FORT BELVOIR, Va. — U.S. Army force-protection experts are reaching out to industry for quick-turnaround technologies to detect abnormal behaviors, chemicals, and vapors that could indicate the presence of vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices (VBIEDs) at standoff distances.
Army leaders want to identify suspicious vehicles and personnel characteristics automatically from safe distances.
Army Contracting Command officials, on behalf of the Army product manager for force protection systems (PdM-FPS) at Fort Belvoir, Va., issued a sources-sought notice (W909MY-18-R-C009) for the Countering Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (CVIED) project.
Army experts are looking for mature non-developmental capabilities that could be delivered within one year to detect abnormal or suspicious vehicle and personnel characteristics, as well as chemicals and vapors from standoff distances. Suspicious characteristics include excessive weight; off-centered loading; erratic maneuvering; uncharacteristic electronic devices; electronic emissions; uncharacteristic heat, density, or other unlisted signatures; and modifications from original equipment design. Officials want non-proprietary interoperability with currently fielded force protection systems that could be used as mobile fixed-site solutions for standoff detection and relaying detection data to operations centers or entry-control points.
Companies interested should e-mail [email protected] and [email protected].
More information is online at https://bit.ly/2snpzQz.
