Air Force holding defensive weapons industry day in June

The Air Force is holding a defensive weapons industry day next month and requesting white papers on conceptual armament capabilities.

The industry day will be held June 18 at Eglin Air Force Base, FL, where the government will provide threat, warfighter, overall program and weapon briefs, according to a Federal Business Opportunities notice.

White papers, due in July, should detail kinetic and non-kinetic concepts, including lasers and high-power microwaves. The service is also interested in procedures that support open-systems architecture into interfaces across the design, as well as activities needed to rapidly prototype and integrate the weapon concepts in the future.

Prospective contractors should further provide a rapid fielding schedule, assuming a production quantity of 1,000 for kinetic weapons and 100 for non-kinetic weapons.

White papers are due July 16.