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A -- BASIC RESEARCH WORK SOL IPO-DPIP/97-01. Contact Dr. Kenneth Freese, Industrial Partnership Office, MS C334. (505) 667-1928, FAX (505) 665-0154, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545. The University of California, which operates the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) under contract to the Department of Energy (DOE), is seeking industrial partners interested in cooperative research and development activities with the goal of developing technology partnerships for the cooperative development of the advanced manufacturing technologies processes underpinning the future production of nuclear weapons components and systems. The purpose of the Defense Programs Industrial Partnerships (DPIP), program is to execute activities that are cost-shared with industry and that will acquire, co-develop, prove, and realize technologies and processes critical to supporting the manufacturability of specialized, nuclear weapons components. The DPIP program is managed by the Industrial Partnership Office (IPO) at LANL in support of the Nuclear Weapons Technology (NWT) and Nuclear Materials and Stockpile Management (NMSM) Program Offices. For FY 97, the areas of interest include Product Realization-(Simulation in Lieu of Testing, Models Based Engineering and Manufacturing); Casting, Forming and Joining of Nuclear Components (Superplastic Forming, Strip-Casting Processes for Alloy Sheet Fabrication); Advanced Coatings (Coating Uniformity and Microstructure Simulation, Rare-Earth Oxide Coatings); Precision Machining and Inspection of Strategic Nuclear Materials, High Explosives and Metals (On-Machine In-Process Inspection, Non-Contact Inspection, Open Architecture Control Machining and Inspection); and Advanced Diagnostics (X-ray Computed Tomography, Optical Imaging and Metrology). Industrial partners are being sought to enter into cooperative research and development activities including, but not limited to, Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs), Funds-in-Agreements, Cost-Shared Sub-Contracts, and Personnel Exchanges. Any company that is interested in pursuing this opportunity should respond with a brief statement describing the company's technical and manufacturing expertise and motivation for participation in this partnership opportunity. Statements of interest will be accepted throughout FY 97, with priority given to those dated within 60 days from the date of this notice. (282)

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