From: CMSgt Mike Bergman <bergman@afnews.pa.af.mil>
Subject: DoD News 08/07/92 
Organization: Hq Air Force News Agency/SCC
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 1992 17:56:21 GMT


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

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PRESS ADVISORY                                           August 7, 1992 


     Secretary of the Army Michael P. W. Stone will dedicate an exhibit during
a ceremony August 10, 1992, to honor individuals who contributed to the
nation's defense during World War II.  

     Members of the 29th Infantry Division, the only National Guard assault
unit that participated in the invasion of Normandy, will be among those who
attend a 2:00 pm. ceremony near the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon.  

     The Center for Military History exhibit, "The Turning Point: July-December
1942," is sponsored by the World War II Commemoration Committee.  

     For further information contact Army Media Relations at (703) 697-7589.  

                               END



MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS:					August 7, 1992

	The Departments of the Army and Air Force today announced the following
general officer assignments:

ARMY:
	Major General William A. Navas, Jr., to be Military Executive, Reserve
Forces Policy Board, OASD, Washington, D.C.  He is currently Vice Chief,
National Guard Bureau, Washington, D.C.

	Brigadier General Salvatore P. Chidichimo, to be Deputy CG, U.S. Army
Chemical and Military Police Centers/Commandant, U.S. Army Military Police
School, Fort McClellan, Alabama.  He is currently Provost Marshal, U.S. Army
Europe and Seventh Army, Kaefertal, Germany.

	Colonel (P) Stewart W. Wallace, to be Assistant Division Commander, 4th
Infantry Division (Mechanized), Fort Carson, Colorado.  He is currently
Executive Officer to the Commander in Chief, U.S. Forces Korea, Yongsan, Korea.


AIR FORCE:
	Major General Roger E. Carleton, to be Commander, Fighter Wing, U.S. Air
Forces Europe, Bitburg AB, Germany, effective in September 1992.  He is
currently Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, SHAPE, Mons, Belgium.

						END

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UNTIL 5:00 P.M. (EDT)		AUGUST 7, 1992		(703) 697-5131 - Info.

                             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                CONTRACT AWARDS

                           DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

	Ampex Recording Media Corporation, Rolling Meadows, Illinois, is being
awarded an estimated $7,572,000 firm fixed price on an indefinite quantity
contract for 80,000 (maximum) reels of sound recording tape.  Eleven proposals
were solicited and two received.  Work will be performed in Opelika, Alabama,
and is expected to be completed by 4 August 1993.  Funds will not expire at the
end of the fiscal year.  The Defense Electronics Supply Center, Dayton, Ohio,
is the contracting activity (DLA900-92-D-0137).

                                     NAVY

	The Jonathan Corporation, Norfolk, Virginia, is being awarded a firm-
fixed-price contract totalling $9,365,524 for the overhaul of the USS Concord.
Concord is the first of six combat stores ships, presently crewed by military
personnel, that are scheduled to be turned over to the Military Sealift Command
beginning October 15, 1992 for operation by civilian marines.  Work will be
performed in Norfolk, Virginia, and is expectdd to be completed by February
1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
This contract was competitively procured with 21 bids solicited and seven bids
received.  The military Sealift Command is the contracting activity
(N00033-92-C-3012).

	General Dynamics Corp., Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecticut, is
being awarded a $13,902,238 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification to fund
OMNIBUS engineering and technical services for OHIO class submarines.  Work
will be performed in Groton, Connecticut, and is expected to be completed by
September 1994.  Contract funds in the amount of $4,419,662 will expire at the
end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contract-
ing activity (N00024-90-C-2115).

	Systems Integrated, Orange, California, is being awarded a $15,842,989
cost-plus-fixed-fee completion type contract for the design and development of
a prototype surveillance towed array sensor system (SURTASS) and passive/active
detection enhancement system (SPADES).  Work will be performed in San Deigo,
Califiornia, and is expected to be completed by August 1997.  This contract was
procured under the Broad Agency Announcement.  Funds for obligation expire at
the end of the fiscal year.  The Naval Research Laboratory Detachment is the
contracting activity (N00014-92-C-6009).

	Israel Aircraft Industries, Ltd., Yahud, Israel, is being awarded a
$33,000,000 modification to exercise an option to a firm-fixed-price contract
for production of 18 night targeting systems for the AH-1W Super Cobra attack
helicopter for the U.S. Marine Corps.  Work will be performed in Yahud, Israel
(32%), and Merrimack, New Hampshire (68%), and is expected to be completed by
December 1994.  Contract 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 (N00019-88-C-0054.

                                     ARMY

	Burns and Roe Industrial Services Company, Oradell, New Jersey, is being
awarded a $2,740,745 increment as part of a $8,275,537 cost plus fixed fee
contract for design services for Chemical Agent Munitions Disposal Facility to
demonstrate Cryofracture/Incinerator Technology for Demilitarization of
Chemical Agents and Munitions.  Work will be performed in Oradell, New Jersey,
and is expected to be completed by March 31, 1994.  Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This is a sole source contract
initiated on June 1, 1992.  The contracting activity is the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Huntsville, Alabama (DACA87-90-C-0036).

	General Dynamics Corporation, Air Defense Systems Division, Ontario,
California, is being awarded a $9,442,500 modification to a firm fixed price
contract for 1,354 STINGER-RMP Missiles, 185 STINGER Captive Flight Trainers.
Work will be performed in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and is expected to be
completed by February 28, 1992.  Contract funds will expire at the end of the
current fiscal year.  This is a sole source contract initiated on April 12,
1991.  The contracting activity is the U. S. Army Missile Command, Redstone
Arsenal, Alabama (DAAH01-91-C-0025).

Bell Helicopter Textron Incorporated, Ft. Worth, Texas, is being awarded a
$17,845,381 increment as part of a $73,334,402 firm fixed price contract for
Production Lot 9, OH-58D Kiowa Warrior Aircraft and support.  Work will be
performed at Ft. Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed by December 30,
1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
This is a sole source contract initiated on March 25, 1992.  The contracting
activity is the U. S. Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis, Missouri
(DAAJ09-92-C-0502).

                          CIVIL WORKS - NON MILITARY

	J. A. Jones Construction Company, Charlotte, North Carolina, is being
awarded a $2,500,000 increment as part of a $27,260,756 firm fixed price
contract for 275 items, constructioni of a local protection project against
flooding.  Work will be performed in Matewan, West Virginia, and is expected to
be compleged by February 23, 1996.  Contract funds will not expire at the end
of the current fiscal year.  There were 186 bids solicited on April 30, 1992,
and 9 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U. S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Huntington, West Virginia (DACW69-92-C-0033).

                                   AIR FORCE

General Dynamics Fort Worth Division, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded
a $6,821,539 face value increase to a cost-reimbursement contract for construc-
tion of an industrial waste treatment facility at Air Force Plant 4, Fort
Worth, Texas.  Contract is expected to be completed in December 1994.  Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Aeronautical
Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting
activity (F33657-87-E-2183, P00013).

GTE Governement Systems Division, Needham Heights, Massachusetts, is being
awarded a $9,238,108 face value increase to a firm-fixed-price contract for
production baseline clarification and modifications for the Rapid Execution and
Combat Target (REACT) Higher Authority Communications/Rapid Message Processing
Element (HAC/RMPE) Program.  Contract is expected to be completed in June 1994.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The
Electronics Systems Center, Hanscom Air Froce Base, Massachusetts, is the
contracting activity (F19628-89-C-0069, P00055).

	McDonnell Douglas Corporation, McDonnell Douglas Services, Incorporated,
St. Louis, Missouri, is being awarded a $7,295,675 face value increase to a
firm-fixed-price contract for temporary housing for residents of the Al-Gaim
compound in Taif, Saudi Arabia, in support of the Royal Saudi Air Force Peach
Sun Construction Program.  The work will be performed at Saudi Arabia.  Con-
tract is expected to be completed in July 1993.  Contract funds will not expire
at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract is in support of Foreign
Military Sales to Saudi Arabia.  The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center,
Robbins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting activity (F09603-90-C-7066,
P00092).

	Sparta, Incorporated,* Laguna Hills, California**, is being awarded a
$6,519,584 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the Mobile Ordnance Disrupter
System, a high powered laser, mounted on a light armored vehicle, which will
provide improved capabilities in the clearance and disposal of unexploded
ordnance.  The work will be performed at Huntsville, Alabama.  Contract is
expected to be completed August 1992.  Contract funds will not expire at the
end of the current fiscal year.  Twenty-eight bids were solicited and two
proposals were received.  The solicitation was issued in January 1992 and
negotiations were completed in July 1992.  The Air Force Development Test
Center, Eglin Air Force is the contracting activity (F08635-92-C-0021).

TRW Space Technology Group, Redondo Beach, California, is being awarded a
$14,501,893 fixed-price-incentive-firm contract for the core vehicle and
integration and operations support for five experiments attached to the Space
Test Experiment Platform satellite, which will be flown on the Air Force Small
Launch Vehicle (AFSLV).  The work will be performed at Fairfax, Virginia (50%),
Colorado Springs, Colorado (25%), and McLean, Virginia (25%), and McLean,
Virginia (25%).  Contract is expected to be completed December 1994.  Contract
funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Space and
Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles, California, is the contracting activity
(F04701-90-C-0012, P00043).
 * Small Business
** Labor Surplus Area
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