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1.0 Description 1.1 The United States Navy (USN), in support of the Subsonic Aerial Target, BQM-34S, is seeking information from interested companies with the capability to (1) repair, overhaul, and test General Electric (GE) J85-GE-100 turbojet engines and (2) convert J85-GE-5 turbojet engines into the J85-GE-100 configuration. The engines are in support of the BQM-34S program. 1.2 THIS IS A REQUEST FOR INFORMATION (RFI) ONLY. This RFI is issued solely for information and planning purposes; it does not constitute a Request for Proposal (RFP) or a promise to issue an RFP in the future. This RFI does not commit the Government to contract for any supply or service whatsoever. Further, the USN is not at this time seeking proposals and will not accept unsolicited proposals. Responders are advised that the U.S. Government will not pay for any information or administrative costs incurred in response to this RFI; all costs associated with responding to this RFI will be solely at the interested party's expense. Not responding to this RFI does not preclude participation in any future RFP, if any is issued. If a solicitation is released, it will be synopsized in the System For Award Management (SAM) website. It is the responsibility of the potential offerors to monitor these sites for additional information pertaining to this requirement. 2.0 Background The USN is committed to advancing combat readiness by delivering next-generation threat representative targets like the BQM-34S that replicates the capabilities and behaviors of potential adversarial weapons ensuring that fleet training and testing takes place in realistic scenarios, both over land and sea. The BQM-34S is a jet powered, high subsonic speed aerial target, capable of accommodating high performance payloads for threat emulation. The size, weight, and power (SWaP) of the BQM-34S fulfills the rising demand to test new weapon systems against increasingly complex payloads designed to emulate airborne threat radars and jammers and electronic attack and electronic protection payload presentations. The USN took final BQM-34S production deliveries in 1998, moving the program into the Operations and Sustainment life-cycle phase. The J85 engine inventory is limited and as such the program requires all the engines to be in Ready for Issue status. Keeping the inventory in a Ready for Issue state also requires converting engines to the J85-GE-100 configuration. 2.1 US-Only Manufacturing: Buy American Act provisions will apply for this program. 3.0 Requested Information 3.1 The USN is Seeking information from interested companies with the capability to (1) repair, overhaul, and test J85-GE-5 and J85-GE-100 turbojet engines and (2) convert provided J85-GE-5 turbojet engines into the J85-GE-100 configuration. The engines are in support of the BQM-34S program. The BQM-34S program requires an established engine repair and overhaul capability by 2026 to support BQM-34S target operations. Interested part…

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