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MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS:                                     January
                                                                   5,1993 

      Congress has been notified of a proposed Letter of Offer from the Govern-
ment of Kuwait for the purchase of armored and infantry battalion combat
equipment, combat support equipment and combat services support equipment to
include 256 M1A2 ABRAMS tanks, 46 M88 recovery vehicles, 52 M577 command post
carriers, 125 M1 13 personnel carriers, 30 M1064 mortar carriers, 1,178 machine
guns, 967 SINCGARS radio systems, 132 M998 troop/cargo carriers, 460 tactical
and commercial heavy equipment transporters, trucks and trailers, 130,000
rounds of 120mm tank ammunition, small caliber ammunition, U.S.  Government and
contractor technical and logistic support, spare and repair parts, personnel
training and training equipment, design of training ranges and training device
facilities, requirements definition of maintenance facilities, publications and
technical documentation, support equipment and various other elements of
logistics to ensure total program support.  The estimated cost is $4.5 billion.


      This sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of
the United States by helping to improve the security of a friendly country
which is an important force for stability and political and economic progress
in the Middle East.  Kuwait needs this equipment to move forward with the
reconstitution and modernization of its land forces as a result of the Iraqi
invasion.  This purchase would be the first increment in equipping the expanded
Kuwaiti Land Forces recommended by the U.S.-Kuwait Defense Review Group (DRG).
The DRG developed a ten-year plan to build Kuwaiti forces capable of deterring
an attack on Kuwait and effectively defending the country in concert with
regional and extraregional partners. Proposed procurements are scheduled to
conform to Kuwait's projected ability to man and support the expanding force
over the coming decade.  

      The sale of this equipment and support will begin redressing the basic
military imbalance that presently exists in the region. It will not, however,
give Kuwait the capability to sustain aggression against any of its neighbors.


      The principal contractors will include the General Dynamics Land Systems
Division, Warren, Michigan;BMY Division, Harsco Corporation, York, Pennsylva-
nia; General Division, LTV Missiles and Electronics Group, South Bend, Indiana;
FMC, Ground Systems Division, San Jose, California.  Implementation of this
sale will require the assignment of a significant number of U.S. Government
personnel and contractor representatives to Kuwait; however, the specific
number of personnel and the periods during which their skills will be required
in- country will be determined during consultations between the Governments of
the United States and Kuwait after program definition.  

      There will be no adverse impact on U.S. defense readiness as a result of
      this sale.  

      The Department of the Army is responsible for all transactions related to
      this sale.  

                                    END




                                                          No. 002-M 


MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS                             January 6, 1993 


     The Department of the Army announced today that the U. S.  Army Medical
Research and Development Command (USAMRDC), Fort Detrick, Maryland, has signed
a contract with the Institute of Medicine (IOM) of the National Academy of
Sciences for a report and recommendation concerning breast cancer research.  

     The 1993 Defense Appropriations Act provides $210 million to the Depart-
ment of Defense for a "peer-reviewed breast cancer research program with the
Department of the Army as executive agent." The USAMRDC, which has considerable
expertise in conducting and managing biomedical research concerned with
preventing and treating combat casualties, will execute the program for the
Department of the Army.  The $325 thousand contract between the USAMRDC and IOM
calls for an assessment of breast cancer and breast cancer research, plus
recommendations for an investment strategy and a peer review mechanism.  

     The IOM expects to conduct public hearings and to complete its report by
the end of March 1993.  After the report is reviewed, the USAMRDC will solicit
research proposals from government and private sector scientists in the
recommended subject areas.  The Army anticipates receiving proposals worth more
than $1 billion.  Those proposals competing successfully in the peer review
process will be executed over the next four years.  

     According to Maj. Gen. Richard T. Travis, commander of the in USAMRDC,
"The U. S. Army Medical Research and Development Command is committed to
investing these dollars wisely.  We are eager to begin our research efforts but
will ensure we have a viable strategy based on the needs of the research
community before we begin to solicit proposals for research." 

     For additional information contact MAJ Rick Thomas, Army Public Affairs,
(703) 697-7589, or Mr. Chuck Dasey, Medical Research and Development Command,
(301) 619-2732.  


                                   -END- 


DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACT AWARDS
(NOT FOR USE BEFORE 5:00 P.M. EST JANUARY 5, 1993)

                                     ARMY

	McDonnell Douglas Electronic Systems Company, Monrovia, California, is
being awarded a $9,626,403 cost plus fixed fee contract for Fiscal Year 1993
depot-level maintenance facilities for the repair of Kiowa Warrior helicopter
assets.  Work will be performed in Monrovia, California (50%); Fort Bragg,
North Carolina (25%); and Mainz Army Depot, Federal Republic of Germany (25%),
and is expected to be completed by September 30, 1993.  Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This is a sole source contract
initiated on July 1, 1992.  The contracting activity is the U. S. Army Missile
Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama (DAAH01-93-C-0057).

	Olin Defense Systems, Winchester Group, Independence, Missouri, is being
awarded a $14,864,271 modification to a cost plus award fee contract for the
operation and maintenance of the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant, Independence,
Missouri, which is a government owned, contractor operated facility.  Work will
be performed in Independence, Missouri, and is expected to be completed by
September 30, 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  There were 17 bids solicited on October 3, 1984, and 7 bids
received.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Armament, Munitions &
Chemical Command, Rock Island, Illinois (DAAA09-91-Z-0009).

	Hughes Missile Systems Company, Pomona, California, is being awarded a
$7,004,966 cost plus fixed fee contract for engineering services for the
STINGER's reprogrammable microprocessor.  Work will be performed in Rancho
Cucamonga, California, and is expected to be completed by January 6, 1994.  Of
the total contract funds, $5,961,671 will expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  This is a sole source contract initiated on August 17, 1992.  The
contracting activity is the U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal,
Alabama (DAAH01-93-C-0091).

                                   AIR FORCE

	IBM Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland, is being awarded a $21,800,664
(Estimated) fixed-price/indefinite quantity contract for six copies of Multiple
Virtual Storage Enterprise System Architecture (MVS/ESA) Operating System
Software in support of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) IBM/IBM compatible
mainframe computers.  Contract is expected to be completed September 1997.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This is
a sole source procurement.  The solicitation was issued in August 1992 and
negotiations were completed in August 1992.  The Aeronautical Systems Center,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity
(F33657-92-D-2009).
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