SOLICITATION NOTICE
A -- Autonomous Aerial Refueling Demonstration Requirement for UCASD
- Notice Date
- 12/4/2008
- Notice Type
- Presolicitation
- NAICS
- 336411
— Aircraft Manufacturing
- Contracting Office
- Department of the Navy, Naval Air Systems Command, NAVAIR HQ, Building 2272, 47123 Buse Road Unit IPT, Patuxent River, Maryland, 20670, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20670
- Solicitation Number
- N0001908UCASD01
- Response Due
- 12/19/2008
- Archive Date
- 1/3/2009
- Point of Contact
- Stephanie A. Diehl,, Phone: 3017575945
- E-Mail Address
-
Stephanie.Diehl@navy.mil
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Navy Unmanned Combat Air System Program Office (PMA-268) has a requirement to demonstrate hybrid probe & drogue (United States Navy (USN) style) and boom/receptacle (United States Air Force (USAF) style) autonomous aerial refueling (AAR) as part of the UCAS-D program by CY 2013. The UCAS-D program will demonstrate critical technologies for an unmanned, carrier suitable, tailless, low observable (LO) planform in a relevant environment. NAVAIR intends to contract on a sole source basis with the Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC), San Diego, CA to modify the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System under contract N00019-07-C-0055 to support demonstration of AAR capability by CY 2013. The X-47B air vehicle is the only relevant carrier suitable unmanned air system in existence capable of demonstrating AAR. Further, the X-47B design is capable of accommodating both USN-style and USAF-style refueling physical and electronic interfaces required for AAR including a capability to accept fuel. NGSC, as the sole designer, developer and manufacturer of the X-47B, is the only responsible source with the requisite knowledge, technical expertise and experience capable of satisfying the Government’s needs by CY 2013 within the allocated budget. This notice is not a request for proposal. Note 22 applies. Inquires can be made to the primary point of contact as outlined in this notice.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Integrated Systems Sector, 17066 Goldentop Road, San Diego, California, 92150, United States
- Zip Code: 92150
- Zip Code: 92150
- Record
- SN01713969-W 20081206/081204222152-c50ba6f742c4fdbcd1c8531320a46cb1 (fbodaily.com)
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