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14 -- GUIDED MISSILES POC Contact, Robert M. Celeste, Phone (703)604-2119 Sources sought for a Cryoengine for the AIM-9M missile. Information to be provided on a Non-developmental, off the shelf Cryoengine. The design must be substantiated to be mature and tested to be reliable and to work effectively in a tactical missile environment. The program manager is investigating the feasiblity of integrating an existing cooling system design into the WGU-4E/B Guidance Control Section (GCS). Candidate cooling systems would: 1) replace the existing Joule Thompson (JT) cooling system within the missile, 2) eliminate the need for supplying external cooling gases to the missile, 3) Fit within the available volume of the GCS, 4) Operate off power available at the missile's umbilical, 5) Maintain the GCS detector element at an acceptable operating temperature before launch, and 6) Maintain the GCS detector element at an acceptable operating temperature over the most extreme free flight environment that the missile can experience. The integrated cooling system must be qualified for serviceuse (and production) no later than 18 months after contract award. Please submit all responses to Naval Air Systems Command Attention Robert Celeste no later than 7 July 97 -- NAVAIR Synopsis No. 20094-97. (0162)

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