Commander, Naval Air Systems Command (Code 2.4), 47123 Buse Road, Building 2272, Patuxent River, MD 20670-1547

15 -- INDUSTRY DAY FOR VTUAV COMPETITIVE ACQUISITION POC Mr. Dan Gentry, Phone (301)757-5897 17. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and PMA-263 will hold an Industry Day at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, MD for the purpose of allowing an exchange of information between NAVAIR/PMA-263 and potential offerors for the Vertical Take Off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) competitive acquisition. The VTUAV Industry Day will be held on 19 March 1999 from 0800 to 1700. The site for the VTUAV Industry Day is Building 2189 (Frank Knox School) which is located one block south of Gate 2 of NAS Patuxent River on the left side of Maryland Route 235. NAVAIR has established a WEB Site at http://UAV.NAVAIR.NAVY.MIL/ for the purpose of transmitting information to potential offerors on the VTUAV competitive acquisition. This WEB Site is JAVA enhanced and must be viewed with Navigator or Internet Explorer 3.0 or later. The approved Operational Requirements Document (ORD) and a draft version of the Concept of Operations (CONOPS) are currently available on this WEB Site. Draft versionsof the following VTUAV documents will be posted on this WEB Site no later than 12 March 1999: Statement of Objectives, Performance Specification, and Logistics Specification. With the exception of the ORD, potential offerors are cautioned that the aforementioned documents are all draft versions that are subject to change. NAVAIR solicits comments from potential offerors concerning these documents. These comments may be e-mailed to Mr. Dan Gentry at gentrywd@navair.navy.mil who will forward the comments to the appropriate personnel in PMA-263. These comments and any PMA-263 responses will be presented (without identification of the submitting firm) to all potential offerors for discussion during the VTUAV Industry Day. This notification is not a synopsis for the VTUAV competition. The formal synopsis for the VTUAV competition will be issued in the later half of the third quarter of FY 99. Questions by potential offerors on the VTUAV Industry Day may be submitted to Mr. Dan Gentry at the e-mail address called out above or by phone at (301) 757-5897. Please contact Mr. Gentry if you plan on participating in the Industry Day. Posted 03/02/99 (W-SN303795). (0061)

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