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Westinghouse Wins $43 M

Navy Mine-Recon Contract

Westinghouse Electric Corp. has been awarded a $43.4 million con- tract by the U.S. Naval Sea Systems

Command to develop the Near-Term

Mine Reconnaissance System (NMRS), a submarine-based un- manned underwater vehicle system for locating and mapping underwa- ter minefields.

Under the contract, Westing- house and its suppliers will perform detailed design, construction, test and support of the prototype system, plus testing and evaluation, support equipment, training and documen- tation. The prototype system in- cludes the underwater vehicle, launch and recovery equipment, con- trols and display equipment, and transportation and handling equip- ment. "We are extremely pleased to be chosen to work with the U.S. Navy on this top priority underwater ve- hicle minehunting system," said

Walt Dunkle, general manager of

Westinghouse's Oceanic Division. "Our more than 25 years of experi- ence building underwater vehicles and minehunting sensors will en- able Westinghouse to expand the capabilities of the U.S. Navy's sub- marine and mine warfare forces."

The contract calls for the delivery of the NMRS unmanned underwa- ter vehicle system by December 1997. Most of the work by the

Westinghouse team will be per-

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GE Aircraft Engines Canada and

Canadian Airlines International have joined forces to support main- tenance of the GE LM2500 gas tur- bines that power the Canadian

Navy's new Halifax class frigates.

Final details of the contract are being concluded with the federal government's Public Works and

Government Services Department.

This new team effort capitalizes on Canadian Airlines' proven en- gine maintenance skills and GE's technical knowledge, maintenance capabilities and new gas turbine services offices in B.C. to offer a low- cost, high-experience service. The arrangement will enhance Cana- dian Airlines' workload, use exis- tent tooling and test equipment, and keep high-skill propulsion jobs in the U.S.

John Hawkes, general manager of GE Aircraft Engines Canada, said, "With this collaborative approach, we are complying with government's plan to take a cost-effective, com- mercial approach to maintenance of these engines. This provides the

Navy a local, knowledgeable capa- bility and incurs minimum setup costs. We are making use of assets that already exist rather than rein- venting the wheel."

All 12 of the Canadian Navy's

Halifax class frigates are each pow- ered by two GE LM2500 gas tur- bines. The GE LM2500, an aeroderivative gas turbine, is used throughout the world in military ships, fast ferries and commercial vessels and in industrial aplications such as gas pipeline compression, power generation and cogeneration.

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Rockwell Aligns

Inertial Navigation

And GPS Businesses

Rockwell Defense Electronics announced the alignment of its INS/

GPS (Integrated Navigation Sys- tem/Global Positioning System) businesses to better address the needs of the lower cost, higher vol- ume guidance and control markets, for both defense and commercial applications. "Rockwell Defense

Electronics is one of the few organi- zations that possesses both inertial sensor and GPS technology within the same company," said John A. 82 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News