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Subject: DoD News 09/18/92 (long)
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Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 16:38:34 GMT


From CMSgt Mike Bergman <bergman@afnews.pa.af.mil>

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CONTENTS:

1.  NAVY TO CHRISTEN OCEAN SURVEILLANCE SHIP
2.  NAVY INITIATIVES TO COUNTER SEXUAL HARASSMENT
3.  MEMO FOR CORRESPONDENTS (MFC):  EA ON REALIGHMENT OF 7TH INFANTRY DIV
4.  MFC:  GENERAL OFFICER ACTIONS
5.  MFC:  ARMY CONTRACT FOR GROUND-BASED RADAR
6.  DOD NEWS BRIEFING, SEP 17 (Military Voting Program, Somaia Relief, etc.)
7.  DOD CONTRACTS AWARDED

        NAVY TO CHRISTEN OCEAN SURVEILLANCE SHIP LOYAL (T-AGOS-22) 

     The Department of the Navy will christen the ocean surveillance ship Loyal
(T-AGOS-22) at 10:00 am. Saturday, September 19, 1992, at McDermott Shipyard,
Amelia, Louisiana.  

     VADM William Studeman, USN, Deputy Director, Central Intelligence Agency,
will be the ceremony's principal speaker.  Mrs. Diane Studeman, wife of the
principal speaker, is the ship's sponsor.  

     T-AGOS ocean surveillance ship names convey positive traits of capability
or accomplishment.  Loyal (T-AGOS-22) is the first ship to bear this name.  

     Loyal is the last of four TACOS ships being built to utilize the Small
Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) design, which provides enhanced stability in
rough seas.  Its mission will be to provide intelligence by towing the Surveil-
lance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS).  This system will collect, process
and transmit acoustic data to shore for evaluation.  

     Loyal will be operated by the Military Sealift Command with a crew of 22
civilian personnel and 12 technicians.  The ship is 234.5 feet in length, has a
93.5 foot beam and will displace 3,396 tons fully loaded.  

                                        -END- 







                                                  No. 408-92
                                                  (703) 697-5342 (info)
                                                  (703) 697-3189 (copies)
IMMEDIATE RELEASE         September 17, 1992      (703) 697-5737 (public/indus-
                                                  try)


                   NAVY RELEASES DETAILS OF NEW INITIATIVES
                         TO COUNTER SEXUAL HARASSMENT


     Acting Secretary of the Navy Sean O'Keefe today has directed his standing
committee on women in the Naval service to evaluate several new initiatives to
combat sexual harassment.  The Secretary has asked that the committee make
their recommendations to him no later than September 30 on the following new
measures to change the culture, environment and attitudes that have previously
allowed sexual harassment to occur:

     --  Identifying opportunities to expand involvement of women in Fleet and
Fleet Marine Forces' training exercises and joint training exercises.

     --  Developing a Department-wide reporting and tracking system with an
integrated data base to track formal sexual harassment complaints and reported
incidents of sexual assaults and rape to provide the Navy with a comprehensive,
accurate yardstick of its progress in eliminating these types of unacceptable
behavior.

     --  Establishing a toll free advice/counseling telephone line to provide
information and advice to all members involved in an incident of sexual
harassment regarding their rights and responsibilities; to provide a viable
alternative to facilitate informal resolution of sexual harassment complaints
at the lowest appropriate level; and to identify other resources available to
the caller.

     --  Assessing the impact of personnel and force structure reductions on
opportunities for women, and development of a plan for ensuring women are not
disproportionately affected as a result of drawdown decisions.

     --  Developing and conducting a culture and climate assessment survey of
Navy and Marine Corps service members and civilian personnel to assess the
effectiveness of sexual harassment training programs and to provide a baseline
to evaluate changes in attitudes over time.

     --  Assessing the adequacy of training and education programs that
specifically address core values, standards of conduct and appropriate behav-
ior, prevention of sexual harassment, and command/supervisor/leadership
responsibilities in creating a positive command climate and promoting team
work.

                                    (more)

     --  Reviewing the status of recommendations contained in the 1990 Updated
Report on the Progress of Women in the Navy and the 1988 Report on the Progress
of Women in the Marine Corps.

     --  Assessing the impact of changing demographics of the U.S. labor force
and the resultant recruiting pool on recruiting priorities, retention, and
personnel assignment and utilization policies.

     As part of the lasting leadership commitment necessary to eradicate sexual
harassment, the Secretary of the Navy formed the Standing Committee on Military
and Civilian Women in the Department of the Navy in July.  The committee is
charged with advising the Secretary of the Navy on ways to enhance the profes-
sional opportunities for women, and will seek to eliminate demeaning behavior
and attitudes towards women by promoting mutual respect among men and women.

     "We have a duty to the American public and an obligation to those who
serve to create a climate conducive to effective integration of all members of
the Navy and Marine Corps team," said O'Keefe.

     The Department of the Navy is taking a systematic approach to deal
effectively with sexual harassment and gender discrimination.  These steps are
consistent with the three-phase pattern for achieving cultural change identi-
fied by Representatives Aspin and Byron, and discussed in the subcommittee
report entitled "Women in the Military" report released earlier this week.

     The Standing Committee will also develop a plan for reviewing the find-
ings, conclusions and recommendations of the President's Commission on Women in
the Armed Forces.  The plan will address evaluating the Navy and Marine Corps
plans of actions and milestones to implement approved Commission recommenda-
tions as directed by the Secretary of Defense. Additionally, the Standing
Committee will be responsible for overseeing implementation actions and
assessing implementation results.

                                     -END-


                                                No.265-M 


NEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS                   September 18, 1992 


     The Department of the Army announced today the availability of the final
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the realignment of the 7th Infantry Division
(Light) from Fort Ord, Calif., to Fort Lewis, Wash.  

     The Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission was mandated by Public
101-510, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990, to recommend
military installations for realignment and closure.  The commission's recommen-
dations were presented to the President in their report on July 1, 1991, and
were approved by the President and forwarded to Congress on July 11, 1991.
Those recommendations became law on October 2, 1991.  Included in the commis-
sion's report was the recommendation to realign the 7th Infantry Division
(Light) and the communications Systems Test Activity to Fort Lewis.  

     Public Law 101-510 exempted the decision-making process of the commission
in recommending installations to be closed or realigned from the provisions of
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.  The law also exempted the
Department of Defense from considering the need for closing, realigning or
transferring functions and from looking at alternative installations to realign
or close.  The Department of the Army still must prepare environmental impact
analyses to assess the environmental effects of realignment on installations
receiving functions from other installations and the environmental effects of
property disposal.  This EA meets that reguirement.  

     The result of this EA is a Finding of No Significant Impact (FNSI) for the
realignment of the 7th Infantry Division (Light) and the Communications Systems
Test Activity to Fort Lewis.  

     For more information, or to obtain a copy of the EA and FNSI, contact Dr.
David Rice, Seattle District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, P. 0. Box C-3735,
Seattle, WA 98124-2255, or call (206) 764-3630.  
                                  -END- 



MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS:	September 18, 1992		(703) 697-5131

	The Departments of the Army and Air Force today announced the assignment
for the following general officers:

ARMY:  Major General Girard Seitter, III, to be Project Manager, Vanguard
Project, Office of the Army Surgeon General, Falls Church, Virginia, effective
November 2, 1992.  He is currently CG, Tripler Army Medical Center, Moanalua,
Hawaii.

	Brigadier General James E. Hastings, to be CG, Tripler Army Medical
Center, Moanalua, Hawaii.  He is currently CG, U.S. Army Medical Center, Fort
Gordon, Georgia.
											
AIR FORCE:  Brigadier General Bruce J. Bohn, to be Director, Defense Network
Systems Organization, Defense Information Systems Agency, Arlington, VA.  He is
currently Director, Plans and Policy, DCS/Command, Control, Communications and
Computers, Headquarters, USAF, Washington, D.C.

						END




                                                  No.    410-92
                                                  (205) 955-3887(info)
                                                  (703) 697-3189 (copies)
IMMEDIATE RELEASE           September 17, 1992    (703) 697-5737 (public/indus-
                                                  try)

                  ARMY CONTRACT FOR GROUND BASED RADAR (GBR)

     The U.S. Army competitively selected a contractor team headed by Raytheon
Equipment Division of Wayland, Mass. to perform demonstration/validation for
the Ground Based Radar (GBR) family of strategic and theater radars.  The
initial contract for $491,200,091 was awarded by the U.S. Army Space and
Strategic Defense Command in support of the Global Protection Against Limited
Strikes (GPALS) Program Executive Office, which manages the program. 

     The basic contract is to build three radars for Theater Missile Defense
and one for National Missile Defense.  The total contract, including options,
could reach a value of $614,717,000.  Design and fabrication will be based on
the concept of a family of X-band radars which take advantage of common
technology and design, especially in signal and data processing and software.

     The radar for National Missile Defense is designated the Ground Based
Radar-Test (GBR-T) and will be built at the U.S. Army Kwajalein Atoll in the
central Pacific for joint testing with the National Missile Defense Ground
Based Interceptor.  The contract contains an option for $120,454,000 to build a
second National Missile Defense radar as a User Operational Evaluation (UOE)
unit.  This National Missile Defense-GBR UOE would be built at the initial
National Missile Defense site and could be used for actual defense of the
continental United States against Third World attack and accidental launches. 

     A Theater Missile Defense-GBR demonstration/validation radar will support
testing of the Theater High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile at White
Sands Missile Range, 
NM.  Two Theater Missile Defense-GBRs will be built for incorporation into the
THAAD UOEs.

       The Theater Missile Defense-GBR UOE radars will be deployable with THAAD
in the event of national contingencies.  They will be C-130 aircraft compatible
and road transportable.  This radar covers a large area by acquiring and
tracking theater missile threats at ranges of 500km or greater, using full
field-of-view, phased array antennas.

     Plans call for the National Missile Defense GBRs to use Traveling Wave
Tubes and ferrite phase shifters and for the Theater Missile Defense GBRs to
use solid state transmit/receive modules.  Solid state technology makes the
mobile radars lighter and easier to maintain in the field.

                                 (more)


     Major subcontractors are as follows:  TRW, Inc., Redondo Beach, Calif. for
software; Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, Texas for solid state transmit/re-
ceive modules; Digital Equipment Corporation, Burlington, Mass. for signal and
data processors; EBCO, Richmond, British Columbia for turrets for National
Missile Defense radars;  Datatape, Pasadena, Calif. for data recorders; and
Hughes Aircraft company, Torrance, Calif. for traveling wave tubes.

     The Army GPALS program is managed by Maj. Gen. William S. Chen, Army
Program Executive Officer for GPALS, for the Strategic Defense Initiative
Organization.  Colonel William W. Ryan Jr. is the GBR Project Manager.

     For more information on the GBR contract, contact the PEO GPALS Public
Affairs Office at (205) 955-3887.  For information on how GBR fits into missile
defense systems being developed by SDIO, contact the SDIO Office of External
Affairs at (703) 693-1778.

                                 END





                                                                      No. 130-P

PRESS ADVISORY                                               September 18, 1992

     Deputy Secretary of Defense Don Atwood will provide the keynote address at
the National Defense Transportation Association's 47th Annual Transportation
and Logistics Forum on Monday, September 21, 1992.   Deputy Secretary Atwood
will speak at 9:20 a.m. (EDT) in the Marriott Ballroom, Waterside Marriott, 235
East Main Street, Norfolk, VA.

     The event is open to the media.  Media point of contact at the National
Defense Transport Association is Susie Pugh, (804) 627-4200 x6228.

                                     -END-



DoD News Briefing
Thursday, September 17, 1992 - Noon
Mr. Bob Hall, DASD (Public Affairs)

     Mr. Hall:  Good afternoon.  I have one announcement and then I'll go over
a couple of issues here, and then take your questions.

     A national POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony hosted by Deputy Secretary of
Defense Donald J. Atwood will be held at the Pentagon River Entrance on Friday,
September 18, 1992, at 11:00 a.m.  The events will include a preceremony
concert by the U.S. Navy Band, remarks by General John Vessey, U.S. Army (Ret.)
and a flyover.  Invited guests include congressional representatives and key
administration officials, senior military and civilian leaders, and
representatives from POW/MIA organizations.  The ceremony is open to the public
and, of course, will be available for coverage.

     Let me deal with one issue, go over something here first just to get it on
the record and maybe take advantage of the interest, and discuss for a few
minutes DoD's Federal Voting Assistance Program.  This is a program that's been
in place for many years.  Our efforts have been and continue to be solely
focused on facilitating voting by military members and civilians stationed
overseas.  No one is told for whom to vote.  It's established by law, since
1955.  But I think there were active efforts before that, in earlier years.
Its emphasis has not changed.  It's been very successful in facilitating
registration and absentee voting.  Thus, the percentage of military members
that vote in elections has increased over the years.

     The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act under which the
DoD program currently operates, was signed in 1986.  It consolidated similar
acts that had been signed in 1955 and 1975, and provided for a federal write-in
ballot which is something that's used when, if you've applied to your state and
you haven't received anything back.  This can be used. (Holding up form) We
have copies of this available.  It basically allows you to vote for the
President, senators, and U.S. representatives.  It's a single ballot that's
accepted by all except, I believe, one state.

     The reason why we have this program is, of course, military members are
permitted to vote by law.  We encourage them to vote.  These are the people who
defend our freedoms.  It's perfectly appropriate that they exercise this very
basic of American freedoms.  Military members, many of them are stationed away
from the state in which they claim their legal residence.  They, therefore,
must vote absentee if they wish to vote.  I think something like 90 percent of
military members do vote absentee.

     Each state has separate procedures for absentee voting.  The DoD Federal
Voting Assistance Program is designed to make such absentee voting as easy as
possible for military members.  The program collects information on how to
register and vote absentee for each state, and compiles that information in an
easy-to-use format.  It places voting assistance officers with units, people
who, in addition to their regular military duties, help answer questions and
provide materials necessary to register and vote absentee.

     The program uses public service announcements and Ad Council
advertisements.  I think the Secretary had a little get-together with the
people from the Ad Council the other day where they unveiled this year's ads.
Some of you were there, it was open for coverage.  You've seen them.  In
addition to using the American Forces Radio and Television Service, we've
placed spots with 1,000 commercial television stations and 7,500 radio
stations.  In addition, there are print ads that are sent to newspapers around
the country.

     The Department has a federal voting action plan and then the Secretary
sends guidance to each of the services that instructs them to prepare plans.
This happens before every federal election, plus we do a blue top (news
release) that sort of explains this thing, encouraging military members to
vote.  Action plans are available.  If you want them, DDI has them.  All this
is sort of under the guidance of the Director of Federal Voting Assistance
Program which works under Doc Cooke, the Washington Headquarters Services.  As
I think most of you know, there are exhibits down at Quarters 9 and 10 where a
lot of this information is available.

     In DDI, we've got several things you may be interested in.  There's a "how
to do it" brochure, a federal post card registration absentee ballot request,
and the voting assistance guide.  This is what the officers use, those that are
helping people, the voting assistance officers assigned to each unit or
identified in each unit.  This is what they are given and what they use.

     It's also worth noting that this doesn't just apply to military members.
The Secretary, under law, is designated as the presidential designee under
Title I of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act.  So we
provide our materials to a lot of different organizations.  We provide them to
embassies.  I know from personal experience, when you're living overseas, it is
very difficult if you have to deal directly with your state to get your ballots
in a timely fashion.  I, frankly, found it easier when I was in an embassy
where there was a military installation.  My personal experience was it was a
tremendous help.

     We also work with private organizations.  We work with the Democrats
Abroad, Republicans Abroad, private companies like Coca Cola, Euro Disneyland,
Exxon, IBM, people that have large numbers of American citizens overseas, all
receive the materials, and usually have somebody identified to help people with
their absentee voting.  So this is basically a service that we provide.

     Q:  A couple of questions on this.  Is it part of a person's military
record whether they vote or not?
     A:  I'm not aware that it's part of anybody's record whether they vote or
not.  To choose to vote or not vote is a personal privilege.

     Q:  Do you keep a record if someone applies for...
     A:  We have statistics about percentages of people that vote, yes --
voting participation.  We can give those to you if you'd like.  It's the same
kind of thing that the Federal Elections Commission has.  I think we provide
those statistics to the Federal Elections Commission.

          Q:  So it's blank statistics.  It's not with a name.
     A:  No, you wouldn't have a breakdown by person.

     Q:  Should it be part of these voting officers' evaluation, whether they
are being very active in terms of getting 100 percent participation?
     A:  I think when we have a mission, that you want people to get out the
vote, that's something that could be looked at.  Whether it's a specific part
of anybody's evaluation, whether there's a block to check, I have no idea.  I
doubt it.

     Q:  That was one of the assertions in the story.
     A:  When you're assigned as the voting assistance officer, you have the
mission to try to encourage people to vote, to make sure people have been
contacted, to make sure they have been given the opportunity to vote.  That's
absolutely true.  People are encouraged to vote.  The point I'm making here is
nobody's told who to vote for.

     Q:  Have you received any type of formal complaint from officers, such as
this Air Force officer in the Washington Post story who went to the ACLU?
     A:  I'm not aware of any complaints.

     Q:  Can you confirm that there has been an intensification this year as
opposed to...?
     A:  No, it's been about the same as every year.  We have general policy
guidelines of trying to put somebody with each unit.  But if a unit is a very
large unit, they may have a number of people assigned to it.  But those policy
guidelines, which say, aim for one for every 25 voters are general guidelines
that have been out there for some time, and it varies radically.  I'm told,
anecdotally, that JCS has one person.  Obviously, that's a fairly large
organization.

     Q:  Can you explain the process of how someone in the military, or a
civilian overseas, or for that matter in this country, can apply for an
absentee ballot, and how do they get it?
     A:  That information and those application materials are what we make
available to them through the voting assistance officer.  If you're on ship,
you go see your voting assistance officer.  He has got all the materials that
can be used to apply for your state, or you can use a federal card.

     Q:  So it's easier for a military person than a civilian?
     A:  If your embassy overseas has it...

     Q:  No, in the United States?
     A:  In the United States, you can register to vote all over the place.  At
your county seat or, I registered to vote, for the first time, outside of a
grocery store.  I'm not sure it's easier...  The point is, it's much more
difficult for a military person to vote.  He can't go down to his local polling
booth.  He's probably going to have to vote absentee.  That's a much more
difficult process.

     Q:  But say for a reporter who's out of the country, who has to take the
time to write to his local polling place and request an absentee ballot.  
     A:  If you're stationed in Paris, you can go into the U.S. Embassy in
Paris and pick up the same material.  It's available for you.  You're covered
under this Act.

     Q:  Could you address what is probably the most serious accusation in the
thrust of the Washington Post story, that there has been this major effort
underway to get the military vote out in order to help Bush and Quayle get
reelected, since the assumption is that more military support Republicans than
Democrats.
     A:  It's nonsense.

     Q:  It's what?
     A:  Nonsense.

     Q:  Can you tell us why it's nonsense?
     A:  It's ludicrous on the face of it.  The effort here is to get people to
vote.  We do not tell people who to vote for.  The U.S. military, as you well
know, Wolf, reflects the demographics of American society.  We have absolutely
no way of tracking who military people vote for.

     Q:  I wonder whether you could address the allegation that this year for
the first time the Department has set a target rate for participation, which if
realized, would produce at least 1.2 million military votes.
     A:  I don't know if there's a specific target rate, but the target is,
basically, to get as many people as we can registered.  Hopefully, they will
all vote.  It's just like CFC or blood donations or everything else in the
military.

     Q:  Is there a target rate for participation?
     A:  I'd have to look at the plan and see if there's a specific target rate
that's given in it for this year.  I'll check it out.  Why don't we just give
you the plan.  You can look at it and see if there's one in there.

     Q:  Is there a more intensive effort in presidential years than in
off-year senate races?
     A:  Federal elections.

     Q:  But a federal election comes every two years.
     A:  It's the same, however, as I say, there is a special provision in the
law, and a special federal write-in absentee ballot that, in a sense, would
make it easier in a federal election.  A lot of people just want to vote for
President.  If they've applied to the state and haven't received their state
materials, they could just use this to vote for the presidential election.  As
with the nation at large, our rates go up, voting rates go up for presidential
election years versus off-years.

     Q:  Is that specific form available for civilians overseas?
     A:  This specific form?  Yes.

     Q:  So if I'm being hassled by my state I can get that?
     A:  Yes.  You have to have applied already to your state.  But all this
material that's available to the military people is available to civilians
overseas.  They're covered under the same Act.

     Q:  How about different campaigns, target groups.  They try to get
(inaudible) groups, knowing full well that every person in that group may not
vote for them, but figuring most will.  So on that basis, why is it ludicrous
and nonsense that the military would be targeted...
     A:  You have to assume that one party or the other would be directly
soliciting military votes, but we have specific regulations that come into
effect every year about what kind of political activities can be done on a
military installation -- virtually none.  There are specific prohibitions
against what kinds of things military personnel can participate in, what they
can't do, that prevent that.  So this is an effort to get out the vote.  But
that's all it is.

     Q:  Did you say you had some statistics at hand?
     A:  Yes.

     Q:  Could you state some?
     A:  We're looking for earlier ones, but, for example, in 1980 the total
military participation was 49.7 percent.  In 1984, it was 55.3 percent.  In
1988, it was 63.5 percent.  It's interesting, there are significant variations
within the services.  For example, in 1988, you had 56.4 percent for the U.S.
Army; 74.3 percent for the U.S. Navy; 59.6 percent for the Air Force; 65
percent for the Marine Corps; and 67.3 percent for the Coast Guard who are
included in these statistics.

     By comparison, for the general population in 1984, it was 53.9 percent of
eligible voters, or voting age population; in 1988 it was 50.1 percent.  So in
'88, we did better than the general population; in '84 it was about the same.

          Q:  What's the target for '92?
     A:  As many as possible.

     Q:  Didn't Cheney say last week that there was a target?
     A:  He may well have.  He said, "In 1988, military voter participation
reached an all-time high.  It was more than 63 percent.  But troops, we can do
better than that.  We can improve on that number."  So he said let's do better
than 63 percent.  And frankly, that's a message that ought to apply to the
American people at large.

     Q:  Did you say there's a similar program for State Department people
overseas?
     A:  They're covered, they're overseas.  Cheney is the lead government
person for all overseas Americans -- military, diplomatic, and private
citizens.  As I say, we provide all these materials to companies that have a
large presence overseas.  Coca Cola is one example I was given, Exxon, IBM,
Euro Disneyland has a large number of Americans overseas.  

     Q:  You said the military is the lead agency?
     A:  No, Cheney is.  He is designated by the President, by law.

     Q:  As I recall, when I voted overseas I went to the embassy and they
provided it.
     A:  As I say, we then produce these materials, we farm them out and send
them to embassies through the State Department, send them to private companies,
send them to political groups.  There's an organization of Democrats overseas,
an organization of Republicans overseas.  They want these materials too,
because they're convenient, easy, and thorough.

     Q:  But my question is, is there a similar encouragement type of system
inside groups, the State Department bureaucracy, as there is in the military to
follow up on people and ask them, hand them materials and say...
     A:  There is.  Again, it probably depends on the individual voting
assistance officer.  I can remember in my personal experience, in some cases
being solicited, people checking to make sure I had it, and other times having
to go out and chase it down myself, chase down whoever had the stuff myself.
You know how the military is.  We're organized, so we do a good job with it.

     Q:  This year various veterans groups are making particular appeals on the
subject of Clinton and his draft status.  What were these regulations that you
mentioned before about politicking and the military?  Do the veterans groups
have the ability to make direct access to troop units?
     A:  Veterans groups are a different matter.

     Q:  I'm asking about your regulations.  Do they allow direct solicitation
of these soldiers by...
     A:  We don't allow partisan activities on military installations, no.
That's prohibited.

     Q:  Mailing lists, for instance?
     A:  I don't believe we give out mailing lists.

     Just to bring you up to date on Somalia, the movement of the 500-man
Pakistani security force is being conducted in three phases.  The first phase
was the movement of the advance party that occurred in terms of personnel on
Monday and Tuesday.  There was some activity on Wednesday, moving down
equipment for that advance party.  That was 60 people.  So they are on the
ground now in Mogadishu.  They flew down on C-141 and C-5 aircraft from
Islamabad to Djibouti, where they then transferred to C-130 aircraft for the
flights to Mogadishu.

      The second phase is a process of moving the main body of personnel,
approximately 440 people and their light equipment which will, again, be
arriving in Mogadishu later on this coming week.  That will continue until
towards the end of the month.

     Phase three is the sealift of their heavy equipment from Karachi to
Mogadishu.  We are helping the Pakistanis move that down from the northern part
of the country to Karachi, and to put it on a commercial vessel contracted for
by the U.S. Military Sealift Command.

     We expect to have the entire movement of the party and their equipment to
be completed by the end of the month.

     As part of that process, CENTCOM has moved the Tarawa Amphibious Ready
Group that was up in the Persian Gulf down to the international waters off of
Somalia to provide seaborne command and control and communications and, if
needed, search and rescue support to the U.S. transport or the Pakistani
security force in Somalia.  They're there in support of this movement of the
Pakistani security force.  That's their only purpose.  They're not part of
Provide Relief, they're not under General Libutti.  They're not connected with
humanitarian flights.  They're just there for this movement of the Pakistanis.
I anticipate when that's completed that they will then be released to go back
to Pacific Command for their other duties.

     There are four ships involved.  The amphibious assault ship, USS Tarawa;
the amphibious platform dock ship, the USS Ogden; the amphibious transport dock
ship, USS Fort Fisher; and the tank landing ship, USS Schenectedy.  The
embarked marines are the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, approximately 2,100
men.  They have Marine aircraft, including the CH-46 and CH-53 transport
helicopters; AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters; UH-1 utility helicopters; and AV-8B
Harrier jets.  The commander of Amphibious Squadron One is Captain J. Braden
Phillips, U.S. Navy.

     The bulk of these people are not going to have anything to do with the
movement of the Pakistanis.  They're just there because the whole ARG moves
together.  The only people who are going to be involved are the helicopter
crews that will ferry an Air Force combat control team in and out of Mogadishu
Airfield each day.  They'll go in in the morning, and when flights are finished
they'll leave.  Plus they'll have a two-man Marine communications team that
will communicate with the ships, with the Tarawa.

     The purpose of the Air Force combat control team, which is a small number
of people -- I was given two different numbers, but both somewhere between five
and ten people.  Their mission is to provide airfield control and to direct the
Pakistanis in the offloading of their people and equipment from the U.S.
transports.  The reason why we sent them is the airfield has no lights, no
communications capability.  All the equipment there has been looted, it's all
been destroyed, and we had to have the CCT, the combat control team, to provide
necessary capabilities to operate the airport.  That unit, incidentally, that
CCT, is from Rhein Main, Germany.

     Q:  Are they armed?
     A:  We don't discuss some of the specifics of the security, but they do
have the capability of defending themselves, yes.

     Q:  Will they come in with additional protectors?
     A:  They'll have the capability of defending themselves.  I can't get more
specific than that.  But basically, no.  There will only be a very limited
number of people on the ground, the Air Force team, and some Marine
communications people, as well as the helicopter crew.

     Q:  Is it the same people who were in Kuwait recently, landed on the
beaches in Kuwait?
     A:  The Marines?  Yes.

     As I said earlier, the ships of the amphibious ready group normally
operate together as a single unit.  In this case, they were departing the
Persian Gulf as a single unit and were diverted to this particular mission.  It
is anticipated that at the conclusion of this mission they will return to their
transit to the Pacific operations area.

     Q:  I'm sorry, Bob, did you say they're there already?  They're on
station, or...
     A:  I think they should be arriving on station today.  Yes, they're there
now.  They got there today.  

     Q:  Have the first helicopter flights already taken place?
     A:  No, these flights will start sometime within a week.  They won't go in
early, I don't think.

     Q:  Under what circumstances would the Marines get involved in any kind of
hostilities?  Solely to protect our people on the ground?  Or would they become
involved with the Pakistanis?
     A:  They would be conducting search and rescue, whatever is required, in
connection with the U.S. transport operation.  They will not have a followon
mission after that operation is completed.

     Q:  That involves only the American...
     A:  It involves the U.S. transport operation.

     Q:  Are you saying that if these Marines are sitting offshore there and
the Pakistanis have already landed and they're suddenly attacked by unexpected
numbers of bandits, that the Marines have no conceivable role in coming to
their rescue?
     A:  Their mission now is to support the U.S. transport operation.  I would
note, as a side bar, that the Pakistanis are coming with their equipment and
they'll be well equipped.

     Q:  Won't they be protecting the equipment, so there could be some
incident that way?
     A:  The Pakistanis already have people on the ground.  They are equipped,
they are armed, and they have their own equipment.  We're basically flying
people in and unloading them, and we needed to have an airfield control team to
land those flights.  This is an airport that doesn't have any communications
ability.

     Q:  The air control team will not be involved in protecting the equipment?
The Pakistanis will be doing that?
     A:  The Pakistanis.

     In addition on Somalia, let me just bring you up to date.  The grand total
of flights into the airfields in the interior of Somalia continue.  Since the
last briefing, we had five flights to Belet Huen with 45.27 metric tons of
food; eight flights to Baidoa with 89.13 metric tons of food; and programmed
for today are five flights to Belet Huen and five flights to Baidoa.  No
additional flights since the last briefing to Oddur, and we have not made any
additional flights to Wajir either, in Kenya.

     Q:  A clan leader was saying yesterday that that's not part of the UN
agreement and it risks bloodshed, according to him.
     A:  Let me go back again.  You've got two separate operations going on
here.  One is Provide Relief that is moving materials, moving food from Mombasa
up to sites in the interior of Somalia, turning it over to relief
organizations.  That's under General Libutti.  A separate operation.  That's a
humanitarian operation that we're conducting.

     As a separate operation, we are bringing in the Pakistani peacekeepers at
the request of the UN --   separate operation.  The Tarawa and the amphibious
ready group, their communications, which is really what they want, their
communications ability and command and control ability is there supporting that
movement of flights.  It's not supporting the humanitarian effort.  It's only
involved with the flights that are bringing in the Pakistanis.

     Q:  So it is part of that under the UN agreement, because it's part of the
Pakistani flights requested by the UN.
     A:  Yes, and we're supplying command and control to those flights.  The
Marines essentially have no function, although, of course, they're available
for a SAR if needed.  Their basic job is to provide a command and control
platform and transportation for the Air Force team as well as lodging, bed and
breakfast, so to speak.

     Q: Do you have some words available on why the YF-22 investigation was
reopened?
     A:  I just talked to the Air Force this morning.  My understanding is that
the convening authority, General Yates, who is the commander of the Air Force
Materiel Command, has asked for further information to be included in the
accident investigation.  As to when that will be available, the report or
anything, I refer you to his public affairs office.  That's 513-257-6306.

     Q:  Do you know if any new evidence came to light or...
     A:  No, he has the right, as the convening officer, to satisfy himself
with these reports before he finalizes them.

     Q:  On the proposal to Congress of the Saudi sale -- on the engines -- it
said General Electric or Pratt & Whitney will supply the engines.  Have the
Saudis asked for a competition on the engine?
     A:  I'm not sure, we'll have to check on that.

     Q:  Will you take that?
     A:  Yes.  Have the Saudis asked for a competition on the engines for the
F-15 sale?

     Q:  The Senate basically merged all the requests of the aircraft accounts
into one big pot, meaning that the Pentagon is going to have to prioritize
those programs.  Any reaction to how it's going to affect the long-term
planning?
     A:  I think we're still working with the Hill on the budget request, so I
don't really have anything specific.

     Q:  Do you oppose that idea?
     A:  We support the budget request we sent up.  What you're saying is
they've reduced them and pulled them together.  We support the ones we sent up.

     Q:  Any violations of the no-fly zone in Iraq?
     A:  No, no violations.  Nothing that we can confirm on that.

     Q:  Anything happening with the proposed no-fly zone over
Bosnia/Herzogovena?
     A:  I don't really have anything new beyond what you've seen on the news
reports of Secretary Cheney's conversations, his statements.  He's confirmed
that he has discussed it.  I assume he'll be returning and reporting to the
President.  I don't have anything to announce.

     Q:  You say nothing you can confirm on the no-fly zone in Iraq.  Are you
checking something?  Has something happened you're looking into?
     A:  No, nothing new.

     Q:  Any comment on the GAO report on SDI testing?
     A:  I'd refer you to SDIO.

     Press:  Thank you very much.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1992                     (703) 697-5131 - Info.

                             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                CONTRACT AWARDS

                                           ARMY


   Raytheon Company, Missile System Division, Bedford, Massachusetts, is being
awarded a $5,284,686 modification to a $97,607,326 cost plus award fee contract
for FY92 PATRIOT Engineering Services of 428.7 man-months level-of-effort.
Work will be performed in Bedford, Massachusetts (67.58%);  Andover, Massachu-
setts (l3.99%); Burlington, Massachusetts (7.23%);  Huntsville, Alabama
(5.64%); Orlando, Florida (2.91%); Wayland, Massachusetts (3.35%); El Paso,
Texas (1.30%), and is expected to be completed by January 31, 1993.  Of the
total contract funds, $434,593 will expire at the end of the current fiscal
year.  This is a sole source contract initiated on August 30, 1991.  The
contracting activity is the U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal,
Alabama (DAAH01-92-C-0006).  

    Martin Marietta Ordnance Systems, Incorporated, Orlando, Florida, is being
awarded a $9,530,695 modification to a $681,515,985 contract for operation and
maintenance of a government owned contractor operated facility.  Work will be
performed in Milan, Tennessee, and is expected to be completed by December 31,
1992.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
This is a sole source contract initiated on March 6, 1992.  The contracting
activity is the U.S. Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command, Rock
Island, Illinois (DAAA09-87-Z-0003).  

    RNJ Interstate Corporation, Harrisburg, Illinois, is being awarded a
$8,460,100 firm fixed price contract for construction of an aircraft mainte-
nance facility.  Work will be performed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, and
is expected to be completed by February 20, 1994.  Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  There were 72 bids solicited on
June 4, 1992, and 3 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Louisville, Kentucky (DACA27-92-C-0l39.  

    Talley Defense Systems, Mesa, Arizona, is being awarded a $5,173,422
increment as part of a $9,999,658 firm fixed price contract for 61,089 each
M913 Rocket Motor Grains, in support of the M9l3 Cartridge, lO5mm, High
Explosives Rocket Assistance (HERA).  Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona,
and is expected to be completed by February 28, 1995.  Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  There were 2 bids solicited on
March 9, 1992, and 1 bid received.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army
Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command, Rock Island, Illinois (DAAA09-92-
C-0793).  

    McMaster Construction, Incorporated, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is being
awarded a $5,273,209 firm fixed price contract for construction of a C-17
flight simulator facility.  Work will be performed at Altus Air Force Base,
Oklahoma, and is expected to be completed by May I, 1994.  Contract funds will
not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  There were 56 bids solicited
on August 4, 1992, and 5 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa, Oklahoma (DACA56-92-C-Oll4).

    Serv-Air, Incorporated, Greenville, Texas, is being awarded a $623,629,252
cost plus fixed fee contract (funding will be issued in increments at the time
of each tasking), for technical support and services for managing and operating
the government owned-contractor operated Special Operations Forces facility at
the Lexington-Blue Grass Army Depot.  Work will be performed in Lexington,
Kentucky, and is expected to be completed by September 30, 1997.  Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  There were 92
    bids solicited on July 31, 1992, and 2 bids received.  The contracting
activity is the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command, Fort Mon-
mouth, New Jersey (D~07-92-Z-B506).  

    Pace Contracting Company, Las Vegas, Nevada, is being awarded a $6,122,458
fixed price contract for construction of a squadron operations building, hangar
building, pump house, parking area, storage yard, screenwall, sound support
facility and sitework.  Work will be performed at Nellis Air Force Base,
Nevada, and is expected to be completed by October 30, 1994.  Contract funds
will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  There were 20 bids
solicited on.June 23, 1992, and 15 bids received.  The contracting activity is
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles, California (DACA09-92-C-0051).  


                             CIVIL WORKS - NON MILITARY 


    Sevenson Environmental Services, Incorporated, Niagara Falls, New York, is
being awarded a $9,905,026 firm fixed price contract for property remediation
and restoration of 25 homes in the Montclair, West Orange, and Glen Ridge study
areas.  Work will be performed in Essex County, New Jersey, and is expected to
be completed by February 11, 1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end
of the current fiscal year.  There were 51 bids solicited on April 15, 1992,
and 4 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri (0ACW41-92-C-9004).  

                                          NAVY 

     Hughes Aircraft Company, Electro-Optical & Data Systems Group, El Segundo,
California, is being awarded a $8,060,000 ceiling price order contract to
provide eight line items of AN/AAR-50 systems spares for the F/A-18 aircraft.
Work will be performed in El Segundo, California, and is expected to be
completed by October 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the
current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.   The Naval
Aviation Supply Office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity
(N00383-93-G-B501).  

     Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $30,463,355
cost-plus-award-fee option for lead Yard Class Services on the DDG 51 Class
AEGIS destroyers.  Work will be performed in Bath, Maine, and is expected to be
completed by February 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the
current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval
Sea Systems Command is the contracting activity (N00024-91-C-2800).  

     Lockheed Sanders, Inc., Microwave Technology Center, Nashua, New Hamp-
shire, is being awarded a $6,515,329 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop
advanced X-ray lithograph 0.25 micrometer technology, evaluate manufacturing
processes, and conduct production assessments.  Work will be performed in
Nashua, New Hampshire (20%), and Rochester, New York (80%), and is expected to
be completed by August 1994.  Contract funds in the amount of $6,515,329 would
have expired at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competi-
tively procured by a broad agency announcement and 10 bids were received.  The
Naval Air Systems Command is the contracting activity (NO0019-92-C-0063).  

     Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York, is being awarded a
$23,630,080 modification to provide an increment of funds to an advance
acquisition contract for the procurement of one E-2C aircraft for the Govern-
ment of Egypt under the Foreign Military Sales Program.  Work will be performed
in Bethpage, New York, and is expected to be completed by August 1993.  Con-
tract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This
contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval Air Systems Command is the
contracting activity (N00019-90-C-0081).  

     W.M. Jordan Company, Inc., Newport News, Virginia, is being awarded a
$10,906,070 firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a ship services
support facility.  Work will be performed at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in
Portsmouth, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by September 1994.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This
contract was competitively procured with 3 bids received.  The Naval Facilities
Engineering Command, Atlantic Division, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting
activity (N62470-9l-C-l034).  

     United Technologies Corporation, Pratt and Whitney Government Engine
Business, West Palm Beach, Florida, is being awarded a $14,700,00 order against
a basic ordering agreement for the procurement of 140 P-8C retrofit kits for
the J52-P-8B engines.  Work will be performed in East Hartford, Connecticut,
and is expected to be completed by March 1994.  Contract funds in the amount of
$8,400,000 would have expired at the end of the current fiscal year.  This
contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval Air Systems Command is the
contracting activity (N00019-90-G-0265).  


     United Scale Models, Inc., Houston, Texas, is being awarded a $5,624,282
firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of five devices 19E15/lA, 19E15/2A,
l9E15/3, 19E2lA and 20E16A designed to support the Taiwan Navy's mission to
train its gas turbine technician in the maintenance of the 1M25 00 Gare Turbine
Engines used onboard the PFG-2 Guided Missile Patrol Frigates.  Work will be
performed in Houston, Texas, and is expected to be completed by September 1994.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This
contract was competitively procured with 25 proposals solicited and 3 bids
received.  This contract involves a Foreign Military Sale to the country of
Taiwan.  The Naval Training Systems Center, Orlando, Florida is the contracting
activity (N61339-92-C-0l22).  

                                         AIR FORCE 

     GTE Government Systems Corporation, Imagery and Intelligence Processing
Organization, Westlake Village, California, is being awarded a $12,343,100 face
value increase to a cost-plus-award-fee contract for continued development of a
new data base management system for the current Computer Aided Technical
Information System Storage Access Retrieval Processor System, design of a new
interface to the national imagery intelligence system designated as the
Requirements Management System. and to provide system development support to
operational imagery intelligence sites during development.  Contract is
expected to be completed in December 1995.  Contract funds will not expire at
the end of the current fiscal year.  The Rome Laboratory, Griffiss Air Force
Base, New York, is the contracting activity (F30602-9l-C-0134/P00005).  

     Hughes Aircraft Company, Ground Systems Group. Fullerton, California, is
being awarded a $21,500,000 face value increase to a firm-fixed-price contract
for update of the Iceland Air Defense System Data Link Interface.  Contract is
expected to be completed in October 1996.  Contract funds will not expire at
the end of the current fiscal year.  The Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air
Force Base, is the contracting activity (Fl9628-90-C-0125, P00008).  

     National Academy of Sciences, Washington, District of Columbia, is being
awarded a $8,979,892 cost contract for support of the Resident Research
Associateship Program to cover the selection and support costs for a maximum of
70 associateships, full time equivalents, per year for scientists and engineers
at the doctoral level for performance at various Air Force laboratories.
Contract is expected to be completed in August 1997.  Contract funds of
$430,773 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  One bid was
solicited and one proposal was received.  The solicitation was issued in June
1992 and negotiations were completed in August 1992. The Air Force Office of
Scientific Research, is the contracting activity (F49620-92-C-0058).  



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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1992			(703) 697-5131 - Info.

                             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                CONTRACT AWARDS

                           DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

	Elkem Metals Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $13,468,838
firm fixed price contract for the upgrade of low-carbon ferrochromium to
3,201,108.7 pounds of vacuum melting quality, electrolytic chromium metal.
Twenty-seven proposals were solicited and two received.  Work will be performed
in Marietta, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by December 15, 1993.  Funds
will not expire at the end of the fiscal year.  The Defense National Stockpile
Center, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (DLA300-92-C-0053).

	Cargill Incorporated, New York, New York, was awarded an $8,132,052 firm
fixed price contract for the purchase of 14,266,758 pounds of technically
specified rubber in exchange for ribbed-smoked-sheet rubber.  Sixty proposals
were solicited and four received.  Work will be performed in New York, and is
expected to be completed by October 31, 1993.  Funds will not expire at the end
of the current fiscal year.  The Defense National Stockpile Center, Arlington,
Virginia, is the contracting activity (DLA300-92-C-0052).

	General Electric Medical Systems, Waukesha, Wisconsin, is being awarded a
$48,564,891 requirements-type contract for 15 CT Scanner Systems.  Twleve
proposals were solicited and three received.  Work will be performed in New
Berlin, Wisconsin, and is expected to be completed by September 17, 1995.
Funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year.  The Defense Personnel
Support Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity
(FLA120-92-D-8317).

                                                                   ARMY

     GMC, Allison Gas Turbine Division, Indianapolis, Indiana, was awarded on
September 15, 1992, a $6,467,076 firm fixed price contract for 28 each T703-
AD-700 engines and 28 each warranties and data for 0H58D helicopters.  Work
will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is expected to be completed by
December 31, 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  This is a sole source contract initiated on February 13, 1992.
The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis,
Missouri (DAAJ09-9l-G-0027).

     Lockheed Corporation (Missiles and Space Company, Incorporated), Sunny-
vale, California, is being awarded a $3,l25,000 increment as part of a
$25,924,105 cost plus incentive fee contract for 15 Engineering and Manufactur-
ing Development (EDM) models for the Single Channel Anti-jam Manportable
(SCANP) Terminal.  Work will be performed in Sunnyvale, California, and is
expected to be completed by January 31, 1997.  Contract funds will not expire
at the end of the current fiscal year.  There were 150 bids solicited on April
9, 1992, and 3 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army
Communications and Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey (DAAB07-92-
C-B753).

     Fluor Daniel, Incorporated, Irvine, California, is being awarded a
$23,862,324 cost plus award fee construction contract for renovation of six
embassies (Eastern Europe Embassy Renovation Project Title).  Work will be
performed in Tallinn, Estonia (20%); Kiev, Ukraine (19%); Chisinau, Moldavia
(17%); Minsk, Byelorussia (15%); Riga, Latvia (15%) and Vilnius, Lithuania
(14%), and is expected to be completed by June 23, 1993.  Contract funds will
not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  There were 11 bids solicited
on June 26, 1992, and 7 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, AP0 New York 09757 (DACA90-92-C-0057).

     General Electric Company/Government Communications Systems, Camden, New
Jersey, is being awarded a $3,125,000 increment as part of a $27,000,000 cost
plus incentive fee contract for 15 Engineering and Manufacturing Development
(EDM) Models for the Single Channel Anti-Jam Manportable (SCAMP) Terminal.
Work will be performed in Camden, New Jersey, and is expected to be completed
by January 31, 1997.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  There were 150 bids solicited on April 9, 1992, and 3 bids
received.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Communications and
Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey (DAAB07-92-C-B754).

     Raytheon Company, Wayland, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $39,550,000
increment as part of a $49l,200,09l cost plus incentive fee/cost plus award fee
contract to design, develop, demonstrate and validate the hardware/software for
the USASDC Ground Based Radar (GBR) Family of Strategic and Theater Demonstra-
tion and Validation (DEM/VAL) Radars.  Work will be performed in Wayland,
Massachusetts (56.7%); Andover, Massachusetts (8.9%); Redondo Beach, California
(8.3%); Dallas, Texas (7.7%); Burlington, Massachusetts (7.2%); Richmond,
British Columbia, Canada (2.0%); Pasadena, California (1.3%); Torrance,
California (1.1%), and is expected to be completed by September 30, 1997.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  There
were 59 bids solicited on January 30, 1992, and 3 bids received.  The contract-
ing activity is the U.S. Army Strategic Defense Command, Huntsville, Alabama
(DASG60-92-C-0184).

                                                                         NAVY

     Life Cycle Engineering, Inc., Charleston, South Carolina, is being awarded
a $10,130,273 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for engineering
and technical support in the areas of ship condition and rapid assessment
information development.  Work will be performed in Charleston, South Carolina
and is expected to be completed by September 1995.  This contract was competi-
tively procured with 101 proposals solicited and 6 bids received.  The Naval
Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, Annapolis, Maryland, is the
contracting activity (N61533-92-C-0097).

     Jered Brown Brothers, Inc., Troy, Michigan, is being awarded a $27,298,771
firm-fixed-price contract for a modular 3000-foot elevated causeway system.
Work will be performed in Troy, Michigan, Brunswick, Georgia, Alexandria and
Portsmouth, Virginia, and Westville, New Jersey, and is expected to be com-
pleted by January 1995.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the
current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured with six bids
received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Contract Office, Port
Hueneme, California, is the contracting activity (N47408-92-C-2511).

     Southwest Marine, Inc., San Diego, California, is being awarded a
$10,782,552 firm-fixed-price contract for the overhaul of USS Mars. The
overhaul will include voyage repairs, and the major portion of ship alterations
will consist of modifications to living spaces aboard the ship.  Mars is the
second of six combat stores ships, presently crewed by miltary personnel, that
are scheduled to be turned over to Military Sealift Command for operation by
civilian mariners.  Work is expected to be completed by June 1993.  Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was
competitively procured with 8 proposals solicited and 4 bids received. The U.S.
Navy's Military Sealift Command is the contracting activity (N00033-92-C-3033).

                                                                       AIR
FORCE

     IBM Corporation, Federal Systems Company, Boulder, Colorado, is being
awarded a $5,360,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for nonpersonal services to
support technical services at classified locations.  Contract is expected to be
completed in September 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the
current fiscal year.  The 21st Contracting Squadron, Peterson Air Force Base,
Colorado, is the contracting activity (F05603-90-C-0002, P00016).

     PRC, Incorporated, McLean, Virginia, is being awarded a $6,308,324
cost-plus-award-fee contract for software enhancements and operation and
maintenance of the Foreign Aerospace Science and Technology Center's (FASTC)
Intelligence Data Base Support Systems, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, Ohio.  The work will be performed at Fairborn, Ohio.  Contract is
expected to be completed in September 1995.  Contract funds of $6,308,324 will
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Fifty-seven bids were solicited
and one proposal was received.  The solicitation was issued in May 1992 and
negotiations were completed in August 1992.  The Rome Laboratory, Griffiss Air
Force Base, New York is the contracting activity (F30602-92-C-0164).

     Rockwell International, North American Aircraft Operations, Los Angeles,
California, is being awarded a $9,538,140 firm-fixed price contract for
Universal Aerial Refueling Receptacle Slipway Installation (USARRSI) for nine
C-130N/P aircraft.  The work will be performed at Palmdale, California.
Contract is expected to be completed January 1995.  Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  Thirteen bids were solicited and
two proposals were received.  The solicitation was issued in May 1992 and
negotiations were completed in September 1992.  The Warner Robins Air Logistics
Center, Robbins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting activity
(F09603-92-C-1832).

     United Technologies Corporation, Pratt & Whitney Government Engine
Business, West Palm Beach, Florida, is being awarded a $7,333,665 firm-fixed-
price contract for various spares applicable to the TF30-P-111 engine used on
the F-111F aircraft.  The work will be performed at East Hartford, Connecticut.
Contract is expected to be completed December 1993. Contract funds of
$7,333,665 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Oklahoma City
Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting
activity (F34601-9l-G-0020-0028).

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