The Government is issuing this RFI as part of a market survey to determine the availability, technical capability, and logistics capability of industry to provide specific information to Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Division about a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS), Non-Developmental Item (NDI), or near NDI, for Close-Range Armed Unmanned Air Vehicles (CRA-UAVs). NDI includes CRA-UAVs that are developed but not yet in production, but can reasonably be expected to be in the status of test-ready articles for comparative testing on or about April of 2019. CRA-UAVs include armed UAVs that have a range of up to 50 km and endurance time of 5 minutes to 6 hours. Ordinary Close Range-UAVs are usually used only for reconnaissance and surveillance tasks; however the CRA-UAVs that NSWC Crane Division seeks should be armed for immediate firing on targets found during reconnaissance and surveillance flights. Industry responses are due by 28 September 2018.
Navy Seeks COTS/NDI solutions for Close-Range Armed Unmanned Air Vehicles
