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Soft Kill (SK) Active Protection System (APS)

RPP-25-D02
Request for Prototype Proposal
Pending
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Aug August 21 2025

Due Date

August 21, 2025, 1:00 pm
EST (UTC-05:00)

Release Date

TBD

Technology Objective Area

Survivability

SUR-25-05
Lia Lipar

NAMC POC

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Overview

SK APS is intended to protect GCVs from anti-armor munitions by passively detecting an incoming threat, identify the appropriate countermeasure response, and engage/neutralize the threat. The SK APS is modular and expandable, compromised of the Vehicle Protection System (VPS) Base Kit (VBK), plus additional sensors and countermeasures for threat detection and defeat. The SK APS uses a Modular Active Protection System (MAPS) Framework (MAF). The SK APS provides capabilities to detect, declare, classify, and defeat guided and unguided threats.

Announcements

Updated FINAL RPP AM04 Released


Updates the Submission Requirements Table Attachment 26 Due Date Column with additional detail per below:

Updated FINAL RPP Released

Final RPP Amendment 003 Released

Due Date Extended to 1300 EDT August 21 | Q&A and Attachment 066 Available

The Government has released a revised RPP extending submission due date to 1:00 PM EDT August 21, the Q&A document, and Attachment 066.

The new documents can be found by logging in to the NAMC Site and clicking on the Projects Document Folder of this opportunity, all files can be found under Projects Documents, within the FINAL RPP Documents folder, then within the Updated FINAL RPP Documents_08AUG25 Folder. 

CLASSIFIED Questions Extended to August 05, 2025 Due Date.

Classified questions shall be submitted to the Government, postmarked by August 05, 2025. Classified questions must be submitted using the classified submission methods as outlined in the RPP.

CLASSIFIED Questions Extended to July 31, 2025 Due Date.

Classified questions shall be submitted to the Government, postmarked by July 31, 2025. Classified questions must be submitted using the classified submission methods as outlined in the RPP.

Updated RPP & Documents | RPP-25-D02 | SK APS

Updated Final RPP and SOW released to add Attachment 68 - DD254

FINAL RPP Released

IMPORTANT DATES PER RPP:
- Questions due by 3:00 PM EDT, Thursday, July 24, 2025
- Classified Annex Request due by 3:00 PM EDT, Thursday, July 17, 2025
- Unclassified Final Submissions due in BIDs by 1:00 PM EDT, August 14, 2025
- Classified Final Submission must be received by 1:00 PM EDT, August 14, 2025

Soft Kill APS is intended to protect Ground Combat Vehicles (GCVs) from anti-armor munitions by detecting an incoming threat, identifying the appropriate countermeasure response, and engaging/neutralizing the threat. The System must be modular, safety compliant, and expandable using open standards. Modularity requires that the System can easily integrate future sensor and countermeasure solutions that are Modular Active Framework (MAF)-compliant. Safety compliance requires rigorous design, development, testing, and producing documentation for Safety Review Board requirements to pass Safety Compliancy. Expandability requires the software and architecture to be modular and capable to expand with other systems as the MAF standard evolves.

The purpose of this RPP is to solicit Fixed Price (FP) proposals for the research and development of an active protective system capable of declaring and classifying anti-armor threats and defeating anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) and other vehicle threats through the use of non-kinetic (i.e., soft-kill) countermeasures.
 
The Government may award up to two Prototype Project Agreement(s) (PPA(s)) as a result of proposal evaluation.

Slides from Industry Day 2 is available

Slides from Industry Day 2 held Jun 11 is now available in the Project Documents Folder.

Q&A from Industry Day 2 is available

Q&A from Industry Day 2 held Jun 11 is now available in the Project Documents Folder.

Industry Day 2 & Questions Due Reminder | RPP-25-D02

Industry Day

The event will consist of a briefing from the Government to Industry about the requirements for the Soft Kill APS.

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