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Hybrid eVTOL for Resilient ISR Prototype Project

Request for Solutions

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PROJECT SPONSOR: Army Research Army Research Lab (ARL)
ANNOUNCEMENT TYPE: Project Solicitation
PROJECT OPPORTUNITY NUMBER: APEX-RFS-25-001
IMPORTANT DATES [All times listed herein are Eastern Standard (ET)]

  • Coming Soon Announcement (CSA) Date: 08/27/2024

  • Request for Solutsions (RFS) Date: 10/18/2024

  • Questions Due: NLT 5:00 PM, 10/25/2024

  • Q&A Responses: Posted 10/28/2024 (See Important Documents)

  • Pre-Award Communitcations: N/A

  • Proposal(s)/Solution(s) Due Date/Time: NLT 5:00 PM, 11/01/2024

DESCRIPTION OF THE OPPORTUNITY

The Department of Defense (DoD) has an emerging need for a Long Range / Long Endurance (LR/LE) Group 2 small Unmanned Air System (sUAS) with modular payload capabilities to support multi-domain resilient intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) missions. The United States Navy (USN), the United States Army (USA), and the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) have recently released many solicitations [Experimentation Events, Requests for Information (RFIs), Sources Sought, Requests for Proposals (RFPs), etc.] for a LR/LE Group 2 sUAS that has similar (>90%) commonality across performance metrics. The ARL Advanced Prototyping and Experimentation (APEx) Team will release a Request for Solutions (RFS) to develop a hybrid (alternate energy capable) Group 2 sUAS Prototype Kit to support current and future DoD Group 2 LR/LE mission requirements. If successful, the ARL APEx Team intends to produce and provide limited fielding of LR/LE kits for extended Military User Assessments and potential transition support to DoD Programs of Record (PORs). The Hybrid electric Vertical Takeoff or Landing (eVTOL) for Resilient ISR Prototype Project is UNCLASSIFIED.

To download the entire RFS to include important supporting documents, click the hyperlinks below under the IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS section to view and download those documents.

ANTICIPATED INDIVIDUAL AWARD: One Award [One Project Level Performer (PLP)]
AWARD AUTHORITY

  • 10 U.S.C. § 4022, “Authority of the Department of Defense to Carry Out Certain Prototype Projects”

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
POINTS OF CONTACT (POC)

Mitchell S. Wathen

PM/EE/COR

Army Futures Command

DEVCOM-ARL (FCD-RLS-SX), APEx Team

NIPR Email: Mitchell.S.Wathen2.civ@army.mil

SIPR Email: Mitchell.S.Wathen2.civ@mail.smil.mil

Office: (301) 394-1215

Mobile: (301) 481-3189 (Primary)


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