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20 -- RING LASER GYRO NAVIGATION (RLGN) AN/WSN-7 SYSTEMS SOL N00024-98-R-4057 POC Chris Hannah, Contract Specialist, (703) 602-0200 The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) intends to issue a request for proposal (RFP) N00024-98-R-4057 to procure the following Items: Basic -- Thirty-four (34) shipsets of Ring Laser Gyro Navigation (RLGN) AN/WSN-7 Systems, up to six thousand (6,000) man-hours of contractor technical/test program support, provisioned item order and associated data; Option 1 (FY 99) -- Up to a maximum of forty-nine (49) RLGN AN/WSN-7 Systems, up to six thousand (6,000) man-hours of contractor technical/test program support and associated data; Option 2 (FY 00) -- Up to a maximum of sixty (60) RLGN AN/WSN-7 Systems, up to six thousand (6,000) man-hours of contractor technical/test program support and associated data. Notwithstanding the maximum quantities under the basic and two options, in no event will more than one hundred and thirty (130) shipsets of RLGN Systems be procured under this RFP. The above Items will be procured from Sperry Marine, Inc., 1070 Seminole Trail, Charlottesville, VA 22901-2891. The RLGN AN/WSN-7 is an inertial navigation system to be used onboard ships and submarines and is capable of operating for extended periods without need of navigation updates from external sources. The systems will be delivered from February 1999 through (if all options are exercised) October 2002. As the designer and sole producer of RLGN AN/WSN-7, Sperry Marine is the only company that possesses the design, data and expertise necessary to fabricate, assemble and deliver this highly complex equipment within the time constraints to meet mission requirements. (See Numbered Note(s): 22) (0363)

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