Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles (JAGM).
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Parece que se busca aumentar el alcance de sus municiones.