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Major Navy Contracts (continued) viously awarded contract for one large tug boat for the U.S. Army. Work is expected to be completed in February 1991. The Naval

Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-88-C- 2136).

Continental Maritime of San Diego, San

Diego, Calif., was awarded a $4,903,501 firm-fixed-price contract for Drydocking Se- lected Restricted Availability (DSRA) for

USS Dixon (AS-37). Work is expected to be completed September 1, 1989. The Super- visor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Re- pair, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00024-85-H-8212).

Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock

Company, Newport News, Va., was awarded a $35,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract to inactivate and defuel SSN-585 and SSN- 590. Work is expected to be completed by

July 1990. The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C., is the contracting . activity (N00024-89-2150).

Peterson Builders Incorporated. Stur- geon Bay, Wis., was awarded a $185,129,296 firm-fixed-price contract to construct three mine countermeasures ships (MCM-9, 10, 11). Work is expected to be completed by October 31, 1992. The

Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington,

D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024- 89-C-2126).

Intermarine USA, Savannah, Ga., was awarded a $41,300,000 modification defini- tizing a previously awarded contract to con- struct one coastal minehunting ship (MHC- 51). Work is expected to be completed by

July 31, 1991. The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-87-C-2136).

February 17

Intermarine USA, Savannah, Ga., was awarded a $55,300,000 fixed-price-incen- tive contract for the construction of one coastal minehunting ship (MHC-51). Work is expected to be completed by April 30, 1992. The Naval Seal Systems Command,

Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-89-C-2152).

February 23

Magnavox Government and Industrial

Electronics Company, Fort Wayne, Ind., was awarded a $19,555,195 firm-fixed- price contract for 62,156 AN/SSQ-53D sonobuoys. Work is expected to be com- pleted in September 1990. The Naval Avion- ics Center, Indianapolis, Ind., is the con- tracting activity (N00163-89-C-0012).

February 24

Raytheon Company, Submarine Signal

Division, Portsmouth, R.I., was awarded a $46,609,927 firm-fixed-price contract for the production and refurbishment of AN/

SQQ-32 minehunting sonar systems. Work is expected to be completed by July 1993.

The Naval Sea Systems Command, Wash- ington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-89-C-6115).

Honeywell Incorporated, Everett, Wash., was awarded a $6,369,054 firm-fixed-price contract for high volume modules for AN/

UYS-1 advanced signal processors. Work is expected to be completed by March 1991.

The Naval Sea Systems Command, Wash- ington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-89-C-5217).

IBM Corporation, Manassas, Va., was awarded a $8,889,209 firm-fixed-price con- tract for high volume modules for AN/UYS- 1 advanced signal processors. Work will be performed in Manassas, Va. (40 percent), and Owego, N.Y. (60%), and is expected to be completed by March 1991. The Naval

Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-89-C- 5201).

Avondale Awarded $319-Million Contract

To Build Three Oilers

Avondale Industries Inc., New

Orleans, La., was recently awarded a $319-million contract by the U.S.

Navy to construct three T-AO-187

Class fleet oilers.

Each of the Henry J. Kaiser Class oilers will have a displacement of 40,700 tons, length of 677-1/2 feet, and beam of 97-1/2 feet.

According to Avondale chairman and chief executive officer Albert

L Bossier Jr., with the inclusion of the latest award, the firm has been contracted to build a total of 16 T-AOs since 1982, amounting to $1.9-billion in work.

Avondale Industries, Inc., head- quartered in metro New Orleans, is one of the nation's leading marine fabricators and its Shipyards Divi- sion has just completed its 51st year in business. In addition to its ship- building operations, the company specializes in boat and Landing

Craft, Air Cushion vehicle (LCAC) construction, and is a major repair contractor for commercial and Navy ships. For free literature detailing the yard's services,

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