Advance Planning Briefing for Industry

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Advance Planning Briefing for Industry

30 January 2013

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EOD/LIC Mission

Mission:
Provide Joint Service EOD technicians
and Special Operations Forces (SOF) operators
with the advanced technologies and mission
-
focused solutions required to address current and
emerging threats presented by unconventional
and asymmetric warfare.


Membership:

•
Department of Defense

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Joint Service Explosive Ordnance Disposal

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U. S. Special Operations Command

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Navy Expeditionary Combat Command





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PROJECT

COST: $0.211M

PROJECT

DURATION: 24 months

REBUS

DESCRIPTION:
V
ery low power, self
-
contained ECM system
designed to mitigate RCIEDs. It has
a low power RF inhibitor
connected to an antenna in an RF shielded blast blanket.
The inhibition is contained beneath the blanket and focused
exclusively against the RCIED. The power output of the
REBUS jammer is held under the blanket by a layer of
electromagnetic screening fabric. This shield contains the
inhibition, so that all the power is employed against
defeating the remote transmission signal intended to initiate
the RCIED.


DELIVERABLE:
Three systems for several interagency
operational evaluations, currently with SW Border Bomb
Squads.


OPERATIONAL IMPACT:
Mitigation of suspect RCIEDs.


REQUIREMENT INITIATOR:
NBSCAB


SPONSORS:
CTTSO















PERFORMER:
Defense Life Sciences, Inc.


END USERS:
Public Safety Bomb Squads, JSEOD


TRANSITION:
Establish the capability as a low
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cost,
limited replacement for high
-
end ECM without the
same operational issues of fratricide of
friendly/benign RF transmitters/receivers.


COMMERCIALIZATION:

COTS item.

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EOD/LIC FY 2014 Requirements

1)
R3757
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Tactical Collapsible Charge Container

2)
R3758
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Metals Identification in Explosives

3)
R3759
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Hydraulic Robotic Arm System

4)
R3760
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Remote Fuze Removal System

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R3757
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Tactical Collapsible Charge Container

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Description: Collapsible explosive charge
container that can be prepared for use by an
operator in less than two minutes for wide
scope EOD and/or demolition applications.

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Specifications:

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Liquid or gel
-
fillable,
leakproof

container.

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Threshold volume of 8
-
10 oz of liquid or gel.

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Expandable by user to allow volume fill.

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Soft plastic material; may incorporate hard parts.


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R3757
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Tactical Collapsible Charge Container

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Specifications cont’d:

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Minimum jet velocity: 4000 fps for C
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4, 6000 fps
for C
-
8.

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Adaptor port for standard initiators.

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Fill port for water or other fill material.

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Minimum of two collapsed containers will fit
inside standard M
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16 ammunition pouch.

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Inexpensive, one
-
time use bendable stand.

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R3758
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Metals Identification in Explosives

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Description: A tool that will identify metallic
enhancements to suspect homemade explosives
and conventional high explosive mixtures to assist
with tactical and technical decisions for render
safe and explosive disposal operations.

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Specifications:

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Threshold sample size: 500 mm
3
.

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Able to process and analyze sample within 5 minutes.

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Threshold weight: 5 lbs or less.

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R3758
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Metals Identification in Explosives

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Specifications cont’d:

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Threshold volume: 150 in
3
, with no dimension
exceeding 10 inches in the xyz plane.

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Operate on commercial batteries used by the
military.

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Meet MIL
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STD
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810 requirements for ruggedness
and durability.

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R3759
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Hydraulic Robotic Arm System

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Description: Hydraulically
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actuated arm
system for robotic platforms with all
hydraulics self
-
contained and built into the
system.

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Specifications:

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Robotic platform
-
independent system.

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Operate on multiple power sources.

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Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS)
compliant.

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R3759
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Hydraulic Robotic Arm System

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Specifications cont’d:

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System capable of lifting 100 lbs close to the
shoulder.

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System capable of lifting 25 lbs throughout arm
length.

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Overall system weight not to exceed 60 lbs.

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R3760
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Remote Fuze Removal System

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Description: Mechanical fuze removal system that
can be operated remotely on a robotic platform
or as a stand
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alone system for manual
employment.

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Specifications:

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Robotic platform
-
independent system.

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System shall not use energetics to function.

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Able to clamp to two different items simultaneously
(e.g., ordnance item body and
fuze
).

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R3760
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Remote Fuze Removal System

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Specifications cont’d:

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Able to clamp to pipes, end caps, fuzes,
projectiles, rockets and bombs with diameters
ranging from one to fourteen inches.

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Threshold weight of the down range system
element not to exceed 25 lbs.

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Operate on common batteries and include low
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battery indicator.