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A -- SHORT TAKE OFF VERTICAL LANDING JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER PREFERRED WEAPON SYSTEM CONCEPT SHIP INTEGRATION RISK MITIGATION STUDY POC Pam Valovcin, ValovcinPM@jast.mil; Kathy Cooper, CooperK@jast. mil WEB: Joint Strike Fighter Home Page, http://www.jast.mil. E-MAIL: http://www.jast.mil, http://www.jast.mil. The Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Program Office intends to modify the JSF Concept Development Program Contracts Nos. N00019-97-C-0037 and N00019-97-C-0038, which were competetively awarded to The Boeing Company, Information, Space & Defense Systems, P.O. Box 3707, Mail Stop 4C-80, Seattle, WA 98124-2207 and Lockheed Martin Corporation, Tactical Aircraft Systems, P.O. Box 748, Fort Worth, TX 76101, respectively. These modifications will require the JSF contractors to assess compatibility of their PWSC Short Take Off Vertical Landing (STOVL) variant with regard to in-service Italian STOVL ship platform(s) and identify design requirements for future Italian STOVL ship platform(s) to ensure U.S. and Italian Navy interoperability. The JSF contractors are the only responsible sources capable of supporting this requirement. Any programmatic questions should be addressed to CDR Ken Gigliotti at GigliottiKG@navair.navy.mil. Contractual questions should be addressed to Ms. Pamela Valovcin at ValovcinPM@jast.mil or Ms. Kathy Cooper at CooperK@jast.mil. See Note 22. NAVAIR Synopsis No. 20053-99 Posted 01/14/99 (W-SN288101). (0014)

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