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15 -- VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING UAV FLIGHT TEST DEMONSTRATION SOL N00019-97-R-0023 DUE 082197 POC Pam Valovcin, (301) 757-5903/Contract Specialist 17. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Joint Project Office (JPO) intends to conduct a full and open competition to execute a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) UAV Flight Test Demonstration Program (hereafter called VTOL Program). The purpose of this effort is to assess the prospective VTOL UAV's capabilities to meet the performance objectives of the SOW Table 1. The plan is to award one or more contracts. The demonstration program will consist of a land-based flight test and options for integration of UAV Common Automatic Recovery System (UCARS) and flight test, integration with Tactical Control System (TCS) and flight test, sea-based flight test, and a life Cycle Cost (LCC) assessment. We plan to award cost type contracts. Given the schedule and funding constraints, it is not the intent of the Government to enter into a Government funded development program. Instead, the intent of this program is to evaluate the flight test performance of VTOL UAV Systems essentially in existence at the time of contract award. After 25 July 1997, draft acquisition documentation can be found on the NAVAIR web site at http://www.navair.mil/. Please provide any questions/ comments, in writing, by COB 22 August 1997 to the attention of Ms. Pamela Valovcin at fax (301)757-5955. Written inquiries only, please. Questions/ comments, if deemed appropriate, will be provided in a question and answer format on this website. No questions/ comments will be answered on an individual basis. It is our intent to release a formal Request For Proposal (RFP) in the near future via this web page. No hard copies will be provided. The information in this synopsis is subject to change and does not bind the UAV JPO to award a contract. (0203)

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