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PSAD-81-1 1 (1980-11-24)

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                UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                        WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548


ACQUISITION DIVISION Accounting                           prfici

                   ....9241  .   .NOVEMBER 24,1980
                                     RELEASED

   The Honorable Thomas J. Downey                        11
   House of Representatives                            113930

   Dear Mr. Downey:

        Subject: &tails Regarding Naval Air Systems Command
                  Contracts With Patty Precision Products
                  CompanF(PSAD-81-1)

        I am responding to your request for more detail in
   matters covered in our prior report to you on the above sub-
   ject (PSAD-80-57, June 26, 1980). The following are
   answers to your specific questions.

   QUESTION

        What was the name of the single individual in the Naval
   Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) responsible for the release of
   73-B-0139 without reference to Aviation Armament Change
   (AAC) No. 557?

   ANSWER

        Howard D. Fugitt, Contracting officer, NAVAIR (retired
   on Sept. 30, 1977).

   COMMENT

        AAC No. 557, dated April 30, 1973 (sent under separate
   cover, tab A), was a set of instructions issued to naval ord-
   nance service facilities to enable them to install a modifica-
   tion kit into MER/TER bomb racks to prevent accidental bomb
   releases which had been experienced. In December 1979 NAVAIR
   Armaments Systems Program officials involved with AAC 557 said
   that in 1967-68 the Navy wanted a fix for its MER/TER bomb
   racks to prevent accidental releases. NAVAIR solicited propos-
   als from McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Corporation (the sole-
   source manufacturer of these bomb racks using its own draw-
   ings); other bomb rack contractors, including Patty Precision
   Products Company; and from naval field activities on how to
   modify the bomb rack. Many contractors, including Patty,

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