Basic Information

Reference Number

PW-16-00751470

Issuing Organization

National Research Council Canada

Owner Organization

National Research Council Canada

Solicitation Type

ACAN - Advance Contract Award Notice (Formal)

Solicitation Number

16-22078

Title

Aircraft Maintenance and Overhaul, Rental and Exchange Services (16-22078)

Source ID

PWGSC

Agreement Types

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO-AGP)

Details

Location

All of Canada

Dates

Publication

2016/10/12 12:00:00 AM EDT

Closing Date

2016/10/27 02:00:00 PM EDT

Contact Information

Homuth, Katie

613-998-7763

Description

The NRC maintains a fleet of highly specialized and customizable research aircrafts to assist industry with the testing and demonstrations of aeronautical technologies in the areas of airborne research, flight mechanics and avionics. The Convair 580 (Twin-Engine Aircraft) is one aircraft in NRC’s fleet. The NRC’s Convair is used for long distance operations and carries several racks of scientific equipment and instrumentation. The Aircraft is a multi-purpose flying laboratory supporting projects in atmospheric studies (low-level smog in urban areas, cloud physics, cloud chemistry, aircraft icing), gradient aeromagnetics, advanced navigation, spotlight synthetic aperture radar and precision aircraft positioning using differential global positioning system (DGPS) techniques. The aircraft also features a suite of standard research support capabilities that include high-speed data acquisition systems, multi-camera video recording systems, free-stream chemistry sampling inlets, multiple navigation sensors, high bandwidth data-link communications, electro-optic and infrared sensors, wing-mounted pylons, and wingtip-mounted pods.

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