WEAPONS-0163 - USA (Washington, DC) - Gun Weapon Systems - Deadline July 22,2026

(1) Vendor needs to provide gun weapon systems to the government authority located in Washington, DC.– Develop an electro–mechanical capability for the sustained tactical loading and unloading of 5–inch/54 caliber naval ammunition.– There is currently no commercial technology that could solve the need for gun weapon systems ammunition handling and controls modernization for the Navy.– The Navy seeks a solution to modify existing fielded MK 34 Major Caliber Gun Weapon System guns (utilizing the MK 45 MOD 2 & 4 5–Inch Gun System) with automated ammunition loading systems that provide higher reliability (i.e., operational availability of .9 or greater), increased sustained loading (i.e., firing) rate (i.e., greater than 12 rounds per minute), and/or reduced exposure to occupational exposure to petroleum–based hydraulic fluids.– The solution shall be restricted to the MK 45 Gun System Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP) profile, requiring no modification to the platform (i.e., ship). All solutions shall utilize Model–Based Engineering (MBE) design principles.