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A -- AUTOMATIC EJECTION SYSTEM SOL N00421-97-R-1448 DUE 092297 POC Lakeeta J. Young, Contract Specialist, (301) 342-1825 ext 148; Nancy F. Kuzmick, Contracting Officer, (301) 342-1825 ext 104 E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract specialist via e-mail, YOUNG_LAKEETA%PAX9B@MR.NAWCAD.NAVY.MIL. The Advanced Technology Crew Systems (ATCS) Program Office at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), Patuxent River, MD has a Sole Source requirement for the production of a digital version of the A.S. Yakovlev Experimental Design Bureau's Automatic Ejection System (AES) analog based design and associated software adapted to U.S. needs. The Automatic Ejection System, currently used in the K-36D ejection seats of the Russian YAK-38 Vertical Short Take-Off and Landing (VSTOL) aircraft, eliminates the danger of delayed pilot reaction by automatically ejecting the pilot when sensors indicate that preset thresholds for aircraft static and dynamic parameters (pitch angle and pitch rate and roll angle and roll rate) have been exceeded. A Sole Source acquisition is required because Yakovlev is the originator of the intellectual property and Russian American Science, Inc., is the only company authorized to represent Yakovlev on the AES in the U.S. It is anticipated that a firm-fixed price contract be awarded for a base period (Phase I) with two additional option periods (Phase II and Phase III). The solicitation has a planned release date of 22 August 1997. This solicitation will be negotiated on a Sole Source basis with Russian American Science, Inc., 2745 Hartland Road, Fairfax, VA 22043 as the only responsible source per FAR 6.302-1. "See Note(s) 22". (0213)

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