AFFTC/PKAD Directorate of Contracting, 5 S Wolfe Ave, Edwards AFB, CA 93524-1185

U -- VARIABLE STABILITY AIRCRAFT SUPPORT SERVICES SOL F0470098R0032 DUE 063098 POC Mike Keeling, Contract Specialist (805) 277-3900 X 2249; John Lemacks, Contracting Officer, (805) 277-3900 x 2253 WEB: On-line Acquisition Solicitation Information System, http://afftc_pk.elan.af.mil/scripts/xindex.asp. E-MAIL: click e-mail link to contact the POC, keelingm%pk@mhs.elan.af.mil. Edwards AFB is seeking iformation from industry relative to Variable Stability Aircraft (VSA) support capabilities to include; variable stability training and flight demonstrations; flight control projects; and Test Management Projects (TMPs) at Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB), California and possibly at the contractor's facility. The objective of VSA support is to familiarize USAF Test Pilot School student and staff members with various aspects of the longitudinal, lateral, and directional modes of aircraft motion. The VSA capabilities being considered are as follows: elevator, aileron, and rudder response capability equal to or greater than 60 degrees per second; greater than or equal to 10 radians per second and Dutch Roll mode frequencies greater than or equal to 5 radians per second; damping ratios capabilities shall vary from unstable configurations to highly damped configurations; normal accelerations 2.5g minimum; aircraft capability to perform simulated operations handling tasks such as aggressive air-to-air tracking or air-to-ground weapons release tasks; center stick and side stick capabilities; stick dynamics to simulate friction, preload, freeplay, nonlinear gradients, bobweights, align with the capability to implement lead and lag stick command filters plus stick command pure time delay; data acquisition, recording, and telemetry capability; sufficient seating for a safety pilot, evaluation pilot, and at least one student/staff observer; high reliability with quick maintenance turn around capabilities that will support a minimum of two sorties per day; transponder equipped with Mode 3C, and an UHF radio; fixed gun sight installed; software and hardware, year 2000 compliant prior to the year 2000; programmable flight test Heads Up Display (HUD) is desired on the VSA. Safety, instructor pilots with qualifications such as: Letter of Authorization (LOA) from FAA or appropriate type certificate as required; Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) Certificate; Civil Flight Instructor (CFI) prior military instructor pilot experience; current in aircraft as per FAR Parts 61 and 91; qualified to instruct from left and right seats. Period of performance is expected to be 1 Jan 99 through 31 Dec 2001, with two one year options. SIC Code is 8299. All interested offerors that possess the capabilities to perform this type of support are requested to submit the following information: describe your firms capabilities to support the above described effort; business type and size (SB, SDB, 8(a), LB, etc.), whether or not these services are provided commercially and if so how are the services priced, and any alternate approaches to accomplishing the Government's needs. This is not a request for proposals. Responses to this request for information are requested no later than 30 Jun 98. (0156)

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