Dahlgren Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100

A -- HIGH TEMPERATURE NOSETIP MATERIALS SUITABLE FOR REENTRY ENVIRONMENTS SOL N00178-97-Q-4001 DUE 020197 POC Karen Lenox, (540)653-7621/John R. Travers. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) is interested in the heatshield production/manufacturing capabilities of any viable vendors for potential future Navy applications. Currently the Navy wishes to identify responsible, credible suppliers capable of a quick production/manufacturing start-up, which can show significant historical and present-day success producing nosetip type materials for reentry environments. At this time, the Navy believes that the current state-of-the-art for nosetip materials resides in 3D carbon-carbon technologies which require very high pressure and high temperature processing; however, any alternate fabrication methods with proven performance would be of interest as well. Interested suppliers should document their capabilities in a concise report which details: (1) history of reentry nosetip fabrication; (2) breakdown of business (government/commercial)-historical and future plans; (3) production/manufacturing engineering capabilities, (4) scientific andtechnical merit of reentry nosetip products; (5) rough estimate of fabrication costs; (6) the capabilities of the contractor's facilities such as temperature, pressure, time and the ranges over which their facilities can operate; and (7) senior level technical personnel accomplishments. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Firms responding should indicate whether they are socially, or economically disadvantaged business firm, an 8(a) firm, a small business, and/or a woman-owned business. The information received from each respondee will be treated as proprietary information. Closing date for submission of responses is 10 February 1997. All written responses should be directed to the Contracting Officer, Attn: SD145/Karen Lenox, Naval Surface Warfare Center, 17320 Dahlgren Road, Dahlgren, Virginia 22448-5100. This synopsis will also be available on the World Wide Web at http://www.nswc.mil/ under Procurement Division or http://proc_div.nswc.navy.mil/. (0340)

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