Commander, NAVAIR-2.4, Attn: Dan Owens/BLDG 2272/Suite 256, NAVAIRSYSCOMHQ, 47123 Buse Road Unit IPT, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1547

28 -- REPLACEMENT ENGINE FOR PIONEER UAV SOL N00019-94-R-0000 POC Contact, Dan Owens. AIR-2.4, Phone (301)757-5918 The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to solicit offers for the development and production of a replacement engine for the Pioneer Unmanned Air Vehicle. The replacement engine must be a form, fit and function replacement for the current Fichtel Sachs SF2-350 engine. The basic characteristics of the Fichtel Sachs SF2-350 engine are as follows: air cooled,two cycle,two horizontally opposed cylinders, 26.7 horsepower and a core weight of 20.28 pounds. Increased performance and reliability are highly desirable. NAVAIR intends to release the request for proposal (RFP), any amendments and any questions/answers via the Internet in Word 6.0 software. The documents will reside under the Business and Solicitations heading of the NAVAIR home page, at http://www.navair.navy.mil. Prospective offerors are responsible for monitoring the home page for these documents. Paper copies will not be made available. Written address or via e-mail to: owens@lan-e-mail.peocu.navy.mil. Telephone requests will not be accepted. Prospective offerors shall send questions to the e-mail address or post office address set forth above. Questions and responses to questions will be posted on the NAVAIR home page at the location set forth above. Responses will not be sent to individual e-mail addresses. However, all questions should include an Internet e-mail and a post office address to be used only in the event of Internet problems. FOR TRANSMITTING PURPOSES THE SYNOPSIS NUMBER IS 20130-97 AND IS THE SAME AS 70071-97. See note No.1 -- NAVAIR Synopsis No. 20130-97. (0195)

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