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16 -- H-1 UPGRADES PROGRAM POC Contact, Peggy Ayanian, Phone (703)604-1920 The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIRSYSCOM) plans to pursue the H-1 Upgrades Program which incorporates a common four-bladed rotor system on the AH-1W and UH-1N aircraft, and upgrades the AH-1W cockpit. The H-1 Upgrades Program intends to provide, at a minimum, the following new common components: composite rotor blades and hub, transmission, infrared suppressor, auxillary power unit, 4-Bladed pusher tail rotor and tail rotor drive system and tail boom structure for the UH-1N and AH-1W aircraft. The AH-1W will also receive upgraded landing gear, pylon structural modifications, cockpit upgrade, and six wing stations. The UH-1N will also receive upgraded landing gear, and pylon structural modifications. The main rotor system will be of a folding design to enhance shipboard compatibility. This modification will include any and all changes to structural components deemed necessary to ensure the structural integrity of the modified aircraft with the increased flight loads and related structural stresses. Bell Helicopter Textron Inc. (BHTI), P.O. Box 482, Fort Worth, TX 76101 will be awarded a cost plus award fee contract, N00019-96-C-0128, for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase, which includes the upgrade of three AH-1W and two UH-1N aircraft. BHTI will maintain Total System Performance Responsibility for the H-1 Upgrades Program. As such, BHTI will ensure that all modifications to the two H-1 aircraft models will, when completed, provide aircraft capable of meeting all system performance criteria established by the Government. Only BHTI, the planned system integrator, is able to accept Total System Performance Responsibility for the AH-1W and UH-1N aircraft required for the H-1 Upgrades Program. The EMD contract is planned for award in FY 1997, pending Congressional approval. In addition, BHTI will conduct a full and open competition for the development of the AH-1W cockpit upgrade with an anticipated contract award planned for FY 1997. BHTI is the sole designer, developer, and manufacturer of the H-1 series aircraft, and the only firm with the knowledge, experience, and technical data required to fulfill this need in a timely manner. The H-1 series aircraft have a number of unique components and processes to which BHTI retains the technical data rights. The U.S. Government does not possess the AH-1W/UH-1N data rights and a Level III technical data package, suitable for competition, for those items to which BHTI asserts proprietary rights. Don Collings, (817) 280-4922, is the BHTI point of contact for any subcontracting opportunities for this requirement. NAVAIRSYSCOM will make available, upon request, additional information on the H-1 Upgrades Program. Correspondence should be sent to NAVAIRSYSCOM address noted above. Facsimile transmissions can be sent to (703) 604-1959. See note No. 22 - NAVAIR Synopsis No. 30075-96. (0114)

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