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der under a basic ordering agreement to repair critical components of the AN/BQQ- 5 submarine sonar system, the AN/UYH-2 receiver/recorder Advanced Signal Pro- cessor (ASP) system and the Enhanced Ver- din Processor (EVP) secure digital data communication system. Work is expected to be completed December 31, 1990. The

Navy Ships Parts Control Center, Me- chanicsburg, Pa., awarded the contract (N00104-86-G-A116).

Ingalls Shipbuilding, Incorporated, Pas- cagoula, Miss., was awarded a $9,816,556 cost-plus-award-fee modification for six shipsets of ship alteration kits. Work is expected to be completed in May 1991. The

Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington,

D.C., awarded the contract (N00024-89-C- 4108).

General Electric Company, Defense Sys- tems Division, Pittsfield, Mass., was awarded an $8,350,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for design agent services for the

MK-15 Phalanx Close-in Weapons System.

Work is expected to be completed Septem- ber 30, 1990. The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C., awarded the con- tract (N00024-90-C-3106).

General Electric Company, Schenectady,

N.Y., was awarded a $99,421,000 modifica- tion to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed- fee contract for naval nuclear propulsion components. The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C., awarded the con- tract (N00024-87-C-4001).

Southwest Marine, Inc., Terminal Island,

Calif., was awarded a $5,270,454 firm-fixed- price contract for Drydocking Selected Re- stricted Availability (DSRA) for USS Duncan (FFG 10). Work is expected to be completed

July 27, 1990. The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C., awarded the con- tract (N00024-85-H-8222).

Northwest Marine, Inc., Portland, Ore., was awarded a $29,798,179 firm-fixed- price contract for the regular overhaul and new threat upgrade of USS Standley (CG 32). Work is expected to be completed

June 12, 1991. The Naval Sea Systems

Command, Washington, D.C., awarded the contract (N00024-85-H-8197).

Magnavox Government and Industrial

Electronics Company, Fort Wayne, Ind., was awarded a $23,964,598 firm-fixed- price contract for 72,268 AN/SSQ-53D sonobuoys. Work is expected to be com- pleted in September 1991. The Naval Avion- ics Center, Indianapolis, Ind., awarded the contract (N00163-90-C-0003).

National Steel and Shipbuilding Com- pany, San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $5,471,237 firm-fixed-price contract for

Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) for USS Valley Forge (CG 50). Work is expected to be completed June 8, 1990.

The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, San Diego, Calif., awarded the contract (N00024-85-H-8192).

Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath,

Maine, was awarded a $511,894,475 fixed- price-incentive contract to construct two

DDG-51 Class ships. Work is expected to be completed in April 1996. The Naval Sea

Systems Command, Washington, D.C., awarded the contract (N00024-90-C- 2801).

Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss., was awarded a $614,216,000 fixed-price- incentive contract to construct three DDG- 51 Class ships. Work is expected to be com- pleted in July 1996. The Naval Sea Systems

Command, Washington, D.C., awarded the contract (N00024-90-C-2800).

General Ship Corporation, Boston, Mass., was awarded a $7,958,292 firm-fixed-prices performance-incentive contract for Ex- tended Drydocking Selected Restricted

Availability (EDSRA) for USS Clark (FFG-11).

Work is expected to be completed February 28, 1991. The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C., awarded the con- tract (N00024-85-H-8157).

National Steel and Shipbuilding Com- pany, San Diego, Calif., was awarded a $10,804,733 firm-fixed-price contract for

Extended Drydocking Selected Restricted

Availability (EDSRA) for USS Wadsworth (FFG-9). Work is expected to be completed in April 1991. The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C., awarded the con- tract (N00024-85-H-8192).

General Dynamics Corporation, Electric

Boat Division, Groton, Conn., was awarded a $70,671,508 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering and technical services for

Ohio class submarines. Work is expected to be completed September 30, 1990. The

Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington,

D.C., awarded the contract (N00024-90-C- 2115).

Swiftships, Inc., Morgan City, La., was

Newport News Christens

Navy's Newest Fast Attack

Submarine 'Jefferson City'

Newport News Shipbuilding re- cently christened the Navy's newest fast attack submarine, Jefferson

City (SSN759).

The ship's sponsor, Susan And- ing Skelton, wife of U.S. Repre- sentative Ike Skelton of Missou- ri's 4th District, christened the ship.

The principal speaker was Adm.

Kinnaird R. McKee, USN (ret.).

The 360-foot-long Jefferson City, the 45th submarine overall, and 21st

Los Angeles-class attack submarine christened at the Virginia shipyard, will carry a crew of 115 enlisted men and 12 officers.

Newport News Shipbuilding, the only builder of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and one of two domestic shipyards building submarines, is the lead design yard for both Los awarded a $8,800,390 firm-fixed-price con- tract for the construction of one LCM-8

Class ship. Work is expected to be com- pleted in May 1992. The Naval Sea Systems

Command, Washington, D.C., awarded the contract (N00024-90-C-2212).

General Dynamics, Pomona Division, Po- mona, Calif., was awarded a $18,780,252 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for design agent services for the MK 15 Phalanx Close-ln-

Weapon System. Work is expected to be completed September 30, 1990. The Naval

Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., awarded the contract (N00024-90-C- 2070).

Angeles- and Seawolf-class attack submarines. The Jefferson City is one of 12 attack submarines now under construction at the yard, which is also building three Nimitz- class aircraft carriers for the U.S.

Navy.

As part of the christening activi- ties, the yard honored its Top Ten

Suppliers of 1989. Two Hampton

Roads businesses, Warwick Plumb- ing & Heating of Newport News and

Snap Contracting Corp. of Norfolk were among its Top Ten Suppliers.

The Top Ten Suppliers list also includes: Bethlehem Steel Corp.,

Bethlehem, Pa.; Curtiss-Wright

Corp., Lyndhurst, N.J.; Devoe Coat- ings Co., Louisville, Ky.; IMO In- dustries, Gems Sensors Div., Plain- ville, Conn.; Joy Technologies, Inc.,

Joy/Green Fan Div., New Philadel- phia, Ohio; Precision Fabricators,

Inc., Stuarts Draft, Va.; Seacoast

Electric Co., Rye, N.J.; and Vitco

Nuclear Products, Inc., Mentor,

Ohio.

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