J -- Sustaining Engineering and Logistics Support for the T56-A-427 Turboprop Engine

The Naval Air Systems Command plans to issue a delivery order under Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N00019-05-G-0004 with Rolls-Royce Corporation, Indianapolis, IN 46241 for integrated logistics support and sustaining engineering tasks to be performed in CY2005 to support the T56-A-427 engines that powers the E-2 fleet of the Foreign Military Sales customer, France. The required support includes systems engineering; configuration management; data collection, management, analysis and modeling; manufacturing support; field services; and risk reduction and safety program support. Rolls-Royce Corporation is the designer, developer and manufacturer of the T56-A-427 and is, therefore, the only source that possesses the indepth technical knowledge and technical data necessary to provide these services within the time required to meet French FMS requirements. See Note 22.