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The U.S. Special Operations Command has issued a presolicitation notice that it wants to procure Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifles (SCAR).
The SCARs will be developed in two versions, the priority SCAR-Light, 5.56mm, to use an enhanced magazine and a SCAR-Heavy, 7.62mm, which will have an open architecture design to accommodate changing calibers, said the notice in the Oct. 17 issue of Federal Business Opportunities.
The rifles must have modular barrels that can be exchanged within a goal of five minutes in three variants: standard, close quarters combat and sniper.
The two rifles must have the maximum parts in common to "create a family of SCAR weapons," the notice said.
Commonality reduces training time, improves mission effectiveness and the operator's "ingrained operational and emergency procedure autonomic responses that are critical during high stress situations," it said.
Offerers must provide sample SCAR-Lights as part of their proposals. The government could award multiple contracts for follow-on test and evaluation after an initial evaluation.
The contract is expected to be an eight-year, firm-fixed price indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity effort that could result in subsequent delivery orders.
Bart Noir
The U.S. Special Operations Command has issued a presolicitation notice that it wants to procure Special Operations Forces Combat Assault Rifles (SCAR).
The SCARs will be developed in two versions, the priority SCAR-Light, 5.56mm, to use an enhanced magazine and a SCAR-Heavy, 7.62mm, which will have an open architecture design to accommodate changing calibers, said the notice in the Oct. 17 issue of Federal Business Opportunities.
The rifles must have modular barrels that can be exchanged within a goal of five minutes in three variants: standard, close quarters combat and sniper.
The two rifles must have the maximum parts in common to "create a family of SCAR weapons," the notice said.
Commonality reduces training time, improves mission effectiveness and the operator's "ingrained operational and emergency procedure autonomic responses that are critical during high stress situations," it said.
Offerers must provide sample SCAR-Lights as part of their proposals. The government could award multiple contracts for follow-on test and evaluation after an initial evaluation.
The contract is expected to be an eight-year, firm-fixed price indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity effort that could result in subsequent delivery orders.
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