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Quality Standards At MIL

Davie And The MIL Group

Formally Recognized

The efforts made by MIL Davie and The MIL Group over the years were recently awarded when they received certification to the highest

NATO quality standard, AQAP-1.

Don Wilson, director general qual- ity assurance at the Department of

National Defense (DND), presented

Guy C. Veronneau, president and chief executive officer of MIL Davie and The MIL Group, two certifi- cates—one for MIL Davie and the other for The MIL Group—attesting their compliance with AQAP-1.

This important milestone consti- tutes for MIL a step toward its objec- tive of becoming a world-class ship- yard. Internationally recognized,

AQAP-1 is the equivalent of several standards established by other stan- dardization organizations.

This certification will represent a particular advantage to MIL in com- petition for future work, both mili- tary and commercial.

MIL Davie is a member of the

MIL Group. The MIL Group is ac- tive in design engineering, program management, manufacturing, in- stallation and life-cycle support in shipbuilding, defense, offshore and general industrial fields in Cana- dian and international market places. thirty-year Coast Guard career, he was involved in the design, develop- ment and installation of Loran-C sys- tems. He brings to Megapulse not only his technical qualifications, but also his business management skills from six years as a sales manager for international sales of Power Plant

Systems. Mr. Roland stated that he expects company growth to continue not only from the development of international acceptance of Loran-C, but also from expansion of

Megapulse's product lines and ser- vices.

For more information describing

Megapulse products,

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MarAd Awards $2.2 Million

Contract To West State

West State, Inc., Portland, Ore., was recently awarded a contract worth $2,192,012 by the Maritime

Administration. The contract is for repairs and deactivation to the

Ready Reserve Force (RRF) breakbulk vessel SS Austral Light- ning.

The work includes repairs neces- sary to meet classification specifica- tions and regulations and is expected to be completed within 60 calendar days.

Certificates presented to MIL Davie and The MIL

Group. Shown at the presentation (from left to right) were: Jim Williams, president, MIL Sys- tems Engineering Inc.; Ken McCormick, vice president, quality, MIL Davie and The MIL Group;

Don Wilson, director general, quality assurance,

DND; Guy C. Veronneau, president and CEO, MIL

Davie and the MIL Group; D.A. Vandevenne, commanding officer, 2nd Canadian Forces Tech- nical Services Agency; W. Doering, director, quality assurance operations, DND.

Johannessen Retires,

Roland Named

President Of Megapulse

Megapulse, Inc. of Bedford, Mass., a

U.S.-owned small business, and one of the only designers and manufacturers of Solid State Loran-C Transmitters

Systems, has announced that the com- pany founder, Dr. Paul R.

Johannessen, recently retired from the position ofpresident of the company.

He will remain as chairman of the board and vice president of research and de- velopment.

William F. Roland, (Captain,

USCG, retired) succeeds Dr.

Johannessen as president of

Megapulse. During Mr. Roland's

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