LETTER OF INTENT TO HYCON MANUFACTURING COMPANY FOR EQUIPMENT REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE AND FOR ADDITIONAL AQUATONE REQUIREMENTS.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP89B00487R000300500032-3
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 27, 2011
• Sequence Number: 32
• Publication Date: May 1, 1956
• Content Type: MEMO

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ME060RANDUM FOR Project~Director
SUBJECT Letter of Intent to $ycon P~anufacturing Company
for Equipment Required by the Department of the
Air Force and for Additional AQUATONE Requirements.
REN'ERENCE s (a) Letter of 9 April 1956 from
to Project Contracting Officer.
1. Reference (a) sets forth The Department of the Air Force
requirements with respect to the A-l, A-2, B and C Cameras.
2. Such requirements visualize three (3) ,A-1 Cameras, which
requirement will be satisfied by the transfer of three (3) A-1
Cameras from AQUATONE to the Air Force - one (1) each camera to be
transferred in September, November, and December 195b.
3. The requirement for A-2 Cameras for the Air Force totals
six (b) such units. It has been determined that AQUATONE can plan
to transfer only three (3) cameras to the Air Force in view of the
dates at which such cameras will be required by the Air Force.
Accordingly, three (3) additional units must be produced by Hycon
Manufacturing Company.
!~. The Air Force requirement for B Cameras totals three (3) such
units. In addition Project AQUATONE has determined that it requires
an additional eight (8) such units - hence an additional quantity
of (11) must be manufactured.
5. The Air Force requirements for C Cameras totals three (3)
units. Project AQUATONE may generate additional requirements over
the five (5) units plus one (1) spare presently on order. No prior
procurement plans will be initiated at this time for any additonal
C Cameras pending further work on the C Cameras presently on order.
The Air Force has agreed to await further work before our placing
the order for their three (3} C Cameras since placing the order
immediately will not improve the delivery date over placing the
order in August 195b?
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6. Attached is a Letter of Intent to Hycon Manufacturing Company
for an additional three (3) A-2 Cameras and eleven (11) B Cameras.
It obligates no funds but it does express our intent to contract
directly with the Hycon Manufacturing Company for this order as
opposed to the previous method of contracting with The Perl~~ Elmer
Corporation as the prime with Hycon as the aub. In the new arrange-
ment Hycon would be the prime and would subcontract to Perkin-Elmer
the lenses and other items previously manufactured by Perkin-Elmer
as the prime. ,
7. The procurement arrangements and the particular items to be
procured for the Air Force were the sub'ect o? thorough discussions
between of Hycon~ and of
the associated Air Force Projec 0 ice an a roject Contracting
Officer on 26 April 195b at Project Headquarters. Agreement. was
reached as to items and services required.
8. Your concurrence in the for~rarding of the attached Letter
of Intent is requested.
Project Contracting Officer
Project Director
GFK:vd (5/1/56)
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