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NASSCO Wins $15.2-Million Pact

For Navy Repair Work

National Steel & Shipbuilding

Company (NASSCO), San Diego,

Calif., was recently awarded ship- repair contracts worth $15.2 mil- lion.

In January, NASSCO will begin the overhaul of the USS Reasoner (FF-1063) under an $8.7-million contract. The work should he com- pleted in August 1989.

Under a second, two-ship con- tract valued at $6.5 million, NAS-

SCO will conduct post-shakedown availability work on the USS Cham- plain (CG-57) and the USS Prince- ton (CG-59). The work on the USS

Champlain will commence in Febru- ary and run to the end of April, while the work on the USS Prince- ton will run from August to Novem- ber 1989.

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MMA Meeting Studies

Changes In Navy Acquisition

The Marine Machinery Associa- tion recently held its fall Govern- ment/Industry forum in Crystal

City with strong participation from industry as well as from the Navy's engineering and purchasing commu- nities.

MMA's president, Jim From- field of Leslie Controls, reported on the expansion and improvement in the lines of communication between the Navy and its machinery and equipment manufacturers, and he described some of the positive changes that are even now taking place. Mr. Fromfield told of recent meetings between MMA and senior officials of the Navy where new joint efforts were planned. Some of the subjects that are part of the ongoing discussions, he said, included re- search and development projects for hull, mechanical, and electrical manufacturers, and proprietary data rights issues facing the Navy as well as the industry.

MMA's past president, Jack

Janetatos of Baker & McKenzie, observed that a new set of interim data rights regulations were ex- pected to be released shortly, mak- ing some changes which recognize the rights of manufacturers as viewed by Congress. He said that at the recent meetings with Navy offi- cials initiated by Mr. Fromfield, he noted an increasing awareness of the data rights problems faced by the industry. He went on to discuss the new law requiring increased quality standards for spare parts that Congress had just passed with strong MMA support. The new re- quirement, which was part of the 1989 Defense Authorization Act, re- quires the Defense Department, when buying spare parts critical to the operation of a ship or aircraft, to specify, wherever possible, the same quality standards on spare parts as were called out on the originals.

Passing this law shows that Con- gress is truly committed to quality for our ships. He noted in closing that while the political support of the shipbuilders is concentrated in the coastal states, the machinery and equipment suppliers, MMA's

Adm. Roger B. Home, USN, Deputy Com- mander for Ship Design and Engineering,

Naval Sea Systems Command, addressing the Marine Machinery Association. members, exert political strength throughout the country.

Charles Thomas, Director of

Quality Assurance at Ward Machin- ery Company, discussed the empha- sis being placed on Statistical Pro- cess Control (SPC) which is increas- ingly required by government con- tracts. He explained how the con- cept was introduced into his compa- ny and how the benefits of it have been achieved. Willis Willough- by, the Navy's Chief of Quality

Assurance, urged both industry and the Navy to concentrate efforts and investment on quality and produc- tivity improvement.

Navy Capt. Wayne Hum- phreys, the Chief of Staff of the

Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense, discussed the effect of the ending of merchant ship con- struction in the United States, not- ing that it reduces our ability to support our national security inter- ests. Captain Humphreys said the growing magnitude of that problem is only beginning to be dealt with by the Department of Defense and even that effort has wholly inade- quate funding. In thanking MMA for the help it has given the Com- mission, he urged that this support

At the recent Marine Machinery Association Government/Industry Forum from left to right:

Ronald J. Duddleston, Executive Director, Ships Parts Control Center: Capt. Wayne I.

Humphreys, USN, Chief of Staff, Commission on Merchant Marine and Defense; Senator

William S. Cohen, Senate Armed Services Committee; and James P. Fromfield, president,

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