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Korobov Elected Vice

President-Finance For

COMSAT TeleSystems—

Mutnick Named Controller

COMSAT TeleSystems has an- nounced that Alan G. Korobov has been elected vice president for finance, and Myles Mutnick has been promoted to the newly created position of controller. Mr. Koro- bov will oversee all of TeleSystems' financial and MIS activities, and

Mr. Mutnick will direct the com- pany's financial reporting, account- ing, budgeting, and internal controls operations.

Prior to joining TeleSystems, Mr.

Korobov held various managerial positions within COMSAT Tech- nology Products, COMSAT Gener- al, and COMSAT corporate offices.

He most recently served as vice president-finance for COMSAT

Technology. He has also held posi- tions with TRT Telecommunica- tions, DeHart and Broide, and Riggs

National Bank.

Mr. Mutnick previously served as director of accounting for Tele-

Systems. Prior to that he held a number of positions with Solarex,

Arthur Anderson, and Deloitte Has- kins & Sells. He received his MBA degree from Rutgers Graduate

School in 1974, and became a CPA in 1976.

COMSAT TeleSystems, located in Fairfax, Va., designs, manufac- tures, markets, and provides world- wide service and support for a com- plete line of advanced analog and digital communications equipment and systems.

Bath Iron Awarded $4.5-Million Navy

Contract For Frigates

Bath Iron Works Corporation,

Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $4,500,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee con- tract under a basic ordering agree- ment for the post shakedown avail- ability of the guided missile frigates

USS Simpson (FFG-56), USS Sam- uel B. Roberts (FFG-58) and USS

Kauffman (FFG-59). Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be completed in Octo- ber 1987. Contract funds would have expired at the end of the cur- rent fiscal year. The Supervisor of

Shipbuilding, Conversion and Re- pair, Bath, Maine, is the contracting activity.

Kollmorgen Awarded $11.2-Million Contract

For Periscope Sets

Kollmorgen Corporation, Electro-

Optical Division, Northampton,

Mass., is being awarded an $11,200,000 firm-fixed-price con- tract for seven 18-B periscope sets for the Los Angeles class subma- rines SSN-753, SSN-754, SSN-755,

SSN-756, SSN-757, SSN-758, and

SSN-759, plus associated technical data and reports. Work will be per- formed in Northampton and is ex- pected to be completed in February 1987. Contract funds would not have expired at the end of the cur- rent fiscal year. The Naval Sea Sys- tems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

GE Awarded $3.3-Million

Modification To Contract

For Transducer Elements

General Electric Company, Syra- cuse, N.Y., is being awarded a $3,365,508 modification definitizing a previously awarded letter contract for TR203A/SQS-26BX transducer elements for surface ship sonars.

Work will be performed in Syracuse,

N.Y., and is expected to be com- pleted June 1, 1986. Contract funds would not have expired at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval

Sea Systems Command, Washing- ton, D.C., is the contracting activity.

The suspension of General Electric

Company does not affect this con- tract since the modification repre- sents the definitization of a pre- viously awarded letter contract.

Burrard Yarrows Awarded $3-Million Contract

For Repair Of USNS Spica

Burrard Yarrows Corporation.

Vancouver, British Columbia, Can- ada, is being awarded a $3,019,526 firm-fixed-price job order under a master ship repair agreement for the post ship availability of USNS

Spica, a Military Sealift Command (MSC), United States-flag combat stores ship. The contract perfor- mance period is April 8, 1985, through June 15, 1985. Fourteen bids were solicited and six offers were received. Contract funds would not have expired at the end of the current fiscal year. The Military

Sealift Command, Washington,

D.C., is the contracting activity.

Tano Receives Additional

Coast Guard Contract

Valued At $2.7 Million

Tano Corporation of New Or- leans, a Rexnord company, has been awarded a $2.7-million contract ad- dition by the U.S. Coast Guard to manufacture electronic control sys- tems for five cutters. With this fol- low-on award for five shipsets, add- ed to a contract awarded in January this year for four other ship systems,

Tano's contracts in this Coast

Guard program now total $5.1 mil- lion.

The contracts call for the compa- ny to supply an engine room con- sole, pilothouse console, two bridge wing consoles, two local engine con- trol panels, and a variety of compo- nents and sensors for retrofitting in each of the 378-foot high-endurance cutters under the Coast Guard's

Fleet Revitalization and Moderniza- tion Program.

Tano will deliver the systems to designated shipyards starting in early 1986 through the fall of 1988.

CDI Marine Awarded $6.5-Million Navy Contract

For SLEP Design Services

CDI Marine Company, headquar- tered in Jacksonville, Fla., has been awarded a $6.5-million Navy con- tract to provide design and engi- neering services for the aircraft car- rier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) Ser- vice Life Extension Program (SLEP) at the Philadelphia Naval

Shipyard. The services will be pro- vided through the CDI Jacksonville office, which has supported previous aircraft carrier SLEP on the USS

Saratoga (CV-60), USS Forrestal (CV-59), and USS Independence (CV-62). Contracting activity is the

Naval Regional Contracting Center in Philadelphia.

General Crane Awarded $3-Million Navy Contract

For Two Portal Cranes

General Crane and Hoist Inc. of

Savannah, Ga., has been awarded a $3,166,000 firm-fixed-price Navy contract for two electro-mechanical portal cranes for the large auxiliary floating drydock AFDB-7, plus spare parts and associated engineer- ing services. Work will be performed in Savannah, and is expected to be completed in July 1986. Contract funds would not have expired at the end of the current fiscal year. Twen- ty-two bids were solicited and three offers were received. The Naval Sea

Systems Command, Washington,

D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-85-C-4147).

Daewoo Wins $16.5-Million

Contract To Build Offshore

Vessel For India

The Oil and Natural Gas Com- mission of India has signed a con- tract for construction of a $16.5-mil- lion well-stimulation vessel by Dae- woo Shipbuilding and Heavy Ma- chinery Ltd. of South Korea.

The 26212 -foot ship will feature a dynamic positioning system, with two bow thrusters and two stern thrusters, the latter 360-degree ro- tatable, permitting it to remain sta- tionary during well-stimulation op- erations with or without use of mooring lines. The vessel will also incorporate an anti-pollution con- trol system, through which oil-dis- solving chemicals are spread on the surface of the sea to combat oil spills.

The ship will be used in offshore enhanced-recovery operations to help increase the volume of oil from older wells. Scheduled for delivery in 1986, it will be the first such ves- sel to be built at Daewoo's large and modern Okpo shipyard.

Jacksonville Yard Gets $3-Million Navy Contract

For Destroyer SRA Work

Jacksonville Shipyards Inc. of

Jacksonville, Fla., has been awarded a $3,092,000 firm-fixed-price Navy contract for the Selected Restricted

Availability (SRA) of the guided- missile destroyer USS Luce (DDG- 38). Work will be performed in May- port, Fla., and is expected to be completed by June 14 this year.

Two bids were solicited and two offers were received. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and

Repair, Mayport, Fla., is the con- tracting activity (N62670-70-C- 0018).

Exclusive Rep For

Danish Firm Introduces

Radiotelephone System

M.E.M.A.C.-Dantronics Boca Ra- ton, Fla., is the exclusive represen- tative organization for the Danish

Marine Communication A/S in the

U.S. and Canada.

The new and second generation

HF1200A radiotelephone system is said to be one of the most compre- hensive long range radio telephone systems to be launched in the North

American market in recent years. It has a new, completely redesigned transmitter (T-204A) solid state with 1,000-watt output. It is suitable for use on board large yachts, com- mercial vessels, offshore platforms, and is FCC type accepted. The

HF1200A meets CEPT specifica- tions, is MPT approved and com- plies with the latest SOLAS conven- tions, FCC, DOC and ITU radio rules.

The HF1200A is all solid state, has a fully synthesized transmitter and receiver, a built-in two tone alarm generator and electronic over- load protection. It operates on 110, 220 or 380 ac or 24 VDC and con- tains a built-in antenna dummy load. All the international marine

HF and MF bands are covered, there is a choice of exiter, the E204 which has 480 pre-programmed fre- quencies or the E205A which pro- vides coverage of each marine bank in 100 Hz steps.

Optional extras include a built-in battery charger, remote controlled antenna tuner, extended frequency coverage from 1.6 to 30 MHz, both

USB/LSB bands, and SITOR telex connections.

No warm-up period is required and it has low power consumption.

The system is well suited for point- to-point communications or for any oil platform communication instal- lation.

For further information on the

Danmar HF1200A systems,

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