Commander, Naval Air Systems Command, Code AIR-21725F, Washington, DC 20361-2170

16 -- COMMON AUTOMATIC RECOVERY SYSTEM POC Contact, Richard Fraser, Phone (703)604-0903 The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to procure additional Common Automatic Recovery (CARS) units, ship motion sensors, contract logisitics support, spare and repair parts and associated data under existing contract N00019-94-C-0239. Proposed changes to the baseline CARS configuration by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) to improve the manufacturability, reliability and maintainability of the system to assess the transition to full rate production will be examined by the Government. SNC is the designer, developer and sole manufacturer of the CARS system and as such is the only source which is capable of fulfulling the Government's requirements within the necessary time period. These systems are necessary to meet the Government's requirements for fielding CARS units with the Joint Tactical-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (JT-UAV) system. Delivery of the first CARS production unit is scheduled for January 1996. This synopsis is published for information purposes only. - NAVAIR Synopsis No. 70027-95. (0061)

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