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A -- NAVY/INDUSTRY BASIC RESEARCH ASSESSMENT Due 053096. Contact, Dr. Frederick M. Bomse, (703)824-2296. RADM Riddell, the Director, Test and Evaluation and Technology Requirements (N091), has tasked the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) to assess whether the Department of the Navy could better leverage industrial basic research programs. The desire is to characterize these industrial efforts both qualitatively and quantitatively, and determine whether and how the Navy might benefit from them. We stress that the focus of this study is basic research, which is that part of Science and Technology that falls in budget category 6.1. In particular, the following areas have been selected for consideration: Ocean Science, Information Science, Materials, Fuels, Explosives, and Guidance, Navigation, and Control. Your cooperation is requested in contributing information we need that describes any basic research work your organization is doing that might be applicable to any of these areas. Should you desire to acknowledge this request, please inform CNA of your intent to do so by 30 May 1996. Your response should be directed to: Dr. F. Bomse, Center for Naval Analyses, 4401 Ford Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia, 22302-0268, or phone (703) 824-2296, or fax (703) 824-2857. Upon receipt of your acknowledgement, CNA will provide you with two forms to be used in preparing your response. One is a summary page for ease of providing the administrative information for a number of research programs on one sheet. The second form to be filled out by the principal investigator provides the technical information on which CNA will base its assessment. To ensure full consideration, submission of these forms should reach the CNA point of contact by 15 July 1996. This request is for information only. No contracts are intended to be awarded as a result of your participation. The government will not pay for any information supplied, research conducted, or testing that might be required in connection with this request for information. All proprietary information will be respected as such. Users will be limited to the Department of the Navy and Department of Defense. (127)

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