Assistant Commander For Contracts, Naval Air Systems Command, Air 2.5.3 Bldg 3189 Unit 8, Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD 20670-5449

U -- NONPERSONAL SERVICES TO PROVIDE FLIGHT TRAINING SERVICES USING SUPERSONIC AIRCRAFT SOL NOT APPLICABLE DUE 063097 POC Contract Specialist Gary Graham (301)342-3752 This notice is a Request For Information (RFI) for services in support of the Tactical Air Services (TAS) Program from interested commercial sources capable of providing support to the US Navy, DOD and government training programs in the Continental US, Hawaii and Far East Operations. These services are normally conducted in designated warning areas around Norfolk, VA, Jacksonville, FL, Puerto Rico, San Diego, CA, Whidbey Island, WA, Honolulu, HI, (MIDPAC) and Japan (WESTPAC) if required. The broad objective of the anticipated program is to provide basic, intermediate and advance training to fleet units to achieve and maintain combat readiness by practice or drill, to provide testing to evaluate or develop equipment and tactical procedures or concepts, and to measure the degree of readiness achieved in specific operations. Specifically, if sufficient information is received, warranting an official RFP, the contractor will be asked to provide aircraft capable of maintaining speeds between .9M to 1.5M and target recovery type aircraft, ie. helicopters as required, all personnel, including pilots, special mission equipment operators, GFE equipment installers/ GFE maintenance personnel, and all fuel and material. Flight services to be provided by the contractor include Air Intercept Control (AIC), Target Tow/Launch/Recovery, and utility missions. Electronic Warfare (EW) missions to be provided shall include external EW and test beds, and will consist of the contractor emitting a signal to simulate a transmission of a threat radar or emitting a signal-to-jam radar, communications and other electronic systems, simulating a threat force approaching from various directions, speeds and altitudes; and will include uploading and downloading of pods, installation of all internal controls and providing operators. Physical Specifications of subject equipment in support of these various missions are provided: AN/ALQ-170(V) Reactive Missile Simulating Mounted Pod Weight Pod 1720 lbs Size Pod length 17 ft Pod diameter 28 inches AN/ALQ-167(V) Pod Mounted, Countermeasures Set Weight Pod 300 lbs Pod length 142.8 inches AN/AST-6(V) Pod Mounted, Radar Emission Simulating Set Weight Pod 326 lbs Size Pod length 131 inches Pod diameter 12 inches AQM-37 Aerial Target Weight Approx. 565 lbs Size length 162.7 inches Dia. 13.0 inches Launcher 190 lbs BQM-74 Aerial Target Weight Approx. 451 lbs Size length 155.5 inches height 28.18 inches Dia. 13.94 inches Span 69.4 inches TOWED TARGET SYSTEM RMK-31/A47U-4 Launcher Weight 1300 lbs Size length 132.4 inches width 26 inches depth 29.4 inches TDU-34/A Target Weight 75-200 lbs Size length 112 inches dia. 12 inches Ram TSS Radar Simulator Monopulse weight include: Gimbal/Antenna, Radome, Receiver Box, Sync Interface Box I-Band 48.3 lbs J-Band 59.2 lbs Conscan Weight include: Gimbal/Antenna, Radome, Receiver Box, Sync Interface Box I-Band 27.5 lbs J-Band 36 lbs AN/DPT-1 Transmitter Set Weight 45 lbs Range GPS POD Weight 135 lbs Size length 139 inches dia 5 inches Aircraft modifications, including the procurement, installation, and maintenance of various special equipment will be a requirement of the contract. The contractor shall be certified under Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) while offering these services and all Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) shall be acquired by the contractor. A Top Secret facilities clearance is required to perform services. Contractor personnel shall have secret security clearance and provide Operations Security (OPSEC) protection for classified information. This is not a Request For Proposal (RFP). Any procurement will be separately synopsized in the CBD. Request interested parties respond by providing as a minimum, Type/Model/Series of aircraft available, specifications, design/proven capabilities and approximate fight hour cost information no later than (30 days from date of synopsis) to: Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, AIR 2.5.3.1, Unit 8, Patuxent River, MD 20670-5449 orfaxed to the Contract Specialist/Contracting Officer at (301) 342-4974. An original of the request must be mailed. All faxed requests must be legible and contain a phone number and point of contact. All responses will be kept confidential and will not be binding for the government and the contractor. (0140)

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