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

A -- FY 1998 T-45 CIP PROGRAM POC Grace Bean, Phone (301)757-5182, AIR-2.3.4.2.3 E-MAIL: beanmg.jfk@navair.navy.mil, beanmg.jfk@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command intends to contract with Rolls-Royce for an FY 1998 F405 Component Improvement Program. The CIP provides for the engineering support and testing to improve safety and readiness and increase mission effectiveness for the T-45 propulsion and power systems. Rolls-Royce is the sole developer and manufacturer of the F405 engines and is the only known source with the unique experience and technical data required to perform this effort. See note No. 22. (0293)

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