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MARINE FINANCE (MTN) and R Cruises, a subsidiary of Renaissance Cruises, have signed a three year agreement making MTN the telecommunica- tions provider for two of R Cruise's newest ships, Rl, expected to be launched mid-1998, and R2, to be launched in late 1998. MTN will facilitate inbound/outbound calls and switched or dedicated voice/fax and data communication.

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Titan Awarded $51.6

Million Navy Contract

The Titan Corp. has been award- ed a contract by the U.S. Navy with a potential value of $51.6 mil- lion over a 3.5 year period.

Under the contract, Titan will provide engineering, technical and installation support services to the

Department of Defense and other government agencies at various shore activities, training sites, lab- oratories, ships and remote loca- tions in the U.S. and abroad.

In addition, Titan will provide computer-based training develop- ment, evaluation and instructional services in support of interactive courseware and interactive elec- tronic manuals development. The value of the contract for the first 12-month period, effective

September 18, is $14.1 million.

Moroccan Government

Awards Contract To Racal

The Moroccan Government has placed a $3.5 million contract with

Racal for an advanced system to manage and track fishing vessels in Moroccan waters.

The system will be used to moni- tor the activities of some 400 craft working in Morocco's squid fishery, an area extending up to 200 miles from the country's coastline.

The Racal Locator system will also be used to track 15 naval patrol vessels and 14 aircraft oper- ated by the Air Gendarmerie.

Upon completion, the vessel reportedly will be one of the most technically sophisticated fishery

VMSs (Vessel Monitoring System) in the world.

All vessels and aircraft operating within the scheme will be equipped with a compact Secure Vessel Unit (SVU) designed by Racal and assembled in Morocco.

The SVU contains a combined

GPS/Inmarsat-C transponder that automatically and intelligently transmits the vessel's position at designated intervals to the central control via the Inmarsat Atlantic

East communications satellite.

The system will have the ability to integrate the transponder derived vessel tracks with those obtained from an existing chain of 20 radar stations located at 50 to 60 mile intervals along the coast.

The main control center will be located in the Fisheries Ministry in Rabat.

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Litton Awarded $85.4

Million For Ongoing U.S.

Navy Fleet Support

The U.S. Navy has exercised a

FY98 contract option worth $85.4 million with Ingalls Shipbuilding

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