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16 -- F/A-18 ENGINEERING STUDY -- FORWARD FUSELAGE AVIONICS BAY STRUCTURAL SOL N00019-94-G-0291 POC Charlotte Moore, Phone (301) 757-7063 E-MAIL: moorecj.jrk@navair.navy.mil, moorecj.jrk@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command intends to place an order under Basic Ordering Agreement N00019-94-G-0291 with McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, MO., to conduct an engineering study on the Forward Fuselage Avionics Bay Structural Analysis using Revised Dynamic Loads. MDA will analyze the equipment shelves and support structure in avionics bays 3 L&R and 4 L&R. The analysis will be based on dynamic data from D51 and F1 testing and will result in the generation of static and fatigue margins of safety for the shelves and support structure. NAVAIR intends to negotiate and award this order to McDonnell Douglas Corporation, the designer, developer and sole manufacturer of the F/A-18 aircraft, and, as such, the only firm possessing the requisite technical knowledge and expertise, facilities, tooling and special test equipment necessary to perform these efforts within the required timeframe. See Note 22 -- NAVAIR Synopsis No. 20147-97. (0225)

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