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

16 -- SURVIVABILITY ENHANCEMENT FLIGHT TESTING POC Lori Levine, Phone (301)757-5228, Air-2.3.1.2.1 E-MAIL: levinelm.jfk@navair.navy.mil, levinelm.jfk@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIRSYSCOM) intends to award a firm-fixed-price delivery order to Basic Ordering Agreement N00019-96-G-0211 for a flight test in support of the AH-1W Survivability Enhancement Program. Test execution will last one week and will comprise six to ten hours of flight testing. NAVAIRSYSCOM plans to award the order to Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (BHTI) PO Box 482, Fort Worth, TX 76101, the manufacturer of the AH-1W helicopter. This effort shall commence in May 1998. Interests in subcontracting opportunities should be directed to Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. at the address mentioned above. This procurement is being contracted on a basis of "other than full and open competition," and this synopsis is for informational purposes only. See note No. 22. (0105)

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