[Milsurplus] GFE stamp on SCR-274N manual]

Tue, 27 May 2003 10:10:38 -0400

Lots of times contractors will still put stickers on equipment identifying
them as GFE so they would be obvious and handled accordingly. 73 - Mike

Mike B. Feher, N4FS
89 Arnold Blvd.
Howell, NJ, 07731
732-901-9193

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Subject: [Fwd: [Milsurplus] GFE stamp on SCR-274N manual]

> GFE still means Government Furnished Equipment.  It can be a single
> item of equipment, a tech manual, or even an entire airplane or
> ship, ground vehicle, etc.
>
> More recently, the use of the "GFE" stamp or tag has been discontinued
> and replaced by a specific form that's kept on file by the government
> and the contractor.  The form identifies the GFE by federal stock number,
> nomenclature, serial number, etc., as appropriate.
>
> Dick
> Manager (Retired)
> Electromagnetic Systems Engineering
> Lockheed Martin
>
> Hue Miller wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "J. Forster" <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] GFE stamp on SCR-274N manual
> >
> > > GFE used to mean Government Furnished Equipment (likely to ID some
piece of
> > > equipment as a loan for resarch contract of some sort).
> >
> > Not quite correct. GFE, as i understand it, was for
> > example, radio equipment supplied by the government
> > to the aircraft manufacturer. I have also a ATA antenna
> > current meter marked "GFE PV-2".
> > Hue Miller
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