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1. Procurement Group Topic PresentationThe USN and USMC Procurement of F/A-18 Hornet Mark Seeber
Ben Wiltsie
John Aune
Fall 2004, University of Minnesota
2. Procurement Management Processes Procurement Planning
Solicitation Planning
Solicitation
Source Selection
Contract Administration
Contract Close-out
3. F/A-18 Hornet Overview First of the “digital” warplanes
Used by the Navy and Marines
Capable of air-to-air and air-to-surface missions
Instrumental in Persian Gulf and Balkan campaigns
4. F/A-18 Procurement Planning What?
Low-cost Multi-role attack fighter
Carrier borne/Forward airstrip
Replacement for F-4, A-7, and A-4
When?
Operational by early 1980’s
5. F/A-18 Solicitation Planning Product Requirements
NACF (Naval Air Combat Fighter) Competition Requirements issued September 1974
Identify Potential Sources
Competitors from ACF Competition 1972 expected to enter aircraft for evaluation
Evaluation Criteria
Aircraft tested and compared against current aircraft and competition requirements
6. F/A-18 Solicitation Obtaining bids, offers, and proposals
House Armed Services Committee, USN, and USMC announced NCAF competition in September 1974
McDonnell-Douglas/Northrop entered the YF-17, General Dynamics/LTV entered the YF-16
7. F/A-18 Source Selection Choosing potential supplier
Evaluation
Navy liked YF-17’s twin engines and greater mission capability
Awarding of Contract
McDonnell-Douglas YF-17 selected as USN and USMC’s new strike-fighter 2 May 1975
8. F/A-18 Contract Administration Managing relationship with supplier
Contract modifications
Airframe went through such significant modification its name was changed from YF-17 to F-18
3 different models ordered initially
Fighter and Attack models merged to create the F/A-18
9. F/A-18 Contract Close-out
Completion
First delivery in 1981
Operational in 1983
10. Conclusion F/A-18 has performed excellently in combat situations
First combat mission 1986 in Libya
Integral part of both Persian Gulf campaigns
Used extensively in Bosnia and Kosovo
11. F/A-18 has been developed further to create the F/A-18E/F “Super Hornet”
USN plans to procure 548 of these new models
F/A-18 is used widespread throughout the world by foreign Air Forces
12. Sources http://home.hetnet.nl/~wetting/index.html
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/aircraft/f-18-history.htm
http://www.voodoo.cz/hornet/
http://pma265.navair.navy.mil/
http://frenchnavy.free.fr/aircraft/hornet/hornet.htm
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/f18_1.html