CONTRACT NOW-66-0454, FILE REF. JG-1967

• Document Type: FOIA
• Collection: FOIA Collection
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): 05751069
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
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• Document Creation Date: March 9, 2023
• Document Release Date: February 10, 2021
• Case Number: F-2011-01575
• Publication Date: April 25, 1967

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Post Office Box 490
Greenville, Texas 75401
25 April 1967
In Reply Refer To:
8432-60350C-143
REGISTERED
SUBJECT
TO
Contract NOw-66-0454, File
Ref. JG-1967
(b)(3)
ATTENTION
Contracting Officer
Reference
is made to our letter 8432-60350C-120, dated 22 March 1967, in
which we
requested additional funds and an extension in the period of per-
formance
to 30 April 1967.
Regretfully, the Contractor must request that the period of performance be
extended to 30 June 1967, as this is our best estimate for delivery of a
qualified aircraft at this time. Unfortunately, any extension necessitates
increased costs, thus we must revise our estimate at complete.
Previous estimate of schedule slippage was based upon having an operable
Inertial Navigation System installed in the project aircraft by 1 March 1967.
Repeated technical difficulties with the Inertial System has resulted in its
being installed and flown on 13 April. The integration of this Inertial
System with the Loran and the Weapons Delivery Systems yet remains to be
accomplished. It is now estimated that on a two flight per week basis, the
portion of the flight test program based at Greenville, Texas, can be accom-
plished by 14 June 1967; the off-site or Patuxent River based tests will
occur 15 through 30 June.
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The technical problems encountered in both the Inertial and Loran Systems
have necessitated their being returned to their respective manufacturers'
plants for repair and/or modification on numerous occasions. These periods
of time necessitates series increasing of the flight test schedule since
parallel testing had reached the point it was not economical or technically
feasible to proceed without these two essential systems.
The costs stated herein have been discussed with your Technical Representative
on his last visit to this facility on 4 April 1967.
Expended through February (Costs) $ 2,555,158.
Estimated March * 110,000.(excluded
spares)
Estimated April 107,000.
Estimated May 100,000.
Estimated June 90,000.
$ 2,962,158.
Spares 66,000.
Estimated Costs $ 3,028,158.
* March Actuals were $109,613.
We respectfully request that the contract be amended to reflect the following:
A. Period of performance be changed to 30 June 1967.
B. Estimated Costs $3,028,158. 2 4, -s �5 "2
Fixed Fee 198,981.
,
Estimated Costs Plus Fixed Fee $3,227,139.
This request for funds is based on your telephone conversation with Mr. C. F.
Wilson, in which you stated that the changes referred to in our aforementioned
letter will be covered in the amendment being prepared at this time. Should
further information or clarification be required, please contact Mr. Wilson.
D. L. Hearn
Vice President and General Manager
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