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Major Navy Contracts (continued) test equipment for the rolling airframe mis- sile. Work will be completed November 30, 1990. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (50 percent) and for the Fed- eral Republic of Germany (50 percent) un- der the existing Memorandum of Under- standing. The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-85-C-5350).

Loral Systems Group, Goodyear Aero- space Division, Akron, Ohio, was awarded a $21,626,225 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for ord- nance alteration (ORDALT) Mod 0/1 kits for

MK 60 CAPTOR underwater mines. Work will be completed in December 1990. The

Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington,

D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024- 86-C-6097).

Martin Marietta Aero and Naval Systems,

Baltimore, Md., was awarded a $3,367,884 modification to a previously awarded cost- plus-fixed-fee contract for materials and services for the MK 41 Vertical Launching

System (VLS) life cycle support facility

Work will be performed in Ventura, Calif., and is expected to be completed Septem- ber 30, 1988. The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-85-5526).

FMC Corporation, Naval Systems Divi- sion, Minneapolis, Minn., was awarded a $5,049,986 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for material and engineering services in support of the MK 41 Vertical Launch System. Work will be completed September 30, 1988. The

Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington,

D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024- 86-C-5442).

General Dynamics Corporation, Electric

Boat Division, Groton, Conn., was awarded a $41,970,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for design agent services for SSBNs 738, 739 and 740. Work will be completed in

December 1993. The Naval Sea Systems

Command, Washington, D.C., is the con- tracting activity (N00024-88-C-2148).

July 6

National Projects Incorporated, Boise,

Idaho, was awarded a $33,012,777 firm- fixed-price contract for the construction of a ship support complex at the Naval Station,

Pascagoula, Miss. Work is expected to be completed in September 1990. The Naval

Facilities Engineering Command, Southern

Division, Charleston, S.C., is the contracting activity (N62467-86-C-0292).

July 7

Vessel Charters Incorporated, New York,

N.Y., was awarded a $22,237,611 firm- fixed-price contract with options for the time charter of SS American Trojan. The ship will be used as part of the Navy's Afloat

Prepositioning Force. The contract period is 17 months with two 17-month options and will be delivered between January 9th and 13th, 1989. The Military Sealift Command,

Washington, D.C., is the contracting author- ity (N00033-88-C-1142).

Ryan Marine Delivers

Towed Array Barge

To U.S. Navy

Ryan Marine, Inc. of Port Bien- ville, Miss., recently delivered to the

U.S. Navy a Towed Array Support

Barge to be utilized at the Trident

Refit facility at Kingsbay, Ga.

Ryan Marine has been in opera- tion for over two years in the Pear- lington, Miss., area performing re- pair work on both government and commercial vessels.

The Navy-Trident project repre- sents the first government new con- struction job performed by Ryan.

The 40-acre shipyard is conven- iently located adjacent to the Gulf

Intracoastal Waterway as well as being in close proximity to both the

Port of New Orleans and the Port of

Gulfport, Miss.

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U.S. Navy Torpedo Boats

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According to Omnithruster Inc. president Charles M. Aker, three new U.S. Navy YTT Class torpedo and mine testing vessels will be equipped with Omnithruster hydro- jet maneuvering and propulsion sys- tems.

McDermott Shipyard, Amelia,

La., has contracted for Omnithrus- ter Mark II hydrojet Model

JT700TDs for YTTs -9, -10 and -11, which are under construction at the yard. The 350-hp units are equipped

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