15 -- T-45 Hot Section Reliabilty Improvements Program

The Navy intends to award the T-45 HSRIP Airframe ECP 283/Ballast Incorporation ECP 285/Inverters Upgrade ECP 287 effort to McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company. This effort is to support airframe modifications and associated subsystem changes for the incorporation of the HSRIP, to add Tungsten ballast plates in two locations within the forward fuselage of the T-45 aircraft, and to replace the existing two 500VA inverters with upgraded 600VA inverters under Contracts N00019-06-C-0309 and N00019-05-G-0026. See government-wide Numbered Note 22 For subcontracting opportunities please visit Boeing?s website at: http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/doingbiz/terms/sbsdb/index.htm