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  • Ordnance Vitro Corporation, Silver Spring, Md., is being awarded a $4,825,000 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for system integration agent production engineering services for the Tartar MK-74 missile fire control system and MK-26 guided missile launching system program. Work will be performed in Silver Spring, and is expected to be completed February 28, 1987. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (95%), and for France (1%), and Australia (4%), under the Foreign Military Sales program.

    The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-85-C-5127). (Announced 2/6/86) McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $4,598,901 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for sustaining engineering support for Tomahawk cruise missile Operational Flight Software (OFS). Work will be performed in St. Louis. The Joint Cruise Missiles Project Office, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00032-85-C-5721). (Announced 1/29/86) RCA Corporation, Missile and Surface Radar Division, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $20,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for system design definition for the FY-89 submarine combat control and acoustic system.

    Work will be performed in Moorestown, and is expected to be completed in December 1987. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-86-C-6085). (Announced 1/17/86) Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $14,940,597 costplus- fixed-fee contract modification for engineering services for the Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) program.

    Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, and is expected to be completed September 30, 1987. The Strategic Systems Program Office, Washington, D.C., is the contracting acitivity (N00030-84-C-0014). (Announced 1/17/86) Interstate Electronics Corporation, Anaheim, Calif., is being awarded a $9,937,000 cost-plusincentive -fee/cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification for development and production of test instrumentation equipment for the Trident missile program. Work will be performed in Anaheim, and is expected to be completed in October 1989. The Strategic Systems Program Office, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00030- 84-C-0090). (Announced 2/5/86) General Electric Company, Armament Systems Department, Burlington, Vt., is being awarded a $15,600,000 modification to exercise an option under a fixed-price contract for 48 25mm gun systems for AV-8B aircraft for FY-86. Work will be performed in Burlington, and is expected to be completed in June 1988. The Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00019-84-C-0153). (Announced 2/7/86) Raytheon Service Company, Burlington, Mass., is being awarded a $47,464,449 cost-plus-awardfee contract for combat system design engineering for digital computer- based shipboard combat systems.

    Work will be performed in Arlington, Va., and is expected to be completed in January 1989. Thirty-five bids were solicited and two offers were received. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (99%), and for Germany (0.2%), Australia (0.2%), Spain (0.2%), Japan (0.2%), and Saudi Arabia (0.2%), under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024- 85-C-5294). (Announced 2/3/86) L o c k h e e d M i s s i l e s and Space Company Incorporated, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $3,669,930 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for refurbishing of Polaris A-3 missile components for the British naval ballistic missile system.

    Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, and is expected to be completed August 3,1987. This contract is in support of a Foreign Military Sale to Great Britain. The Strategic Systems Program Office, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N000-30-86-C-0112). (Announced 2/10/86) Aircraft Itek Corporation, Applied Technology Division, Sunnyvale, Calif., is being awarded a $14,931,248 modification as additional funding under a letter contract for AN/ALR-67 countermeasures warning and control sets for the F/A-18 aircraft. Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, and is expected to be completed in December 1986. The Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00019-83-C- 0278). (Announced 2/5/86) LTV Aerospace and Defense Company, Sierra Research Division, Buffalo, N.Y., is being awarded a $6,849,446 firm-fixedprice contract for 56 ARQ-44 air data link components on the SH- 60B aircraft. Work will be performed in Buffalo, and is expected to be completed in June 1987. Three bids were solicited and two offers were received. The Navy Aviation Supply Office, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity) (N00383- 86-C-8009). (Announced 1/29/86) McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $129,000,000 modification as additional funding under an advance acquisition contract for 49 F/A-18A and 35 TF/A-18A aircraft for FY-86. Work will be performed in St. Louis, and is expected to be completed in September 1988.

    The Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00019-84-C-0270). (Announced 1/17/86) Prospective Computer Analysts Incorporated, Roslyn, N . Y . , is being awarded a $ 9 , 8 0 7 , 3 9 5 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering and technical services to assist the Naval Air Engineering Center, Lakehurst, N.J., in the design and development of Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) and Test Program Sets (TPS) utilized in support of McDonnell Douglas and Grumman Aerospace aircraft. Work will be performed in Lakehurst (50%), and Roslyn (50%), and is expected to be completed in January 1989. Eightyeight bids were solicited and four offers were received. The Naval Regional Contracting Center, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00140-86-C-9146). (Announced 1/17/86) Lockheed California Company, Burbank, Calif., is being awarded an $11,341,228 firmfixed- price contract to provide 222 structural integrity program support kits for the T-2 aircraft. Work will be performed in Burbank, and is expected to be completed in December 1987. Eighteen bids were solicited and two offers were received.

    The Navy Aviation Supply Office, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (N00383-86-C- 1353). (Announced 2/3/86) McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $227,356,184 modification as additional funding under an advance acquisition contract for 49 F/A-18A and 35 TF/A-18A aircraft weapon systems for FY-86.

    Work will be performed in St. Louis, and is expected to be completed in September 1988. The Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00019-84-C-0270). (Announced 2/7/86) L o c k h e e d Corporation, Lockheed-California Company, Burbank, Calif., is being awarded a $39,000,000 modification as advance funding under an advance acquisition contract for nine P-3C aircraft for FY-86. Work will be performed in Burbank, and is expected to be completed in March 1988. The Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00019-85-C- 0016). (Announced 2/7/86) McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $5,000,000 modification to a basic ordering agreement to conduct Forward Looking Infrared Radar/Laser Target Designator/ Ranger (FLIR/LTD/R) testing and to accomplish F/A-18 aircraft avionic development tasks prior to flight testing. Work will be performed in St. Louis, and is expected to be completed in December 1986.

    The Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00019-83-G-0412). (Announced 2/7/86) United Technologies Corpo- ration, Sikorsky Aircraft Division, Stratford, Conn., is being awarded a $9,250,000 modification as additional funding under a letter contract to design, develop, test and document the engineering changes required to modify an SH-60B helicopter into an SH-60F aircraft carrier/ antisubmarine warfare inner zone helicopter. Work will be performed in Stratford, and is expected to be completed in October 1987.

    Four bids were received. The Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00019-85-C-0148). (Announced 2/7/86) Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, N.Y., is being awarded a $10,766,000 modification as additional funding to a fixed-price contract for materials and services necessary to integrate the Joint Tactical Information System (JTIDS) into the E-2C aircraft.

    Work will be performed in Bethpage, and is expected to be completed in December 1990. The Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00019-83-C-0337). (Announced 2/7/86) McDonnell Douglas Corporation, St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $26,325,089 modification to exercise an option under a fixed-price contract for 12 radar system test sets for the F/A-18 aircraft.

    Work will be performed in St. Louis, and is expected to be completed in July 1988. The Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00019-82-C- 0501). (Announced 2/7/86) United Technologies Corporation, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group, West Palm Beach, Fla. is being awarded a $6,300,000 modification as additional funding under a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for services and materials necessary to conduct component improvement programs for J-52 and TF-30 aircraft engines. Work will be performed in West Palm Beach. The Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00019-82-C-0241). (Announced 2/7/86) Ship Work RCA Corporation, Missile and Surface Radar Division, Moorestown, N.J., has been awarded a $3,033,645 modification to a previously awarded costplus- fixed-fee Navy contract for ship shock trials for the guidedmissile cruiser CG-53. Work will be performed in Moorestown and is expected to be completed in December 1987. Contract funds would not have expired at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024- 79-C-5151). (Announced 1/15/86) Techmatics, Inc. a professional services firm based in Arlington, Va., has been awarded a three-year, $1.2-million Navy contract, including options, to provide reliabili- ty, maintainability, and quality engineering support for U.S. Navy ships and combat systems. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Announced 2/7/86) McDermott Marine Construction of Morgan City, La., has been awarded a $16,308,100 fixed price Navy contract for the construction of offshore training facilities off the Carolina and Georgia coast. Work is expected to be completed in September 1986. Three bids were received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N62477-83-C-0286). (Announced 1/15/86) J.A. Jones Construction Company of Charlotte, N.C., has been awarded a $30,000,000 fixed price Navy contract for the construction of a drydock at the Naval Submarine Support Base, Kings Bay, Ga. Work is expected to be completed in March 1989. Eleven bids were received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Kings Bay, Ga., is the contracting activity (N68248-81-C-3020). (Announced 1/15/86)

  • level support equipment for the new APS-139 radar. Work will be performed in Bethpage, and is expected to be completed in June 1989. The Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C, is the contracting activity (N00019-83-C-0007). Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, N.Y., is being issued a $12

  • company's Deputy Director of Submarine Programs. He will be providing toplevel program management support to the Strategic Submarine Program Office, Naval Sea Systems Command. Formerly an executive scientist with a Washington, D.C., engineering firm, Mr. Marangiello has served as a Senior Executive

  • ., announced recently that it will build and test six prototype, lowcost underwater vehicles that can be launched from helicopters to destroy enemy naval mines. The battery-powered, wireguided vehicle, dubbed the Lowcost Expendable Neutralization System (LENS), will be built under contract to the

  • introduced Capt. Robert Lucas, USCG, who presented the speaker, Robert H. Krida. Mr. Krida, who is the director of advanced concepts, Naval Air Systems Command, spoke on the work that has been done to adapt aerodynamic applications to enhance surface craft performance, concluding with a short

  • , Ltd., a New York advertising agency which he joined as director of creative services in 1968. Clients he has served include the Naval Air Systems Command, Exxon, the Department of Transportation, the Naval Training Equipment Center, and the General Electric Company. Mr. Blumberg earned

  • Approximately 80 people attended the joint meeting of the American Society of Naval Engineers and The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers at the Officers' Club at the Philadelphia Naval Base on February 17, 1977. James J. Mulquin of the Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C.

  • three DDG-51 Class destroyers, DDG-54, DDG-56, and DDG-58. The work is expected to be comp l e t e d July 1995. The c o n t r a c t was awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C. (N00024-89-C- 2033). I n g a l l s S h i p b u i l d i n g D i v i s i o n , L i t t o n Indust r i e s

  • , the U.S. Air Force (39 percent), and for Canada (7 percent), and Australia (2 percent), under the Foreign Military Sales program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Washington. D C., is the contracting activity (N00019- 86-C-0168). April 11 Raytheon Company, Equipment Division, Wayland, Mass.. is

  • Operations, commands all activities of the Naval Material Command. The Naval Material Command includes five principal subordinate commands—Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Electronic Systems Command, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Naval Sea Systems Command, and the Naval Supply Systems Command

  • readout systems for LHD 2, LHD 3, LHD 4. CVN 74 and various support activities. The work is expected to be completed in May 1994. The Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00019-90-C-0219). General Electric Company, Electronic Systems Department, Moorestown

  • , ship-deployable surface targets (SDSTs) and fast attack craft targets (FACTs). Targets, training systems and simulations are managed with Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR).Many of the Navy’s boats are built to a standard design and can be adapted by different customers for their purposes. Navy standard

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    Image courtesy Outland Technology Image courtesy Exail Image courtesy Submaris and EvoLogics Vehicles The ROV-1500 from Outland Technology represents a leap forward in underwater robotics, a compact remotely operated vehicle (ROV) weighing in at less than 40 lbs (19kg) the ROV- 1500 is easy to transport

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    Photo courtesy Global Ocean Design Figure 7 A 35Ah AGM lead-acid battery is tested using the West Mountain Radio CBA to show the effect of simply ? lling the battery voids with mineral oil as a compensating ? uid. The CBA is programmed to cut-off at a voltage of 10.50v. The top line (red) shows the

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    LANDER LAB #10 Photo courtesy West Mountain Radio Photo courtesy of Clarios/AutoBatteries.com Figure 6 The West Mountain Radio Computerized Battery Analyzer (CBA V) attaches to a Figure 5 laptop by a USB-B cable, and to a battery by Powerpole® Connectors. Exploded view of an AGM lead-acid battery.

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    n January, Norway said “yes” to sea- bed mining, adding its weight to the momentum that is likely to override the calls for a moratorium by over 20 countries and companies such as I Google, BMW, Volvo and Samsung. Those against mining aim to protect the unique and largely unknown ecology of the sea?

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    sensor options for longer mission periods. About the Author For glider users working in ? sheries and conservation, Shea Quinn is the Product Line Manager the Sentinel can run several high-energy passive and active of the Slocum Glider at Teledyne Webb acoustic sensors, on-board processing, and imaging

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    assist in identifying mines and act as a neutralization device. About the Author Bottom mines pose even greater chal- David R. Strachan is a defense analyst and founder of lenges. Unlike contact mines, bottom Strikepod Systems, a research and strategic advisory mines utilize a range of sensors to