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A -- NAVY/INDUSTRY APPLIED RESEARCH ASSESSMENT SOL 0002 DUE 063097 POC Dr. Frederick M. Bomse (703) 824-2296 E-MAIL: Click to e-mail Dr. Brian McCue, Center for Naval Analyses, regarding this RFI, mccueb@cna.org. RADM Riddell, the Director, Test and Evaluation and Technology Requirements (N091) has tasked the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) to assess whether the Department of the Navy could better leverage industrial applied research programs. The desire is to characterize these efforts both qualitatively and quantitatively, and to determine whether and how the Navy might benefit from them. We stress that the focus of this study is applied research, which is that part of Science and Technology that falls under 6.2. In particular, the following areas have been selected for consideration: materials, electronics, and computers; ship and submarine hull, machinery, and electrical; ocean and atmospheric science; and air and surface weapons. Your cooperation is requested in contributing information we need that describes any applied research work your organization is doing that might be applicable to any of these areas. Should you desire to acknowledge this request, please inform CNA of your intent to do so by 30 June1997. Your response should be directed to: Dr. F. Bomse, Center for Naval Analyses, 4401 Ford Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22302-0268, or phone (703)824-2296, or fax (703) 824-2857. Upon receipt of your acknowledgment, CNA will provide you with two forms to be used in preparing your response. One is a summary page for ease in providing the administrative information for a number of research programs on one sheet. The second form, to be filled out by the principal investigator, provides the technical information on which CNA will base its assessment. To ensure full consideration, submission of these forms should reach CNA by 11 August 1997. This request is for information only. No contracts are intended to be awarded as a result of your participation. The government will not pay for any information supplied, research conducted, or testing that might be required in connection with this request for information. All proprietary information will be respected as such. Users will be limited to the Department of the Navy and the Department of Defense. (0156)

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