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Simplex Wire Awarded $16-Million Contract For

Oceanographic Equipment

Simplex Wire and Cable Com- pany, Newington, N.H., is being awarded a $16,042,000 cost-plus- incentive-fee contract for oceano- graphic equipment. The Naval

Electronic Systems Command,

Washington, D.C., is the contract- ing activity.

Morris Guralnick

Elects Richardson

Vice President and Marine Engineers, American

Society of Naval Engineers, and

American Society of Civil Engi- neers.

In addition to headquarters in

San Francisco, Morris Guralnick

Associates, Inc., a leading firm in the naval architectural and engi- neering field, numbers associates and other offices in San Diego,

Calif.; Charleston, S.C.; Pasca- goula, Miss.; and Washington, D.C.

Carter Named National

Director Sales/Marketing

At Grant Manufacturing

Steven L. Carter has been named national director of sales and marketing for Grant manufac- turing & Alloying, Inc., of Souder- ton, Pa. Grant Manufacturing pro- duces babbitt metal for turbine and marine engine repair. The babbitt metal is produced to con- form with USN specification QQ-

T-390A. Grant is currently supply- ing bearing repair facilities throughout the U.S. and South

America with babbitt metal and solder, and ballast lead.

For complete details on Grant

Manufacturing babbitt metal for turbine and engine repair,

Circle 75 on Reader Service Card

Robert K. Richardson

Hubert E. Russell, president and chief executive officer of Mor- ris Guralnick Associates, Inc., an- nounced the election of Robert K.

Richardson as vice president of the San Francisco-based firm of naval architects and marine engi- neers. Mr. Richardson has also assumed the duties of chief engi- neer, a post to which he was ap- pointed by Mr. Russell recently.

As chief engineer, his responsibil- ities include coordination of efforts of project managers and depart- ment chiefs as well as the firm's engineering staff on all projects undertaken by the company.

Robert K. Richardson joined

MGA in 1979, and was soon ap- pointed chief of the Hull Depart- ment, where he supervised naval architecture, structural design, and vessel arrangements. He also served as project manager on sev- eral assignments, both military and commercial, involving vessel and equipment design, engineer- ing support, and maritime studies of various types.

Before joining MGA, Mr. Rich- ardson served as an officer in the

United States Coast Guard's Mer- chant Marine Technical Branch in

New Orleans, where he reviewed ship designs and stability studies.

Following that, he spent 12 years with Earl and Wright, Consulting

Engineers of San Francisco, spe- cializing in the design of offshore vessels and structures for the pe- troleum industry. He was also en- gaged by John J. McMullen Asso- ciates in Hamburg, Germany, where he was responsible for rec- ommending present and future types of ship construction to a ma- jor European steamship company.

Mr. Richardson graduated with a B.S. degree from Webb Institute,

New York City, in 1960, and re- ceived a master's degree in Engi- neering Science from the Univer- sity of California at Berkeley in 1963. He holds memberships in the Society of Naval Architects

SPERRY MARINE TECHNOLOGY:

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At Sperry, we know how im- portant it is to listen. We've been listening to the marine industry around the world for over 70 years. As a result, we under- stand the challenges facing you today.

We understand the eco- nomic and competitive necessi- ties to be ever more efficient, more cost effective, more profit- able.

We understand the envi- ronmental and regulatory im- peratives to sail cleanly and safely within tight, new operat- ing parameters.

We understand that tomor- row these challenges will become even more formidable, more intense.

But most importantly, we under- stand the advanced tech- nologies required to develop the new systems your ships and fleets will need to meet these chal- lenges successfully.

We understand because we've been listening.

COMPUTERS AWEIGH!

A DECADE-PLUS

OF SPERRY LEADERSHIP.

Sperry developed the digi- tal computer. And we've been a leader in developing computer- jDased systems for naviga- tion, command and control ever since. We intro- duced the world's first family of \computer- based collision avoidance sys- tems more than a decade ago. In their years at sea, these systems have proven them- selves in the only way that matters-helping merchant ships of every description pilot safely through the world's busiest harbors.

Moreover, our leadership in computer-based technology has proven itself versatile enough for a wide number of specialized applications- including cable

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