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15 -- F-14, 9,000 FLIGHT HOUR TIME COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT (TCR) SOL N00019-94-G-0001 POC Contact, Michael Smith, Phone (703)604-6100 The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIRSYSCOM) intends to award a delivery order to the Northrop Grumman Corporation, Bethpage New York for the development of a 9,000 flight hour Time Compliance Requirement (TCR) modification design. The 9,000 flight hour TCR modification design shall incorporate structural enhancements identified as a result of a full-scale fatigue test. This effort shall continue the design effort previously contracted for and now nearing completion by including additional TCR elements and validating design by test. The 9,000 flight hour TCR modification effort will also procure kits for validation/verification. Northrop Grumman Corporation, as the designer, developer, and sole producer of F-14 aircraft, is the only known source available to provide the effort in the time frame required. See note No. 22. -- NAVAIR Synopsis No. 20061-97. (0079)

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