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

15 -- ADDITIONAL PROPULSION ENGINEERING TASKS FOR T-45 SOL N00019-99-P7-PD055 POC LCDR John Couture, (301)757-5268, AIR-2.3.1.6.4, or Contracting Officer, Ron Ostrom, (301) 757-5266, AIR-2.3.1.6 E-MAIL: couturejf@navair.navy.mil, couturejf@navair.navy.mil. The Navy intends to contract with McDonnell Douglas Corporation for Additional Propulsion Engineering Tasks to Support the T-45 Fleet. The engineering tasks are not included under the Program Sustaining Support CLIN in Contract N00019-97-C-0059. Tasks on this modification include, but are not limited to, monitoring NAS Kingsville, TX (NASK) and NAS Meridian, MS (NASM) engine pass-off test results, developing an Engine Improvement Roadmap for the Rolls Royce F405-RR-401 Engine and supporting the commissioning NASK and NASM T-23 test cells. As the designer, developer and sole integrator of the T-45 Aircraft, McDonnell Douglas Corporation is the only known source with the experience necessary to accomplish these tasks and to monitor the impact these tasks have on the T-45 Aircraft. POC: LCDR John Couture, AIR 2.3.1.6.4, 47123 Buse Road, Building 2272, Suite 155, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1547 Posted 03/29/99 (W-SN313725). (0088)

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