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Aegis cruiser Leyte Gulf (CG-55) shown being moved to outfitting pier following launching earlier this year at Ingalls yard in Pascagoula, Miss.

Aegis Missile Cruiser xLeyte Gulf'

Christened At Ingalls Shipbuilding

The ninth ship in the Ticondero- ga Class of Aegis guided missile cruisers, and the eighth to be built by Ingalls Shipbuilding division of

Litton in Pascagoula, Miss., has been christened Leyte Gulf (CG- 55). Principal speaker at the recent christening ceremony at the ship- yard was Adm. Ronald J. Hays,

USN, Commander in Chief of the

U.S. Pacific Commans. His wife,

Jane Hays, was the ship's sponsor, and their daughter, Jacqueline

Hays, served as maid of honor.

Other participants in the program included Vice Adm. Joseph Met- calf III, USN, Deputy Chief of

Naval Operations for Naval War- fare; Vice Adm. William F.

McCauley, USN, Commander,

Naval Surface Force, Atlantic Fleet;

Rear Adm. Donald P. Roane,

USN, Deputy Commander, NAV-

SEA; Cpt. Jerry Fee, USN, Cruis- er Division Director, Aegis Ship- building Program; and Jerry St.

Pe, senior vice president of Litton and president of Ingalls.

Including the lead ship of the class, USS Ticonderoga (CG-47), In- galls has delivered five Aegis cruis- ers to the Navy, and two more will join the fleet in 1987. Following the

Leyte Gulf, which will also be com- missioned in 1987, Ingalls has five

Mrs. Jane Hays christens the Aegis guided missile cruiser Leyte Gulf at ceremonies recently held at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pas- cagoula, Miss. She is joined by her husband

Adm. Ronald J. Hays and the Rev Bernard

Farrell, who delivered the invocation. additional cruisers in various stages of construction.

Aegis cruisers are large ships, 567 feet long with a beam of 55 feet.

Four GE gas turbine jet engines power the 9,500-ton ships to speeds in excess of 30 knots.

The cruiser's Aegis Combat Sys- tem, the heart of her fighting capa- bility, is a significant advance in fleet air defense. Four fixed-array radar antennae, mounted on the sides of the ship's superstructure, enable the crew to "see" in all direc- tions simultaneously.

The Aegis ships compose the most important shipbuilding program in

America today. The Leyte Gulf and other ships of the class will provide the primary protection for the

Navy's battle forces well into the next century. Aegis ships are de- signed to counter all present and projected missile threats to the

Navy's battle forces.

The Ingalls yard is also building the Navy's new Wasp (LHD-1)

Class of multipurpose amphibious assault ships, and modernizing the battleship Wisconsin (BB-64).

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Over Half Of Navy's

Procurement Dollars

Awarded Competitively

For the first time in history, over one half of the Navy's procurement dollars were awarded on a competi- tive basis during fiscal year 86. This competition has resulted in signifi- cant savings in shipbuilding and in the aircraft, missile, combat sys- tems, spare parts and maintenance programs. In the shipbuilding pro- gram alone, this has resulted in sav- ings of $6.1 billion over the past four years.

In a communique to the Navy's competition advocates, Rear Adm.

Stuart Piatt, the Competition Ad- vocate General, announced that a significant milestone was passed when, in addition to introducing competition to the procurement ac- tions, three fourths of all the Navy's contract actions were competitively based. Admiral Piatt wrote that "We faced a difficult task in over- coming the institutional bias for sole source procurement that had per- meated our business practices post

World War II."

Since fiscal year 1982, the Navy has gone from awarding seven per- cent of its dollars for aircraft parts competitively to over 41 percent in 86. For shipboard parts, the Navy was awarding 27 percent of its parts dollars competitively in 1982, while in fiscal year 1986, that number leaped past the 41 percent mark.

For Contracted Advisory and As- sistance Services, 65 percent of con- tract dollars were awarded competi- tively in fiscal year 1986, while the number was under 30 percent in fis- cal year 1982. In small purchases, 75 percent of the dollars were awarded competitively in fiscal year 1986, up 67 percent over fiscal year 1982.

Major Navy Contracts (continued) previously awarded firm-fixed-price con- tract for the Selected Restricted Availability (SRA) of USS Ranger (CV-61). Work will be performed at the Naval Air Station, North

Island, San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed January 19, 1987. Eight bids were solicited and four offers were re- ceived. The Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Con- version and Repair, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00024-85-H-8212).

AT&T Technologies, Greensboro, N.C., is being awarded a $11,231,578 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for oceanographic research. Work will be performed in Greensboro, and is expected to be completed September 30, 1987. The Space and Naval Warfare Sys- tems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00039-86-C-0016).

IT&T Corporation/IT&T Gilfillan, Van

Nuys, Calif., is being awarded an $18,098,786 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract for spare parts for the AN/SPS-48E Radar. Work will be performed in Van Nuys, and is expected to be completed June 1988. The Naval Sea

Systems Command is the contracting activ- ity (N00024-86-C-5226).

October 15

Norfolk Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Cor- poration, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $3,898,658 firm-fixed-price contract for the drydocking planned restricted availability (DPRA) of USS Austin (LPD4). Work will be performed in Norfolk, and is expected to be completed January 14, 1987. Three bids were solicited and three were received. The

Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and

Repair, USN, Portsmouth, Va. is the con- tracting activity (N00024-85-H-8195).

October 16

Westinghouse Electric Corporation,

Plant Apparatus Division, Wilkins Township,

Pa., is being awarded a $103,316,000 modi- fication to a previously awarded cost-plus- fixed-fee contract for naval nuclear propul- sion components. Work will be performed in

Wilkins Township, and is expected to be completed September 1990. The Naval Sys- tems Command is the contracting activity (N00024-85-C-4016).

Rockwell International Corporation, Ana- heim, Calif., is being awarded a $11,271,375 firm-fixed-price contract for 88 undersea surveillance acoustic display consoles with associated technical manuals and MTDS VAX interface cards for shore use. Work will be performed in Anaheim, and is expected to be completed August 1, 1989. Space and Naval Warfare Systems

Command is the contracting activity (N00039-87-C-0088).

Hughes Aircraft Company, Ground Sys- tems Group, Fullerton, Calif., is being awarded a $7,825,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price con- tract for three systems of TAS MK 23

Radars. Work will be performed in Fullerton, and is expected to be completed October 1988. The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity (N00024-84-C- 5203).

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