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

J -- BOA ORDER TO SUPPORT RIM-7P FMS SPARROW MISSILE PROGRAM SOL N00019-99-G-1101 POC Kevin Faughnan, (301) 757-7053 WEB: none, none. E-MAIL: none, none. The Naval Air Systems Command intends to place a delivery order under Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N00019-99-G-1101 with Raytheon Missile Systems Company, Tucson, AZ, for vertical launch software and subsequent simulation verification of the upgrade to the existing Sparrow RIM-7P missile borne computer software. Raytheon will develop changes necessary to optimize the vertical launch capabilities of the newly developed 7P++ software. Raytheon vertical launch simulation will be utilized to develop the software using an iterative approach. The software will be run through the Raytheon Hardware-in-the-Loop simulation to validate the design. This synopsis is for informational purposes only. See Note 22. NAVAIR Synopsis No. 20035-99 ***** Posted 12/23/98 (W-SN283173). (0357)

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