Shank 2.0 SSN V3

INTRODUCTION: The U.S. Army Contracting Command –Rock Island at Picatinny (ACC-RIP)), on behalf of the Office of the Project Manager, Close Combat Systems (PM CCS) under the Portfolio Management Executive Ammunition & Energetics (MPE A&E), Picatinny Arsenal, NJ, is issuing this sources sought notice as a means of conducting market research to identify potential sources to produce the Government developed Shank 2.0 payload, training warhead, and pre-packed anti-personnel warhead for employment on small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) platforms. The Government is also seeking Industry recommendations on improving the Technical Data Package (TDP) for producibility.
The U.S. Government intends to use the results of this market research to solicit under the Title 10 USC 4022 Authority of the Department of War to carry out certain prototype projects, and Title 10 USC 4023 Procurement for Experimental Purposes Authority, however other contracting strategies may be considered based on the results of the market research. Multiple awards may be pursued. All small business set-aside categories will be considered. Telephone inquiries will not be accepted or acknowledged, and no feedback or evaluations will be provided to companies regarding submissions.

DISCLAIMER: THIS SOURCES SOUGHT IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES

ONLY. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) TO BE SUBMITTED. IT

DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A SOLICITATION, AND SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A

COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT. RESPONSES IN ANY FORM ARE NOT

OFFERS, AND THE GOVERNMENT IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO AWARD A

CONTRACT AS A RESULT OF THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. NO FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE

TO PAY FOR PREPARATION OF RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUNCEMENT. ANY

INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY RESPONDENTS TO THIS TECHNICAL

DESCRIPTION IS STRICTLY VOLUNTARY.
PROGRAM BACKGROUND: The Army is accelerating acquisition of low-cost, domestically produced UAS and lethal payloads to enhance battlefield effectiveness by 2027. Shank 2.0 provides modular lethality for sUAS through the government-owned small Universal Payload Interface (sUPI). The Government may require production capacity scaling to approximately 40,000 systems per month. REQUIRED CAPABILITIES: The U.S. Army has an immediate need for lethality integrated onto unmanned systems to achieve and maintain overmatch. Industry must be able to manufacture Shank 2.0 and warheads (training and live), integrate with Picatinny CLIK / sUPI interface design standards, work with High Voltage Electronic Safe and Arm Device (ESAD) initiation systems and Low Energy Exploding Foil Initiator