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16 -- F/A-18C/D AND E/F ADVANCED TARGETING FLIR POC Contact, Robert M. Minjack, Phone (703)604-6100 The Naval Air Systems Command intends to issue a cost plus award fee (CPAF) contract to McDonnell Douglas Aerospace (MDA) for the development, testing and integration of an Advanced Targeting FLIR (ADV TFLIR) into the F/A-18 aircraft. The proposed contract represents the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (E&MD) and Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) phases of the ADV TFLIR program. The sole source contract will require the design, development, fabrication, testing and integration of an ADV TFLIR into the F/A-18 aircraft weapon system including the delivery of twelve (12) E&MD units, twenty (20) LRIP units and two options that when combined total an additional sixty eight (68) LRIP units. As the sole designer, developer, manufacturer and supplier of the F/A-18 Aircraft weapon system, MDA is the only firm which possesses the requisite knowledge, experience and technical data required to successfully complete the complex integration of an ADV TFLIR into the F/A-18 aircraft weapon system without compromise to the F/A-18 aircraft weapon system, without causing unacceptable delays in meeting the Navy's operational requirements and without substantial duplication of cost to the Government. Furthermore, only MDA has the F/A-18 peculiar engineering data and expertise, facilities and test equipment to provide the Government's minimum needs in a timely manner. See note No. 22 - NAVAIR Synopsis No. 20162-96. (0256)

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