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A -- REPLACEMENT HEATSHIELD MATERIALS FOR STRATEGIC SYSTEMS REENTRY BODIES SOL N00178-97-R-4001 POC Karen Lenox, (540)653-7621/Dwight G. Cooper. The Naval Surface Warfare Center intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Hitco Technologies, Inc., of Gardena, California, for carbon-phenolic heatshield materials for Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM) Strategic Systems Reentry Bodies. The contractor will be required to use various rayon, pitch, PAN and Kynol fibers and resins to produce different geometries of heatshield materials for testing of their thermal, mechanical and ablative properties. The contract will include options for certain fibers produced in various frusta geometries. Identical processing cycles to those previously used by Hitco on past efforts must be employed to insure consistent thermal and mechanical properties for these materials. The contract period is estimated to be 4 years. See Note 22. (0218)

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