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58 -- HIGH FREQUENCY 1 KW ANTENNA COUPLERS AND COUPLER CONTROLS SOL F04611-97-R-0001 POC Judy Gayler, Contract Negotiator, (805) 277-3900 Ext 2245: John A. Adair, Contracting Officer, (805) 277-3900 Ext 2230. The Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC) is seeking sources for air worthy antenna couplers and antenna coupler controls to interface with the 1 kW High Frequency (HF) mission radios for the Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft (ARIA). The ARIA fleet consists of three EC-18B and two EC-135E model aircraft. The six couplers and controls are needed to standardize the EC-135Es. They must be separately interchangeable (form, fit, function, interface, and mounting) with the AT-107B couplers (FSN 5985-01-139-0024) and with the coupler controls (FSN 5985-01-139-9912) presently in the EC-18B aircraft. This hardware must be tunable throughout the entire HF range of 2 MHz to 29.9999 Mhz. The coupler must not weigh more than 22 pounds and must be capable of operating in temperatures from -80 C to +70 C. The coupler control must not weigh more than 7 pounds and operate in temperatures from -54 C to +71 C. Both must operate from sea level to 45,000 feet. Provisions for depot level maintenance support and training are required. Maintenance support concepts should include detailed troubleshooting, repair, and retest of failed units at the contractor's facility. Training technicians at various levels should be considered to include areas of preventive maintenance, system and module removal/replacement, and component removal/replacement. All sources interested in responding to this market survey are required to provide a capabilities statement and descriptive literature addressing the above technical areas no later than 9 Sep 96. Sources responding to this notice without providing the required information will not be considered. Include relevant background and experience, provide contract numbers and names and phone numbers of a contracting office and technical points of contact for each contract. Also, provide your business size and type of business (SB, SDB, 8(a), LB, WO, etc.). No telephone requests will be accepted. Telephone requests to be placed on the mailing list will not be honored. (0236)

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