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Scientific Management

Associates Announces

Acquisition By New Owners

The Philadelphia area based firm of Scientific Management

Associates, Inc. (SMA) was ac- quired recently by two Washing- ton, D.C., businessmen, George

W. Glatis and Louis T. Donatelli, who plan to move the headquar- ters to the Washington metro- politan area. Mr. Glatis is the former chairman of the board of Wheeler Industries, Inc. Mr.

Donatelli has an extensive back- ground in investment banking and real estate investment.

SMA is a multibillion-dollar in- ternational engineering corpora- tion with offices in Washington,

D.C., New Jersey, Maryland, and

Virginia, and a subsidiary in Aus- tralia. SMA was founded in 1964 to provide naval engineering, ma- rine system design and project support services to governments and industries throughout the free world.

Under the new management,

Mr. Glatis has assumed the posi- tion of president and chief exec- on *

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SMA executives and include:

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Planning Systems Awarded $4.6-Million Engineering

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Planning Systems Incorporated,

McLean, Va., has been awarded a $4,680,057 cost-plus-fixed-fee, level-of-effort, indefinite quantity, delivery order type contract for engineering and scientific sup- port in the areas of ship acous- tics, acoustic intelligence, collec- tion systems, sonar calibration, sonar performance, sonar self- noise, tuba, computer-assisted post-processing, acoustical sig- nal processing and at-sea exper- imental design. David W. Taylor

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Advanced Marine Appoints

New Division Manager

Karl H. Farber

Advanced Marine Enterprises,

Inc., a marine engineering and naval architectural firm head- quartered in Washington, D.C., recently announced the appoint- ment of Karl H. Farber to head its Systems Engineering Division.

Mr. Farber, a retired naval of- ficer, brings to the company nearly 30 years of experience in the design, acquisition, and con- struction of naval and commer- cial ships.

Advanced Marine's Washington

Division, under the direction of

John J. Nachtsheim, who recent- ly completed a two-year appoint- ment as president of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine

Engineers, welcomed Mr. Farber to their team of professionals.

Mr. Farber previously served with Tracor, Inc., where he held a similar position. 66 Write 329 on Reader Service Card Write 299 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News