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16 -- SUPPORT FOR INCORPORATION AND TESTING OF SMART WEAPONS INTO THE F/A-18E/F AIRCRAFT SOL N00019-98-P2-PM707 POC Contact: Charles Norton, (301) 757-7112, Contracting Officer -- LCDR Steve Dollase (301) 757-7108 E-MAIL: dollases.jfk@navair.navy.mil, dollases.jfk@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command intends to issue a cost plus fixed fee delivery order under Basic Ordering Agreement N00019-98-G-0037 with McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, for aircraft integration and analysis of JSOW and JDAM smart weapons in the F/A-18E/F aircraft. This requirement includes analysis by the contractor of the following: captive loads, stability and control, catapult and arrestment dynamic response, store ejection dynamic response, flying qualities, stability and control, dynamic environment data, strength, and store separation. The following tests will be performed by the contractor: captive carriage flight loads, stability and control, store/suspension equipment structural integrity ground tests, dynamic stores ejection, flying qualities/flaps auto flight and in-flight vibration/acoustic measurement. Test to be supported by the contractor include fit and function ground tests, EMC/HERO, Carrier Suitability Ground Loads, Carrier Suitability/Flaps Half and Full Flight. See Note 22. Synopsis # 20121-98. (0155)

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