Naval Air Warfare Center AD, Contracts Dept. Code 233, Bldg 129-2, Lakehurst, NJ 08733-5083.

16 -- TEST SET SOL N68335-97-RFI-704 DUE 031297 POC Carl Ruzika Code 25213, (908) 323-2741. Contracting Officer J. Fackenthal. This is a Request for Information Only. There is no solicitation package available. The United States Navy is requesting technical information for the design, development and production of three sets of support equipment to be used to test, fault isolate, and align the Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infra-Red for Night (LANTIRN) Targeting Pod installed on F-14 aircraft. Four sets of the equipment were procured under previous contracts and the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division is seeking three additional sets of this same equipment or, alternatively, seven complete sets of another testing solution. The alternative solution may be proposed to meet the requirement, so long as the cost remains the same or less, and there are no schedule impacts. Equipment to be provided under the potential contract must be capable of performing all required testing, fault isolation, and alignment of the F14 LANTIRN Targeting Pod which has laser, infrared, inertial and GPS capabilities, an enviromental control package, advanced computer, and associated power supplies. The proposed equipment will operate at shore sites and aboad U.S. Navy aircraft carriers, and must fit into existing spaces (with some facility modifications possible). Some equipment functions are accomplished via proprietary processes, and no data will be available in these instances. Minimal engineering data and no hardware will be available to the party selected to perform this effort. Additionally, development and production lead time will be abreviated; 14 months from date of contract award to delivery due to deployment requirements. Please provide information regarding capabilities to meet this requirement no later than 15 days after publication of this notice. All information should be addressed to Mr. Carl Ruzicka, Naval Air Warfare Center, Code 25213B, Bldg 129, Highway 547, Lakehurst, NJ 08733-5082 who may be reached at (908) 323-2741. Respondents are notified that a formal solicitation may not necessarily result from this RFI. Any comments provided may or may not be included in a formal solicitation. The Government will not pay for any information received in response to this RFI nor will the Government compensate any respondent for any costs incurred in developing the information provided to the Government. The Government will not release any information marked with a proprietary legend received in response to this RFI to any firms, agencies or individuals outside the Government without written permission in accordance with the legend. (0056)

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