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

16 -- TRAINERS UPGRADES POC Adrienne Somerville, Phone (301)757-5259, AIR-2.3.2.4.5 E-MAIL: somervilleam@navair.navy.mil, somervilleam@navair.navy.mil. Naval Air Systems Command intends to exercise option I, under contract N00019-98-C-0012, to Lockheed Martin Federal Systems (LMFS), 9500 Godwin Drive, Manassas, VA for the services and hardware necessary to upgrade and expand the capabilities of the SH-60B helicopter trainers. Specifically, this effort will seek to update the trainers with new software, re-host the trainers to a distributed architecture, replace the instructor station, add a new aerodynamic model, reconfigure the trainers with a new system architecture, and correct various other problems. As the original developer and manufacturer of the LAMPS MK III trainers, LMFS is the only firm with the technical expertise and knowledge of the trainer software required to complete this effort. LMFS is the resident expert on the existing architecture and is uniquely qualified to implement tactical and aircraft software models using existing lab facilities. Also, LMFS completed the Definition Phase for the Trainer Upgrade (TU) and therefore has unique insight into the design issues associated with the required baseline software modifications. Posted 09/15/98 (W-SN250088). (0258)

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