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

28 -- ACQUISITION AND SUPPORT OF THE MODEL AE1107 ENGINES SOL N00019-95-C-0209 DUE 022898 POC Roger L. Henry, Phone (301) 757-5299, AIR-2.3.3 E-MAIL: henryrl.jfk@navair.navy.mil, henryrl.jfk@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command intends to modify the existing production contract with Allision engine Company to add fixed price options for the FY01, FY02 and FY03 engine requirements (install engines, spare engines, and Contractor commercial support). These engines are needed to support the planned FY01, FY02, and FY03 procurements of V-22 production aircraft. Allison is the designer, developer, and sole producer of the AE 1107 engine and is the only firm that possesses the requisite knowledge of the design, performance, operational, and maintenance and support characteristics of the AE1107 engine necessary to perform this effort. See Note 22. (0021)

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