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28 -- INVESTIGATION INTO CURRENT ENGINE BRUSH SEAL DESIGN AND POTENTIAL DESIGN CHANGES, PLUS RELATED ENGINEERING ANALYSIS AND ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT!! POC James A. Myers, Phone (301)757-5223, AIR-2.3.3.1 E-MAIL: myersja@navair.navy.mil, myersja@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to negotiate an engine design modification to Contract No. N00019-93-C-0052 on a cost-plus-incentive fee basis to accommodate the Blade Fold Wing Stow (BFWS) operation of the V-22 aircraft. This effort will be procured from the Allison Engine Company, 2001 Tibbs Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46206-0420. Allison Engine Company is the designer, developer, and sole producer of the V-22 T406-AD-400 engine. As such, Allison Engine Company is the only firm possessing the required knowledge, data, equipment, and facilities necessary to perform the described effort within the required timeframe. See note No. 22 and 26 -- NAVAIR Synopsis No. 40005-96. Posted 03/22/99 (W-SN311110). (0081)

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