Description
The U.S. Army Contracting Command-Redstone is seeking information regarding a requirement for up to eleven Bombardier Global 6500 aircraft to support the United States Army’s High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES). The HADES will be an integrated Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) system. Interested vendors are asked to provide a capability statement that addresses various items, including aircraft platform requirements, operational flying hour cost, and delivery timeline. The anticipated locations for this effort would be CONUS and OCONUS, and the effort is planned to be awarded as sole source and award as a Single Award Indefinite Delivery/Infinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract with an anticipated 10-year ordering period.
• The HADES Program has an Acquisition Objective of fourteen total systems, inclusive of three prototypes procured under a separate contract.
• The aircraft must operate between 41,000 - 51,000 feet Above Mean Sea Level (MSL), with a minimum threshold of 41k or above after integration of 6,500lbs of Mission Equipment Package (MEP) integration.
• The aircraft must have a minimum of 14,000 pounds of payload, while maintaining 12 hours or more of unrefueled flight endurance including IFR fuel reserve requirements.
• The aircraft must be capable of sustained transit speeds equal to or greater than 450 knots true air speed (KTAS).
• The aircraft must be Global Air Traffic Management (GATM) and Future Air Navigation System 1/A compliant.