A -- Active Protective Systems (APS)

Respondents are encouraged to provide information concerning:* The ability of the proposed system or concept to defeat each class of threats specified in Section 234. * Performance data from operations, field and lab tests. * Results developed in modeling & simulation assessments. * Electromagnetic vulnerability, hazards of electromagnetic radiation to ordnance, and hazards of electromagnetic radiation to personnel. * Flash, acoustic, and other signatures. * Vehicle interior blast overpressures, debris protection and other crew safety and vehicle survivability considerations. * Active Protection System operational concepts. * Operational concepts that would integrate APS-equipped vehicles into combined arms operations in situations that involve sniper, command-activated-mine/improvised-explosive-device, and small arms ambush threats in addition to the potential threats specified in Section 234. * Mitigation of potential collateral damage hazards to personnel and vehicles (military and civilian) operating in proximity to an APS-equipped vehicle. * Cost and schedule assessments (including testing and vehicle integration costs and schedules) leading to earliest possible demonstration and deployment of their systems (and the information that provides the basis for such assessments). * Any additional information that is deemed relevant for the purposes of this assessment. For questions regarding this Request for Information notice, please contact Jack Taylor at e-mail: jack.taylor@osd.mil.