Author: rjb
DoD Communities of Interest: Air Platforms
Subject: Future Vertical Lift Head Mounted Display System
Due Date: Aug 3, 2020 03:00 pm EDT
Government Organization: Army Contracting Command - Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Belvoir Division
Description:
This Sources Sought is for planning purposes only and shall not be considered as an invitation for bid (IFB), request for quotation (RFQ), request for proposal (RFP), or as an obligation on the part of the Government to acquire any products or services. Your response to this request will be treated as INFORMATION ONLY.
The Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Belvoir Division is conducting Market Research, on behalf of C5ISR Center, Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC), in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Part 10, to determine the state-of-the-art in Head Mounted Display Systems suitable for integration into Future Vertical Lift aircraft platforms, referred to simply as FVL HMD for the remainder of this announcement.
In addition, this RFI requests respondents’ describe their current or near term qualifications, expertise and experience in the following major areas:
a) Development, production, test and integration of aviation qualified hardware and software.
b) Engineering of vision systems for situational awareness, mobility, and pilotage.
c) Ergonomic and human interface aspects of near-to-eye displays, head and helmet mounted displays.
d) Augmented reality enabling technologies including head tracking and see-through optics.
e) Displays and avionics for Army aviation systems.
1.3. Goals:
The goals of this Market Research effort are to a) identify solutions for the FVL HMD that leverage technically mature and production quantity/quality ready technologies and b) incorporate innovative system architecture solutions that minimize system cost and dependence on aircraft integrated hardware/software. Responses are requested of those sources that have the existing capability or plans to develop and deliver Head/helmet mounted vision augmentation systems for aviation applications with the characteristics meeting or exceeding those detailed in section 2.
Website: https://beta.sam.gov/opp/0b98dd79c65c4357b0f2c242cd80f875/view
Questions or assistance, contact:
North Carolina Defense Technology Transition Office (DEFTECH)
Dennis Lewis
703-217-3127
Bob Burton
910-824-9609
