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A -- PARALLEL COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS FOR SIMULATIONS ENABLING TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION AT ENHANCED RATES (PACE SETTER). SOL PRDA 97-27-AAK POC Contact David Box, Contract Negotiator, (513) 255-2902 or Kenneth P. Smith, Contracting, (513) 255-5201. PARALLEL COMPUTATIONAL ELECTROMAGNETICS FOR SIMULATIONS ENABLING TECHNOLOGY TRANSITION AT ENHANCED RATES (PACE SETTER). Full announcement of this Air Force requirement, PRDA 97-27-AAK, was made in the 6 Jun 96 issue of the Commerce Business Daily. That announcement is amended as follows: The Contract Negotiator is changed to read David Box, (513) 255-2902. The due date for receipt of proposals is extended to Tuesday, 23 July 1996, 1500 Hours Eastern Daylight Time. To clarify the issue of presentations and briefings: The Air Force anticipates quarterly reviews at the contractor's location, with yearly briefings held in Washington DC. Regarding LRA-CDENSE: This item was incorrectly identified as being a CRAY product. This is corrected to reflect ownership of LRA-CDENSE by Elegant Mathematics of Bothell, Washington. Regarding government-furnished access to massively parallel computers: Wright Laboratory's Target Modeling Branch (WL/AACT) will sponsor access to massively parallel computers for any contractor or subcontractor granted an award under the PACE SETTER effort. Computer access is available as part of DoD's High Performance Computing (HPC) initiative. For information on how to obtain an account after contract award please refer to the World Wide Web (WWW) at http://www.wl.wpafb.af.mil/hpc/hpc.html. The application forms are listed under the ''Obtaining/Maintaining Access to the DoD HPC Resources'' section. Section 1 of the application form is to be filled out by WL/AACT ONLY! Section 2, Account Request Information, must be filled out by each person on the contractor/subcontractor team needing HPC access. This process cannot be accomplished until after contract award. For further information on HPC resources refer to the WWW at http://www.wl.wpafb.af.mil/hpc/machines.html. (0179)

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