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16 -- NAVY AIRCREW COMMON EJECTION SEATS (NACES) POC Contact, Philip E. Plotkin, Phone (301) 757-6970 E-MAIL: plotkinpe.jfk@navair.navy.mil, plotkinpe.jfk@navair.navy.mil. On a sole source basis to Martin-Baker Aircraft (MBA) Company, LTD, Higher Denham, Near Uxbridge, Middlesex, England, UB9 5AJ, the Naval Air Systems Command intends to procure the Fiscal Year 1999 requirement for Naval Aircrew Common Ejection Seats (NACES) and related support requirements. For Fiscal Year 1999, the Navy plans to procure approximately 81 NACES for the Navy's F/A-18 and T-45 aircraft and for the Government of Switzerland plus associated spare and repair parts, engineering, logistic support and technical data. MBA is the designer, developer, and sole manufacturer of the NACES and is the only known source possessing the requisite experience, production capability and technical expertise capable of supporting fleet requirements within the limited time constraints of the Navy. See note No. 22 -- NAVAIR Synopsis No. 50044-98. ***** Posted 09/01/98 (W-SN244213). (0244)

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