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General Dynamics

Acquires Anteon

Anteon International Corporation, an information technology, systems inte- gration and engineering services compa- ny, has entered into a definitive agree- ment for Anteon to be acquired by

General Dynamics for $55.50 in cash for each outstanding Anteon share. The total value of the transaction, including

General Dynamic's assumption of

Anteon's debt, is expected to be approx- imately $2.2 billion at closing. Anteon expects the transaction to close by the end of the second quarter in 2006.

W&O Supply Hires Two

W&O Supply has hired Michael Page as its controller and Scott Lane as direc- tor of information technology. Page has 25 years of financial management expe- rience at Fortune 500 companies and mid-size business- es. He is now responsible for

W&O Supply's internal and exter- nal financial reporting and accounting func- tions. Previously,

Page held the posi- tions of controller at Durango Paper

Company, CFO for First Coast Energy, controller/director of finance at CSX

Corporation and senior consultant at

Coopers & Lybrand.

Lane brings 20 years of information systems experience to W&O Supply, where he oversees the company's ERP systems and existing software, hardware and networking capabilities.

Wallem Promotes George

Wallem Shipmanagement, Inc. announced the promotion of K.O.

George to President of Wallem

Shipmangement Inc. K.O. George took over the position from Swapan Biswas in October 2005. George started his sea career as a Marine Engineer in 1976 and joined Wallem in 1982. From 1990 to 1993 he left Wallem to do his Graduate

Studies in State University of New York (SUNY) and joined back Wallem USA office as a Technical Superintendent in 1994 and later on as Technical Manager.

Hyde Marine Adds

Technical Director

Hyde Marine, Inc. appointed Matt

Granitto as Technical Director, responsi- ble for engineering and production as well as product management of Hyde's fast growing marine environmental business unit. "With fifteen years of multi-disci- plined engineering experience and strong problem solving capabilities based on a solid technical founda- tion, Matt is a natu- ral leader with highly effective team building and motivational skills," said Hyde CEO

Tom Mackey.

Stewart Honored

Northrop Grumman Corporation said that Becky Stewart, vice president of the submarine program at the company's

Newport News sector, received the

Women in Business achievement award from Inside Business for her demon- strated leadership, professional accom- plishment and her commitment to the community. In her current position,

Stewart leads thousands of employees who build and maintain some of the most complex machines in the world — nuclear-powered attack submarines. She oversees construction of the new

Virginia-class submarines and planning and engineering services for the Navy's

Seawolf and Los Angeles-class sub- marines.

Signal Wins New

Construction Contract

Signal International, L.L.C. signed a contract with LeTourneau, Inc. to build a

Tarzan Class jackup drill rig.

LeTourneau is procuring the rig, the fourth Tarzan Class rig built for Rowan

Companies, Inc., its parent corporation.

Under the terms of the contract,

LeTourneau will provide a license to

Signal International and furnish the engineering and component kit for the elevating system, including, 445 ft. leg length.

Marquez Joins Law Firm

Preston Gates Ellis & Rouvelas Meeds added John Marquez to the firm's

Maritime Practice as of counsel. He most recently serving as an attorney for the U.S. Maritime Administration in the office of the Chief Counsel.

ABB Wins $140M in

Marine Contracts

ABB recently won contracts worth $140 million to supply its Azipod propulsion systems for three vessels and electrical power systems for 11 vessels and two semi-submersible drilling rigs.

The orders, all booked during November 2005, include: Six 10 MW Azipod propulsion units for three Arctic shuttle tankers being built for Russia's Sovcomflot at

Samsung Heavy Industries. A drilling vessel for Mosvold

Drilling, being built at Samsung. Electrical power system packages for two semi-submersible drilling rigs for subsidiaries of SeaDrill Ltd., to be built at Jurong Shipyard A contract to outfit three vessels at

Aker Langsten shipyard in Norway: one well intervention vessel and 2 AHTS’. High-voltage switchboards for four container vessels to be built at Daewoo for Hamburg Süd Group of Germany. High voltage switchboards and transformers for three LNG carriers being built for China LNG at Hudong-

Zhonghua Shipbuilding Co.

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