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The Romeo Class submarines were delivered to Egypt several years ago as a part of multi-ship procurement agreement between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the

Peoples Republic of China.

Work will commence pursuant to this contract after several precondi- tions are achieved including receipt of final export license approval, ap- proval by the Defense Securities As- sistance Agency of certain funding, the posting of financing guarantees by TBC, and the initiations of pay- ments by the Arab Republic of

Egypt.

TBC anticipates that the contract will become operative during the third quarter of 1988.

This is the third significant mili- tary contract received by TBC in the last 13 months. As a result of this award, TBC's backlog has been increased to $161,000,000.

The company designs, constructs and repairs medium-sized vessels for the U.S. Government, domestic and foreign commercial customers and foreign governments.

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Tracor Receives $38.1-Million Contract

From NAVSEA

Tracor Applied Sciences, Inc., a subsidiary of Tracor, Inc., has re- ceived a contract from the Naval

Sea Systems Command to provide engineering and technical support for the U.S. Navy Strategic and

Attack Submarine Fleet. The con- tract includes three option years with a total value of $38,129,000.

According to William C.

Moyer, group vice president for

Tracor Applied Sciences, under the contract the company will provide the engineering disciplines and technology necessary for the devel- opment and implementation of de- dicated maintenance and moderni- zation programs to support the sub- marine Extended Operating Cycle (EOC) concept. The submarine

EOC program extends the interval between submarine overhauls to achieve a higher, stabilized level of deployed submarines and maintains the fleet in a high state of readi- ness.

InterTrade's 'Safeguard'

Netless Marine Fenders

Meet Navy Specifications

InterTrade Industries, Ltd., of

Uncompressed 6-foot-diameter 'Safeguard' netless marine fender before being com- pressed down to 22 inches during perfor- mance of test to verify compliance with

Navy's new netless fender specifications.

May, 1988

Huntington Beach, Calif., recently submitted their 6-foot-diameter

Safeguard™ marine fenders to First

Article Testing under a U.S. Navy contract. The "torture test" was meant as verification of compliance with the Navy's newly developed

Netless Marine Fender Specifica- tions.

In addition to the proof load test of 70 percent compression, the test unit was subjected to 60 percent energy absorbtion and reaction force testing as well as end fitting pull-through testing at 90,000- pound loadings.

InterTrade is now under contract to deliver 30 such 6-foot-diameter by 12-foot-long Safeguard netless fenders.

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Bethlehem Steel Yard

Receives $4.4-Million

For Navy Oiler Work

The Sparrows Point Shipyard of

Bethlehem Steel Corporation has received a $4,489,339 contract from the U.S. Navy to perform the dry- docking, voyage repairs and over- haul of the fleet oiler USNS Neosho (T-AO-143).

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