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16 -- F/A-18A/B/C/D SERVICE LIFE ASSESSMENT PROGRAM (SLAP) POC POC Contact: Carla Biver, Phone (301) 757-7074 E-MAIL: bivercl@navair.navy.mil, bivercl@navair.navy.mil. The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to issue an order under Basic Ordering Agreement N00019-98-G-0037 with McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, PO Box 516, St. Louis, MO 62166-0516, to provide support to assess the fatigue life of the airframe from a current usage perspective. McDonnell Douglas Corporation is the designer, developer, and sole manufacturer of the F/A-18 aircraft, and is the only known firm possessing adequate existing knowledge, facilities, tooling, and special test equipment to provide the engineering support required to perform the Service Life Assessment effort on the F/A-18 aircraft in a timely manner. This synopsis is for information purposes only. Posted 11/18/99 (W-SN401693). (0322)

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