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Army to Create $125 Million Nano Center
The Army Research Office (ARO) recently created an initiative – a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) to be known as the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies – to develop nanometer-scale science and technology solutions for soldiers.
Through competition for the center, ARO will award a single non-fee-bearing contract at an estimated base cost of $50 million. The contract, to be presented during the third quarter FY 2002 with an initial performance period of five years, will include provisions for task orders for additional effort estimated to reach $20 million over the five-year term. The contract also will have a ceiling of $125 million to allow for capitalizing on opportunities which may result.
A single university will host the UARC, which will emphasize revolutionary materials research toward an advanced uniform and protective ensemble concept. The center, in turn, will work closely with industry, the Army's Natick Soldier Center, the Army Research Laboratory and other Army Research Development and Engineering Centers pursuing the Army's goals.
The objective of the program is to enable a revolutionary advance in soldier survivability through the development of novel materials for integration into the Objective Force Warrior system. Research, therefore, will integrate such functionalities as multithreat protection against ballistics, sensory attack, chemical and biological agents, climate control, biomedical monitoring, and load management.
Effective research solutions will be compatible with complicating factors, including soldier mission requirements, limited energy resources, communications needs, and rugged insensitivity or adaptive responsivity to extremes of temperature, humidity, storage, damage, and soilage.
Proposals, which may be submitted by degree-granting universities in the U.S., are due by 2:00 p.m. ET on January 3, 2002. The broad agency announcement for this program is located at the ARO website: http://www.aro.army.mil/soldiernano/