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C -- NAVY AIRCRAFT AERODYNAMIC DATA BASE IMPROVEMENT FOR HIGH FIDELITY MODELING AND SIMULATION. SOL N00421-99-R-1253 DUE 012799 POC Contacts: Cedric Gaither, Contract Specialist, (301) 342-1825 X 185; Clayton Ahrens Contract Specialist, (301) 342-1825 X 107; Patricia Cornett, Contracting Officer E-MAIL: gaitherjc.jfk@navair.navy.mil & ahrensch@navair.navy.mil, gaitherjc.jfk@navair.navy.mil & ahrensch@navair.navy.mil. The Department of the Navy, Naval Air Warfare Center -- Aircraft Division, Materials Division at Patuxent River, Maryland intends to issue a sole source contract with Bihrle Applied Research, Incorporated for the procurement of technical and engineering services in order to maintain and upgrade current aircraft trainer simulations to the highest fidelity possible, to support the fleet during Research and Development Test and Evaluation programs, to upgrade current aircraft trainer simulations, and to support research into advanced aircraft configurations. Engineering and Support Services will include the following: (a) evaluation of data gathered using available Rotary Balance facilities including those at NASA Langley Research Center; gathering and evaluating data for analysis and modeling of stall/post-stall maneuvering conditions; gathering and evaluating data for analysis and modeling out-of-control flight dynamics; (b) evaluation of data gathered using the Large Amplitude, Multi-Purpose (LAMP) test facility, designed to obtain a wide range of static and dynamic test data; Using this facility to acquire the steady state (static and rotational) and oscillatory stings as required to obtain static and dynamic aerodynamic data; evaluation of data gathered by using the former NASA Full Scale 30 ft by 60 ft wind tunnel facility; (d) performing modeling and database development using analysis and mechanization tools to provide turnkey high fidelity, high angle of attack simulation databases; (e) providing the testing and support necessary to collect and implement a new and improved dynamic data set of Navy simulations as well as investigation of support for many areas of simulation the Department of Navy requires; (f) performing the design engineering, construction, flight test data support management and reduction of flight test data for large scale Remotely Piloted Vehicles (RPV) that model the aerodynamic characteristics of specified Naval aircraft or portions thereof. The contract must have the following facility capabilities: (a) rotory balance test facility located in the NASA Langley 20 foot vertical tunnel; (b) LAMP test facility; (c) full scale 30 ft by 60 ft wind tunnel facility. Bihrle Applied Research, Incorporated is the only known source with the technical experience, data, and facilities necessary for the performance of this effort (See Numbered Notes 22). Posted 01/06/99 (W-SN285651). (0006)

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