The purpose of this Amendment to BAA W911W6-10-R-0008 is to publish all questions and responses received and provided to date.

Q and A (Set 2):

Question 10: Can airframe-mounted active technologies that control the vibration transmitted from the rotor to the airframe be considered under this BAA?

Response 10: For purposes of this BAA, the Government is interested in on-rotor and/or hub-mounted vibration reduction technologies.

Question 11: Does the offerors program plan for Phase 2 have to include demonstrations of the proposed technologies on a full scale flight test rotor, or will bench tests, wind tunnel tests, or whirl stand tests suffice?

Response 11: There is no requirement for a full scale flight test for the phase 2 program. The Phase 2 plan should include the risk reduction activities that are pertinent to the proposed technologies given the resources available. This may include bench tests, whirl stand test, wind tunnel tests, and/or flight tests.

Question 12: As found on page 3 of 6 - please clarify the following BAA statement: Options are at the discretion of the proposers; therefore options will not be evaluated.

Response 12: Since proposing an option is not a requirement of the BAA solicitation, an evaluation of the technical merit and cost of any proposed options will not be conducted to determine the order of merit listing. It is anticipated that proposal options will be negotiated as part of any resulting award.

Question 13: Is it appropriate to submit a separate option task for FY 2011 period of performance with a different level of cost share from the primary proposal?

Response 13: Yes. Submitting an option task at a different level of cost share is permissible.

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