Commander, Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, Code 210000D, 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6100

A -- ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR HIGH TEMPERATURE INSULATORS SOL SOURCES SOUGHT POC Anita R. Dale, Contract Specialist, (619) 939-9656 or Doreen Paul, Contracting Officer, (619) 939-9665. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWPNS) China Lake, CA, is seeking information on advanced technologies for high temperature insulators for Navy high speed propulsion applications. NAWCWPNS is assembling information on available advanced insulator technologies that significantly enhance the operating range for missiles with speeds greater than Mach 4.0 by providing a thermal barrier or active cooling. The primary focus of the request is to identify technologies that decrease the aeroheating effect of high mach numbers on components, materials, fuels and/or propellants in a missile system. Information on insulators that act as thermal barriers or provide active cooling through phase change or activation energy absorption from 1200 degrees F. to 1400 degrees F. for 40 minutes are also sought. The information collected will be used to support the planning process for insulating advanced missile systems. Interested parties shall provide their information to Commander (Code 473240D), NAWCWPNS (ATTN: M. Swett), 1 Administration Circle, China Lake, CA 93555-6100 no later than COB 21 January 1997. Contractors should appropriately mark any data that is proprietary or has restricted data rights. Additional information may be obtained through the technical point of contact at NAWCWPNS, Mr. Mark Swett, (619) 939-3217. This announcement is not a Request for Proposal (RFP). (0325)

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