Active Protection Systems (APS) Test and Evaluation

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	Federal Grant Title:	Active Protection Systems (APS) Test and Evaluation
	CFDA Number:	12.630
	CFDA Description:	Basic, Applied, and Advanced Research in Science and Engineering
	Federal Agency Name:	Dept of the Army Corps of Engineers
	Category of Funding Activity:	Science and Technology
	Category Explanation:	Information not provided
	Opportunity Category:	Discretionary
	Funding Opportunity Number:	W912HZ-09-R-BAA1
	Document Type:	Modification to Previous Grants Notice
	Funding Instrument Type:	Cooperative Agreement
	Posted Date:	Jun 16, 2009
	Creation Date:	Jul 15, 2009
	Original Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 15, 2009
	Current Closing Date for Applications:	Jul 15, 2009
	Archive Date:	Aug 01, 2009
	Expected Number of Awards:	Information not provided
	Estimated Total Program Funding:	$4,000,000
	Federal Grant Award Ceiling:	$500,000
	Federal Grant Award Floor:	Information not provided
	Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: Applicants must be manufacturers with the ability to provide domestic or foreign produced active protection systems with size, weight, and power characteristics suitable for protecting wheeled tactical vehicles, especially light wheeled tactical vehicles. These systems will remain the property of the manufacturer and will be provided for the Government for testing purposes only. Applicants eligible for consideration include, but are not limited to, those parties who responded to Requests for Information (RFI) ONR-07-RFI-0004 posted Jan 18, 2007 and/or ONR-RFI-002-01 posted on Mar 05, 2008.
Grant Description: The Department of Defense (DoD), with the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation (DOT&E) as its executing agent, will test and evaluate current APS suitable for protecting tactical wheeled vehicles. To facilitate testing, existing active protection systems (APS) are required for live-fire testing. Through cooperative agreements, the Government may reimburse proposed costs associated with testing. Cooperative Agreement recipients will be required to: (1) Provide sufficient APS countermeasures to participate in the 27 planned flight test events; this quantity will be negotiated with each applicant. (2) Install its APS systems on a wheeled vehicle platform acceptable to both the applicant and the Department of Defense. (3) Deploy and operate the installed-on-vehicle APS at the Redstone Technical Test Center (RTTC), Huntsville, Alabama, USA, for a period of six (6) weeks mutually agreed by the applicant and the Department of Defense. (4) Support test operations in accordance with the Outline and Detailed Test Plans for Department of Defense Active Protection System Testing. (5)Conduct test operations in accordance with the RTTC's Safety Requirements and Coordination for Testing APS Systems dated 19 March 2009
Link to Full Grant Announcement: Information not provided
Grant Announcement Contact: Laurie Bagby Contract Specialist Phone 601-634-4091

Grant Officer [Laurie.A.Bagby@usace.army.mil]
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