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Contract With $25-Million

Potential Awarded Rockwell —Brochure Available

A production contract with op- tions for four years to produce fixed-station radio transmitters for the U.S. Navy has been awarded to

Rockwell International Corpora- tion's Collins Defense Communica- tions, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The contract, issued by the U.S.

Navy's Space and Naval Warfare

System Command in Washington,

D.C., is for production of up to 470 10 kilowatt high-frequency trans- mitters known as the AN/FRT. The $450,000 initial contract has a po- tential value of more than $25 mil- lion if each of the four production options is exercised.

The AN/FRT is a high-perform- ance HF communications transmit- ter that features automatic tuning, built-in test capability and synthe- sized frequency control in the 2.0 to 29.999 MHz spectrum. The AN/

FRT is a derivative of the HF-80 family of HF communications equipment which incudes lkw, 3kw and lOkw transmitters and accesso- ries.

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A.C. or 24 volt, D.C. for vessels up to 246' in length.

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CHEMIQUIP SNUBBERS

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Garrow Appointed Public

Relations Vice President At

Newport News Shipbuilding

Newport News Shipbuilding in

Virginia, a subsidiary of Tenneco

Inc., has named Rear Adm. Jack A.

Garrow, USN (Ret.), to the posi- tion of vice president-public rela- tions. He retired from the Navy at the end of April this year as chief of information.

Admiral Garrow served as the principal public affairs advisor to the Secretary of the Navy and the

Chief of Naval Operations. His re- sponsibilities also included manage- ment of the Navy's worldwide pub- lic affairs program. $3.1-Million Navy Contract

To Braswell Shipyards

For USS Los Alamos Work

Braswell Shipyards Incorporated,

Mt. Pleasant, S.C., is being awarded a $3,075,912 firm-fixed-price con- tract for the restricted availability of the USS Los Alamos (AFDB-7).

Work will be performed in Holy

Loch, Scotland, and is expected to be completed August 12, 1986. Four bids were solicited and three offers were received. The Supervisor of

Shipbuilding, Conversion and Re- pair, Charleston, S.C., is the con- tracting activity (N00024-85-H- 8139).

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Nelson Electric Names

Sanchez Sales Manager

Nelson Electric of Tulsa, Okla., has recently named Vic Sanchez as sales manager for Enclosure and

Control Products. In this position, he will be responsible for providing headquarters support and direction to field sales representatives nation- wide.

Mr. Sanchez was previously with Adalet for 10 years where he served as the national sales manager and before that as regional sales manager. He also has experience with Pyle-National, Appleton and

Crouse-Hinds. Mr. Sanchez has been associated with the electrical industry for more than 25 years.

Nelson Electric Enclosure and

Control Products are used world- wide, primarily in classified areas of petroleum, petrochemical and in- dustrial plants. They include motor starters, junction boxes, circuit breakers, control stations, panel- boards, instrument enclosures, low voltage bus boxes and switchracks.

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Products,

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