Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (Code 2.3), Patuxent Naval Air Station, Bldg 2272, Lexington Park, MD 20670

A -- V-22 AIRCRAFT PAINT REMOVAL TRADE STUDY SOL N00019-95-G-0242 POC Jim Dawson, AIR-2.3.3.3, Phone (301) 757-5219 E-MAIL: dawsonjj.jfk@navair.navy.mil, dawsonjj.jfk@navair.navy.mil. Naval Air Systems Command intends to issue a delivery order under a Basic Ordering Agreement N00019-95-G-0242 to conduct engineering to access the feasibility of replacing chemical paint strippers with one or more paint stripping media and/or techniques that meet environmental regulations for the V-22 aircraft. This must be accomplished without compromising the as-manufactured system configuration, without impacting rework and repair effectiveness and not significantly degrading the lightning strike protection of the V-22 aircraft. The V-22 aircraft is currently under engineering and manufacturing development and low-rate initial production with Bell-Boeing. Only Bell-Boeing has data and expertise to perform this trade study. See Note 22. (0209)

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