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

16 -- AIRCRAFT MISSION COMPUTER AND DISPLAYS POC Contact, Pamela Gray, Phone (301) 757-5900 On a sole source basis, the Naval Air Systems Command intends to contract with McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company (MDC) of St. Louis, Missouri 63166-0516 for the Engineering and Manufacturing Development, Integration and Low Rate Initial Production of an Advanced Mission Computer and Display (AMC&D) system. The AMC&D will consist of an Advanced Mission Computer (which consists of Mission and Display Processors), Display Heads, and High-Speed Data Bus Interfaces with Fiber Channel Switches. The AMC&D system will replace the AN/AYK-14 Mission Computer, the 5x5 Multi-Purpose Display Indicator, the Multi-Purpose Display Repeater Indicator, and Multi-Purpose Color Display presently installed in the F/A-18C/D/E/F and AV-8B Aircraft. The AMC&D will be developed using an open systems architecture and modular approach to fill the need for other military aircraft's mission computer and display/display processing subsystems. The AMC&D EMD effort willconsist of physical, electrical, mechanical, cooling, functional design, integration and flight test of the AMC&D system. MDC is the F/A-18 and AV-8B prime contractor responsible for Operational Flight Program upgrades and modifications as well as avionics system integration onto the aircraft. MDC is the sole manufacturer of the F/A-18 and AV-8B aircraft and the only contractor who has the knowledge, experience and technical data required to successfully design and integrate the AMC&D system into the anticipated program aircraft platforms. See note No. 22.***** Posted 03/15/99 (W-SN308422). (0074)

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