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

58 -- COMMON IFF DIGITAL TRANSPONDER SOL N00019-99-R-1589 POC Contact Lenita Ahmadi, Phone (301) 757-5914 SOURCES SOUGHT SYNOPSIS. Refer to previously issued synopsis, submission # 345836 dated 22 June 1999, and synopses dated 8 Feb 99 and 14 May 99, regarding the Common Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Digital Transponder (CXP) program. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) anticipates issuing an RFP for shipboard and airborne (Navy and Army) CXP requirements totaling approximately 1,984 units from FY00 through FY04, including technical data, INCO kits, training and Direct Vendor Delivery supply support. Refer to the NAVAIR homepage (www.navair.navy.mil/air20/air214/index.cfm), under N00019-99-R-1589 for the current draft RFP. The formal RFP will be issued shortly on the NAVAIR homepage; no solicitations will be mailed and no hard copies of solicitations will be made available. Interested parties are advised to monitor the NAVAIR home page for updates to the draft RFP, formal RFP release and RFP amendments, as necessary. For planning purposes only, contract award is anticipated by 31 March 00. Posted 10/08/99 (W-SN390191). (0281)

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