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

15 -- COMMON SUPPORT AIRCRAFT PROJECT SOL n/a POC Ellen Klotz, Air-2.3.2.1m (301) 757-5247 or Stacy Bostjanick, Air-2.3.2.1.2, (301) 757-5246 E-MAIL: bostjanickss.jfk@navair.navy.mil, klotzem.jfk@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command has posted a Broad Agency Announcement on the Naval Air Systems Command Web page for the Common Support Aircraft. The Government is seeking BAA study efforts for a CSA fifty-year design platform that uses off-the-shelf systems to reduce program development costs, vehicle procurement costs, and to optimize operational supportability and affordability. The Common Support Aircraft project is evaluating concepts that will lead to the development and fielding of a weapon system or family of weapon systems to perform the missions and functions now carried out by the E-2, C-2, S-3, ES-3 aircraft. A replacement for these platforms is desired to reach Initial Operational Capability in 2013. Missions will include Airborne Early Warning, Signal Intelligence, Airborne Surface/Subsurface Warfare, In-Flight Tanking, and Carrier On-board Delivery. The Naval Air Systems Command is seeking trade studies to identify cost effective proposals that will explore affordable Common Support Aircraft concepts for initial acquisition milestone in FY98. The Common Support Aircraft acquisition program will ultimately encompass air vehicle development, avionics and systems integration, test, and production/delivery. Proposals for the BAA are due 1 October 1997. Access to the BAA is available on the internet at www.navair.navy.mil under business opportunities and then Washington, DC Contracts and then new solicitations. Points of contact for this requirement are Ellen M. Klotz and Stacy Bostjanick on (301)757-5247 and (301)757-5246; email klotzem.jfk@navair.navy.mil, bostjanickss.jfk@navair.navy.mil; fax (301)757-5284. This is a reissuance of announcement 097887 originally shown on 17 July, 1997. (0240)

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