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A -- RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, OFFBOARD COUNTERMEASURES SOL N00173-98-R-CR05 POC Alan W. Crupi, Contract Specialist, Code 3240.CR (202) 767-3595 and Mary Ann Carpenter, Contracting Officer, Code 3240 WEB: click here, http://heron.nrl.navy.mil/contracts/home.htm. The Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has a requirement for engineering and technical support in the areas of fluid dynamics, stability and control, fabrication technology, digital avionics, systems design, structural analysis, mechanical hardware design and advanced software development related to conceptual and exploratory research for offboard countermeasure decoy systems and subsystems, specifically unmanned air vehicles, Electronic Warfare (EW), Information Warfare (IW) and Littoral Warfare. The research will be conducted primarily at NRL, Washington, DC 20375. An Indefinite-Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is anticipated for award with a minimum of 11,400 hours and a maximum of 57,200 hours. The period of performance in which orders may be written is sixty (60) months from date of award. Numbered Note 26 applies. NRL utilizes Electronic Commerce (EC) to issue Requests for Proposals (RFPs) and Amendments to the RFP. This solicitation and any subsequent amendment will be available via the Internet at the URL address shown below. Paper copies of the RFP will not be provided. (0071)

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