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MARINE FINANCE

Leica Wins GPS Contracts

From Spanish Navy

Leica GPS has recently complet- ed the delivery of 20 precise differ- ential GPS navigation receivers for ships and submarines of the

Spanish Navy. The vessels are being fitted with Leica MX 412B, 12-channel GPS navigators with built-in differential beacon receivers and high-gain combined

GPS/beacon antennas. The GPS contracts were awarded by the

Spanish Navy to Leica's marine distributor in Spain.

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Oceaneering Wins Subsea

Contract

Oceaneeing International. Inc. has been awarded a turnkey con- tract by Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas

Corp. for the tieback of a subsea well in West Cameron Block 638 to

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MSI Wins U.S. Navy

Contract

MarineSafety International (MSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of FlightSafety International, has been awarded a contract to provide simulator services to the U.S.

Navy Atlantic Fleet, beginning in the summer of 1998.

The contract is for one year with nine optional years for a total max- imum value of approximately $31 million.

Under the terms of the contract,

MSI will install, operate and main- tain a four-bridge ship handling simulator complex on the Naval

Station in Norfolk, Va. The com- plex will be used to maintain the ship handling proficiency of offi- cers assigned to ships in the

Atlantic Fleet. More than 20 ship- types ranging from aircraft carri- ers to submarines, and 15 com- monly used ports in the U.S.,

Europe and the Far East will be simulated.

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Bath To Construct Six

Navy Destroyers

General Dynamics Corp. sub- sidiary Bath Iron Works (BIW) has won a multi-year contract from the

U.S. Navy for the construction of six DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class

Aegis guided missile destroyers.

This award, with an estimated value of $2 billion, is part of the

Navy's plan to procure 13 Aegis destoyers through a cost-effective, multi-year procurement of the four-year period from FY98 to

FY01.

The 13 vessels are to be allocated between BIW and Ingalls

Shipbuilding. The keel for the first of the six ships will be laid in the last quarter of 2000, with delivery of the final vessel sched- uled for the third quarter of 2006.

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