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US interested in ALAS C
The Army Eyes Getting Into The Ship Killing Business With This Cruise Missile
In November 2017, the Army also
expressed an interest in buying the Serbian
Advanced Light Attack System’s coastal defense variant, or ALAS-C, though it’s not clear whether those purchases would be for its own use or for foreign military sales. In 2013, the United Arab Emirates announced their intention to team up with the manufacturer EDePro, by way of the Serbia’s state-run Yugoimport SDPR arms broker, to build a light truck-mounted launcher using the 6x6 Nimr chassis.
ALAS-C is wire-guided, but has an impressive range for a missile of this type, able to hit targets between 15 and 30 miles away. It has a man-in-the-loop guidance system where an actual operator steers it on its target in the terminal phase by way of an infrared camera in the weapon’s nose.
The Israelis
have been pioneers of this concept, which improves the accuracy, especially against moving targets and gives an actual person the ability to abort the attack very late in the missile’s flight in case of concerns about collateral damage or civilian casualties. ALAS at its core is actually very similar to Israel's
Spike-ER anti-tank missile, but has considerably greater range.
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The EDePro ALAS missile.
If the Army did procure ALAS-C or a system like it, though it has relatively small warhead, it would offer another way of destroying smaller
boats or landing craft. This level of anti-ship system could be useful for defending against more limited threats in constrained waterways, such as
Russian missile-armed corvettes in the Baltic Sea or Black Sea or small Iranian
watercraft and mining ships in the
Strait of Hormuz.
With a combination of NSM, anti-ship ATACMS or new Deep Strike missiles, and a short-range system such as ALAS-C, the Army could field a tiered, mobile anti-ship defense system that can engage a variety of different maritime threats. These systems could offer defense in depth at existing locations or the option of rapidly deploying the most appropriate weapon in case of a particular contingency.
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A six-round ALAS-C mobile launcher using the 6x6 Nimr chassis.
The Army, along with its sister services, will almost certainly continue to iron out the exact requirements and concepts of operations for the different weapon systems in the coming months. As the number of potential threats continue to grow, the service won't be able to wait too long to begin procuring and fielding this long neglected, but increasingly important capability.
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zon...hip-killing-business-with-this-cruise-missile
ALAS-C Missiles and Launcher
Solicitation Number: W15QKN-18-X-00V5
Agency: Department of the Army
Office: Army Contracting Command
Location: ACC - NJ (W15QKN)
Synopsis:
Added: Nov 28, 2017 4:26 pm Modified: Dec 20, 2017 9:10 am
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Description: The U.S. Army Contracting Command - New Jersey (ACC-NJ), on behalf of the Office of the Project Manager Maneuver Ammunition Systems (PM-MAS) and the Product Director - Non Standard Ammunition (PD-NSA), located at Picatinny Arsenal, NJ 07806-5000, intends to issue a request for proposal (RFP) to current Non Standard Ammunition Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract holders for the addition of the Serbian Advanced Light Attack System - Coastal Defense (ALAS-C) system inclusive of the firing platform (light weight vehicle with launcher) and long-range multipurpose wire guided missiles.
The ALAS-C is a highly effective missile system effective in missions to incapacitate targets within a range of 25 km, with potential to extend the range to 60 km. Characteristics of the ALAS-C guided missile are as follows: Penetration: more than 600mm Rolled Homogeneous Armor (RHA), Length: 3.4 meters, Diameter: 175 mm, Wingspan: 1.2 m. The ALAS-C is at first propelled with the aid of solid rocket engine and then a turbojet engine is activated. The guidance system is an Internal Navigation System (INS) or optional GPS with manual override; fiber optic.
Background: On 7 August 2017 ACC-NJ issued four (4), Five (5) year IDIQ contracts for Non Standard Ammunition, Ammunition Related Items, and Non Standard Mortar Weapon Systems on a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) basis. The IDIQ contract holders consist of the following awardees:
ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS OPERATIONS LLC, Independence, MO
CHEMRING MILITARY PRODUCTS, INC., Perry, FL
GLOBAL ORDNANCE LLC, Sarasota, FL
UDC USA, INC., Tampa, FL
The Government's intent is to add the ALAS-C launching system and guided missiles to the contract item list on the IDIQ contract via an in scope modification as the ALAS-C are within the Non Standard family of ammunition. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive quotations. There will be no solicitation posted to FBO.gov for competitive quotes.
SUBMISSION INFORMATION: All interested parties, including those outside of the above mentioned IDIQ, should submit a general description, along with their capabilities to provide the complete ALAS-C launching system as well as additional guided missiles. Respondents are also requested to provide the following: (1.) Planned source of supply (2.) Suppliers planned monthly production rates to include lead times for delivery and (3.) Rough Order of Magnitude for a quantity range of 2-4 complete ALAS-C launching systems and a quantity range of 40-60 Missiles.
This information is requested to be submitted to Melissa Ardis via email at
melissa.m.ardis.civ@mail.mil. This is not a pre-solicitation notice. *Please note: this announcement is for information and planning purposes only, does not constitute a pre-solicitation notice, and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION AND DOES NOT OBLIGATE THE GOVERNMENT TO ISSUE A SOLICITATION. Please be advised that the Government will not pay for any information submitted under/in relation to this announcement. If a formal solicitation is generated at a later date, a solicitation notice will be published.
Contracting Office Address:
BUILDING 10 PHIPPS RD
PICATINNY ARSENAL , New Jersey 07806-5000
United States
Primary Point of Contact.:
Melissa Ardis
melissa.m.ardis.civ@mail.mil
Secondary Point of Contact:
Jennifer M. Stanley
jennifer.m.stanley17.civ@mail.mil
https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&tab=core&id=70a984eb39a9f9de844f0547f28d7712
We Achieved A Historic Record
“In 2017, Krušik achieved the best results in its 79-year history.
Revenue was about USD100 million and profit about RSD 1 billion. More than 90 percent of Krušik’s profits come from exports, and our products are sold in over 70 countries worldwide.
Krušik’s largest customers are from North America, the Middle East and Africa”, confirmed Krušik Director Mladen Petković, who has run the company for over four years, in an interview with CorD.
Krušik’s average annual revenue growth rate since I have led the company has been 80%, so in 2017 revenues were 8.7 times greater than in 2013 when the company had a loss of RSD 1 billion. In a few years, more precisely from 2014 until today, we have turned a billion dinar deficit into a billion dinar surplus, which best reflects our business and is a great satisfaction both for management and for all the staff. Since 2014 we have employed 1,700 new workers, 657 in 2017 alone.
Krušik is a global player, judging from the 70 countries to which it exports. Are you satisfied with the competitiveness of your products and the speed at which your company follows new trends, developments and the demands of its international clients?
– A value of USD 240 million in signed contracts alone shows that global demand for our products is satisfactory. We are constantly working on modernising existing products and creating new ones based on new technologies. Establishment of serial production of parts of the missile programme has significantly influenced Krušik’s position on the world market. Engagement of our full capacity is guaranteed until 2020.
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