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In an effort to reach non-traditional providers of products and services, the US Army has engaged InSitech, Inc. to lead an innovative and more proactive approach to identify and contact companies that have technologies relevant to current military program needs. The Army is especially interested in working with small businesses that have not contracted extensively with the Department of Defense in the past. Through this website InSitech is seeking responses to the Requests for Information (RFI’s) listed below by topic. InSitech is under contract with the Army to administer this RFI process, review the responses, rate the responses, and brief the appropriate Army staff on the responses. If you would like to have your company considered, please click on a topic of interest below. Frequently asked questions (FAQ’s) about InSitech’s RFI process can be found here. |
Important Points to Note about the RFI Process
Responses to RFI’s are at the discretion of the Respondents. There is no guarantee of selection or funding, and neither the RFI’s nor their responses obligate the U.S. Government or InSitech in any way. Furthermore:
- These RFI’s are for market research; the objective is to determine whether promising technologies and technology development partners exist
- Responses to the RFI’s may be evaluated by InSitech and the U.S. Government
- Based on the U.S. Government’s evaluation (and through possible follow-on discussions with selected respondents), the U.S. Government may decide to fund programs around promising technology areas (if any) via a U.S. Government issued solicitation
- Respondents to these RFI’s may be specifically invited by the U.S. Government to respond to a U.S. Government issued solicitation on these topics with a proposal
- Respondents to these RFI’s may also be specifically presented with other opportunities to partner with the U.S. Government through mechanisms such as Collaborative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA’s)
- US and non-US companies are invited to respond to these RFI’s.
The current RFI Topics are listed below along with a brief description of the RFI goal for each. The response deadline for all of these topics is March 12, 2010. Please click on an RFI topic of interest to initiate your response for that topic.
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Topic
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RFI Goal
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| 1. Optimization of Thermal Batteries for Munitions by Modeling | Seeking analytical approaches such as battery modeling techniques to optimize battery design/performance. |
| 2. Innovative approach to Guidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) | Seeking compact, novel mechanisms to control a projectile in flight and increase target hit probability. |
| 3. Fuze Electronics Miniaturization | Seeking designs and/or techniques that can provide significant reduction in volume of circuit card assemblies. |
| 4. Semi-Active Lasers (SAL) Designator / new Laser-like “marking” technology | Seeking lasers with capability to lase multiple targets uniquely and rapidly. |
| 5. Networked Munitions Batteries | Seeking compact battery sources for extended-life, autonomous applications. |
| 6. Disposable Radio | Seeking inexpensive data communications devices for use in dispersed munitions networks. |
| 7. Solid State High-Energy Switch and Capacitors | Seeking higher performance solid state electronics devices for high energy applications. |
| 8. Rifle Energy Harvesting | Seeking emerging or novel approaches to generating power for use in low power devices from the heat and/or recoil motion of a soldier fired rifle. |
| 9. Thermophotovoltaic (TPV) Cells and Capacitors | Seeking TPV technology to capture and utilize electrical energy drawn from in-flight heating of projectile nose cones. |
| 10. Personnel Detection Technology | Seeking replacements for mechanical trip wires utilized in dispersed networked munitions. |
| 11. Novel Substrate Dual Color Focal Plane Arrays (FPA’s) | Seeking materials to enable a unitary FPA sensitive to both mid and long wave infrared. |
| 12. Hex Chrome Replacment | Seeking metal coatings that do not utilize hex chrome in the processing but achieve equivalent anti-corrosion and other performance characteristics. |
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