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transportation, Packaging and materiel handling requirements as concerns

1961 to be included in the same definitive contract. Preparations for
cost. and fee negotiations will proceed dinmediately upon receipt of the
AFPR cost recomendations, now promised for March 1960.

3. Lumoh of the First MIDAS Agena: (exena)—

The first MIDAS (Missile Defense Alarm Syste) Agena, Number 1008,

Wes launched from Cape Canaveral at 17252, 26 February 1960. Instrumenta-
tion indicates that the Atlas booster Performed as expected through

: Sustainer -cut-off;. however, the satellite vehicle apparently failed to
separate from the booster, and all ‘éamaAS telemetry ceased at the time
of planried satellite separation. It ig Presumed that the MIDAS vehicle
was destroyed on re-entry into the atmosphere approximately 2500 miles
down range.

4. ESC Visit: (UNCL)

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WEEKLY DIARY I'M#MS - IBZSA
25 February Thru 2 March 1960 .~

48} Letter Contract AF 0h(647)-hho with Aeronutronics = Program 609A
1. ‘he Contractor has teken exception to two provisions of the definitive
contract. First, they want assurance that the hazardous riaks clause will

the Contractor is being .over-cautious, and we are attempting to get him
to remove these conditions before we forward the contract to Headquarters
AMC for final approval. We sti11 expect to have final approval by 31
March 1960.

2. Aeronutronics was verbally briefed 1 March 1960 on the re its of
re-orienting the program now covered by Letter Contract AP oh 647) -hhg.

lieu of the reschedulea experiments. Aeronutronics was also given the task
of providing an operational plen for the FY 61 ARDC Operational Test Program.

3. drone tne Was conducted at this Center on 1 and 2 March 1960 to identity
end group the requirements for FY 61 ARDC operational experiment payloads
requiring the System 609A for lemching. Representatives of Cembridge Re-
search Center, WAAD, AFSWC, AFMDC end APGC contributed descriptions of
experiment Progremming for the benefit of the APBMD-BMC planning end budget
ing exercise required for the FY 61 time period. Analysis of the preaente-
Feneaet this meeting will be made by AFBMD to determine a budget estimate
for 1961.

4. We have requested authority to add $350,000 additional obligation to the
letter contract to carry the Contractor. through 15 Apriz 1960. Additional

has become absolutely essential to carry on the 609A Program, and we
expect to have @ funding emendment out to the Contractor next week.

(U) Delivery orders with NASA - Program 609A

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—s} Randm Barrage Stuly to AICIM Progran

Reference this subject last week's diary. - ARPA has furnished us with an
appropriate Determinations and Findings, A Preliminary meeting was held
with Thompson-Ramo-Wooldridge, Tne., 26 February 1960, and final otia-
tions were held 29 February 1960. A fixed price contract AF 04(647)-561
calling for delivery of final reports to AFEMD-not later than 20 May 1960
for a total price of $195 ,000 was negotiated.

~(6) contract AF 18(600)-1824 with Boeing Airplane Company (SR-183)

Contract Change Notification Nr. 2 datea 10 July 1959 authorized the
Contractor to conduct a reconnaissance mission to the top of Mt. Rainier

of $10,500, or the removal being accomplished partly by air pickup by the
Air Force and partly by back-packing at a cost of $6,500. As a result of
negotiations 26 and 29 February, the Contractor agreed to perform the site
clearance for $3,217. The reduction in price was based, in part, upon the
Park Service being willing to permit. the removal of all equipment not
desired by the Air Force or Boeing to be accomplished by either transfer
to Park Service or on-site burial. A supplemental agreement definitizing
the CCN will be forwarded to the Contractor within two weeks.

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(U) Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc.

1. (U) Supplemental Agreement No. 61 to AF 04(645)-65, which @efinitizes Letter
Contract Designated 8/A No. h9, including Amendments 1 through 4, Amendments 1, 3,
4, 5, 7 and 8 of Letter Contract Designated 8/A No. 20, 60 items of IOC-GSE, and
15 CCN's, was returned signed by the Contractor on 1 March 1960 and is being for-
warded to the Procurement Committee for final review and approval prior to being
sent to AMC MOPC for approval. It is anticipated the latter will be accomplished
by 1k March 1960. . .

2. (U) A program involving seven months of maintenance of Complex 75-1 at
Vandenberg AFB was approved by AFEMD at an estimated cost of $100,000 and the

AF ONCHT) was advised to include this work under and adjust his proposal for Contract
AF 'T)-527-

(U) Phase AIPHA, Project DYNA SOAR

Contract AF 04(647)-553 is at The Martin Company for signature, Because of some
delay in receiving the contract, the Contractor called to request an inerease in

the anticipatory costs and to discuss the cost ceiling clause desired in the contract
by BMC/BMD. In his letter tranmitting the signed contract to BMC, the Contractor

will state the amount of anticipatory costs required and will agree to inclusion of
the cost ceiling clause in the contract. .

(U) Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc.
letter Contract AF 04(647)-554 covering procurement of jaunch services at AFMIC,
Patrick AFB for a period of one year, was forwarded to BMC Procurement Committee for

review and approval on 2 March 1960. It is anticipated that contract will be returned
from the Committee and forwarded to 8 Aircraft Company for execution by 4 March.

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