Commander, U.S. Army Missile Command, Acquisition Center, Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5280

14 -- LOW RATE INITIAL PRODUCTION II AND FULL RATE PRODUCTION I FOR LONGBOW HELLFIRE MODULAR MISSILE SYSTEM SOL DAAH01-96-R-0090 DUE 060196 POC Randal G. Roper, Contract Specialist, AMSMI-AC-CBH, (205) 876-5654, Sarah Kerry, Contracting Officer, AMSMI-AC-CBH, (205) 876-6277, (PCB) Synopsis Number 078-96. The requirement is for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) II for Longbow HELLFIRE Modular Missiles (LBHMM), Full Rate Production (FRP) I for the Tactical Launcher, and Initial Production Facilitization (IPF) III. The quantity for LRIP II is 1,056 each missiles. FRP I for Launcher consists of 218 each M299 Guided Missile Launchers. A requirement for an additional 60 each Launchers is included for FMS. In addition, the RFP will contain FY98 options for LBHMM FRP I, Launcher FRP II and IPF IV. LBHMM FRP I hardware will be a range quantity of 1,129 to 1,883. Launcher FRP II hardware will be a range quantity of 212 to 576. By authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), this acquisition will be restricted to the sole source of the Longbow Limited Liability Company (LLC) whose members are subsidiaries of Lockheed Martin Corporation and Westinghouse Electric Corporation. The Longbow LLC is the successor in interest to the Longbow Joint Venture of Martin Marietta Corporation and Westinghouse Electric Corporation. The Longbow Joint Venture was contracted with to perform the engineering and manufacturing development as well as LRIP I and IPF's I and II. See Note 22. (0053)

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