Prototype awards for Next Generation SAW

[Slater]

It'll be interesting to see if this actually results in a production contract for someone. Can't say I've ever heard of PCP Tactical though:


Under Section 815 Other Transaction Agreements (OTA) authority, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. § 2371b, the U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey (ACC-NJ), on behalf of Project Manager Soldier Weapons, awarded six (6) separate Fixed Priced, Full and Open Competition (F&OC), Prototype OTA's to:

AAI Corporation Textron Systems - Hunt Valley, MD; OTA W15QKN-18-9-1017
FN America LLC. - Columbia, SC; OTA's W15QKN-18-9-1018 & W15QKN-18-9-1019
General Dynamics-OTS Inc. - Williston, VT; OTA W15QKN-18-9-1020
PCP Tactical, LLC - Vero Beach, FL; OTA W15QKN-18-9-1021
Sig Sauer Inc. - Newington, NH; OTA W15QKN-18-9-1022

These Prototype OTA's will be for the manufacture and development of a Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle (NGSAR) system demonstrator representative of a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) 6 and Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) 6. The expected Prototype OTA duration is twelve months after award. The Prototype OTA's were awarded on 25 June 2018.


https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportun...02740&_cview=0

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Specs?

[sidewaysil80]

It’s going to go to Sig per what seems like Army SOP. I guess these are just formalities.

[mack7.62]

Not for a SAW it's for a Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle (NGSAR), is Army thinking of going the M27 route? I am beginning to think this NJ bunch is in the business of wasting taxpayer money and trying to get retirement jobs with SIG.

[Slater]

Some general requirements about halfway down:

https://www.fbo.gov/utils/view?id=8f...f3215161bc56c3

[Slater]

Not for a SAW it's for a Next Generation Squad Automatic Rifle (NGSAR), is Army thinking of going the M27 route? I am beginning to think this NJ bunch is in the business of wasting taxpayer money and trying to get retirement jobs with SIG.

It's a kinda-sorta SAW replacement:

"The NGSAR is the planned replacement for the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) in Brigade Combat Teams (BCT). It will combine the firepower and range of a machine gun with the precision and ergonomics of a rifle, yielding capability improvements in accuracy, range, and lethality."

[SteyrAUG]

LOL. When I see this...



...all I see is this.

[Slater]

Maybe the Army should just award a sole-source contract to Heckler & Koch and be done with it

[SteyrAUG]

Maybe the Army should just award a sole-source contract to Heckler & Koch and be done with it

Could easily do worse.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Stoner 63!!!!!