A --Personnel Recovery Vehicle (PRV)

PERSONNEL RECOVERY VEHICLE AMENDMENT 023 (11 JAN 05) - SRD RFI extension and Q+A on SRD RFI SRD RFI as shown in Amendment 20 has extended the deadline for response from 11 Jan 05 to 26 Jan 2005. Clarification on SRD RFI: Question: Requirements of sections 3.3.7.8, 3.3.9.3.4, 3.3.9.3.5, and 3.3.9.4.1.4 appear to exceed the CDD. We just wanted to confirm the intent, understanding that this is certainly your prerogative. Response: With respect to 3.3.7.8., the SRD does not necessarily exceed the CDD but rather reflects the use of this capability for night missions and reducing crew workload. (Ref CDD: "Night missions and crew workload require the use of artificial aids to enable night operations. Night operations include the use of Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS) goggles, infrared detection set (IDS), and helmet mounted displays (HMD) or other technologies.") However, at this point in time we do not know the full extent to which HMDs will be used. Question: "The PRV attributes needed to support Initial Operational Capability (Block 0) are addressed by Section 3 statements without symbol markings and those that are followed by "T", unless specifically marked as Block 10 (defined as full capability). ..." This essentially says that anything with no markings or a "T" is a Block 0 requirement, which means nearly everything is a Block 0 requirement. Is this correct? Response: Yes, items with no markings or a "T" are Block 0 requirements as stated by the User. PERSONNEL RECOVERY VEHICLE AMENDMENT 022 (07 JAN 05) - Request for Information See below attached file for RFI (MS word document) and CDD-RFI (MS Excel document). Responses are due NLT 1600 EST, 13 Jan 05. PERSONNEL RECOVERY VEHICLE AMENDMENT 021 (14 DEC 04)- Risk/schedule reduction efforts The Air Force intends to issue four contracts in support of risk/schedule reduction efforts in support of the planned competition for the Personnel Recovery Vehicle (PRV). These contracts will be issued to the contractors who have currently expressed interest in proposing for the PRV program. The goal of the contracts will be to enable the acceleration of the performance of the PRV program after award. The four contracts are planned to be issued to Northrop Grumman, Bell-Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Sikorsy at an estimated value of $1.25M each. PERSONNEL RECOVERY VEHICLE (09 DEC 04) - Archived solicitation/synopsis information See below attached file for archived PIXS soliciation synopsis information (initial through Amendment 20). For more information on PRV--Personnel Recovery Vehicle (PRV) please refer to http://www.pixs.wpafb.af.mil/pixslibr/PRV/PRV.asp