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Subject: DoD News 09/28/92
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1.  MEMO:  ARMY NATIONAL GUARD GETS PATRIOT, AVENGER UNITS
2.  MEMO:  U.S.-JAPAN SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY FORUM
3.  MEMO:  X-31A ENHANCED FIGHTER MANEUVERABILITY FLIGHT
4.  DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS - MONDAY, SEPT. 28
                                                                      No. 275-M

MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS                                September 28, 1992

     The Army National Guard will receive its first Patriot and Avenger units
as well as additional Hawk missile units, Lieutenant General John B. Conaway,
chief of the National Guard Bureau, said today.

     A Patriot missile battalion will be activated with 502 personnel in
Huntsville, Alabama. A 360-person Avenger missile battalion will be located in
Newton, Mississippi.  Both units,     scheduled to activate September 1, 1995,
will be the first units in the National Guard to utilize the new systems.  The
units are located near the Army Missile Command's Redstone Arsenal, Alabama,
which is responsible for the development and maintenance of both air defense
systems.

     The Patriot, which played a key role in Operation Desert Storm, is a high
and medium altitude air defense system used against aircraft and ballistic
missiles. 

     The Avenger is used to counter low-flying, high-speed aircraft and
helicopters.  The  highly mobile system has Stinger missiles and 50-caliber
machine guns mounted on the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV).

     A new Hawk missile battalion will be located at Las Cruces, New Mexico,
and a new maintenance company will be located at White Sands Missile Range, New
Mexico.  The units, with a total of 496 personnel, will be activated September
17, 1995.  Three other National Guard units already have Hawk missiles.

      The Hawk missile system provides medium surface to air protection against
aircraft and was operated by both U.S. Army and Marine Corps units in Operation
Desert Storm.  It is transportable by helicopter and has all weather, day and
night capability.

     The point of contact for further information is Major Toivo Nei, National
Guard Bureau public affairs, (703) 695-3454.

                                     -END-



                                                                      No. 274-M
MEMORANDUM  FOR  CORRESPONDENTS                              September 28, 1992


     The 14th U. S.-Japan Systems and Technology Forum (S&TF) meeting between
the  U.S. Department of Defense and the Japan Defense Agency was held at the
Pentagon on September 24-25, 1992.  Initiated in l980, the Systems and Technol-
ogy Forum (S&TF) is the principal means to discuss defense technology coopera-
tion between Japan and the United States.   

     During the meeting, the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Japan Defense
Agency (JDA) agreed on technical specifications as well as terms and conditions
for a cooperative program in ducted rocket engine technology.  The program,
developed by the Joint Working Group on the Ducted Rocket Engine, will start
this year and will be a five-year joint effort to design, construct and test a
ducted rocket engine to demonstrate the technology. 

     The DoD and the JDA also reviewed the activities of four Joint Working
Groups that are defining cooperative efforts in: fighting vehicle propulsion
technology using ceramic materials; millimeter wave/infrared dual-mode seekers;
closed-loop degaussing for steel hulled ships; and advanced steel systems.    

     After discussion on the potential for research and development efforts in
other areas, agreement was reached to establish a Joint Working Group to define
a program of cooperation in the research of eye-safe lasers. 

     Briefings on the recent activities of two Technical Review Groups--on air
defense and communications--were provided by the co-chairmen of those groups.
These technical review groups look for potential areas of cooperation between
the two defense agencies by exchanging information on research and development
efforts.  

     The Department of Defense noted the establishment in l991 of the Defense
Technology Office in Toyko while the JDA Technical Research and Development
Institute announced the dispatch of an official to Washington-- the TRDI
Liaison in America for Technical Cooperation.  These actions will facilitate
the sharing of defense-related technologies and the initiation of cooperative
efforts in defense-related research and development. 

     The 14th S&TF meeting was co-chaired by Dr. Albert J. Kelley, deputy
undersecretary of Defense (International Programs) and Tetsuo Nakata, director
general of the Equipment Bureau of the Japan Defense Agency.  The next working
level and executive level meetings of the S&TF will be held in Japan in the
spring and fall of l993, respectively. 

                                     -END-



                                                          No. 276-M            
MEMORANDUM  FOR  CORRESPONDENTS                              September 28, 1992

     The X-31A Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability demonstrator aircraft has
successfully completed controlled, maneuvering flight at 70 degrees angle of
attack.  In addition, the aircraft is believed to be the first to have accom-
plished rolling maneuvers at that same extremely high angle of attack.

     Navy Commander Al Groves, flying X-31A aircraft number one, was the first
of six X-31A project pilots to demonstrate the aircraft's controllability at
extremely high angles of attack.  At 9:45 a.m. PDT on September 18, he deceler-
ated and stabilized the aircraft at 70 degrees angle of attack for approxi-
mately 40 seconds.  The plane's unique capability was verified in subsequent
flights by different pilots.  In addition, at 10:44 a.m. on September 22, Fred
Knox, of Rockwell International, demonstrated additional X-31A aircraft
controllability by flying 30 degree bank-to-bank maneuvers at 70 degrees angle
of attack.  All flights were flown from the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA) Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, Calif.

     Other advanced U.S. fighter aircraft, by contrast, commonly do not exceed
20 to 45        degrees angle of attack.

     At extremely high angles of attack, most aircraft are operating beyond
their aerodynamic lift limit and can spin or tumble out of control, in many
cases with catastrophic results.  The X-31A's operating envelope includes
controlled flight beyond its aerodynamic lift limit, at the extremely high
angles of attack just demonstrated.  This capability is achieved through a
highly sophisticated digital flight control system that includes an integrated
vectored thrust system using thrust vectoring paddles.  The X-31A is attempting
to demonstrate that it is possible to exploit this high angle of attack flight
regime and thus allow a fighter aircraft to achieve tighter, faster turns and
earlier weapons firing opportunities.  Both would be a definite tactical
advantage during close-in combat.

     The X-31A Enhanced Fighter Maneuverability program is a joint interna-
tional experimental aircraft program with participants from the U.S. and
Germany.  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air
Force, NASA, German Federal Ministry of Defense, Rockwell International, and
Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm are working together in an International Test
Organization to develop this experimental aircraft and explore the technical
and military implications of dynamic post-stall maneuvers for close-in aerial
combat.  

     There are two X-31A aircraft flying in the test program.  The aircraft's
first flight was on October 11, 1990.

                                     -END-






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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1992

                             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
                                CONTRACT AWARDS

                           DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY

	Hyster Company, Portland, Oregon, is being awarded an estimated $8,537,008
firm fixed price contract of various sized-diesel forklift trucks.  Forty-eight
proposals were solicited and seven received. Work will be performed in
Craigavon, Northern Ireland, and is expected to be completed by 31 September
1993.  Funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year.  The Defense
Construction Supply Center, Columbus, Ohio, is the contracting activity
(DLA730-92-D-8006).

                                                               AIR FORCE

     Blount Incorporated/Universal City Construction, Incorporated (Joint
Venture), Montgomery, Alabama, is being awarded a $10,206,000 firm- fixed-price
contract for design and construction of a commissary at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas.  Contract is expected to be completed December 1993.  Contract funds
will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  One hundred and seventy
five bids were solicited and seven proposals were received.  The solicitation
was issued in February 1992 and negotiations were completed in July 1992.  The
3303rd Contracting Squadron, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, is the contracting
activity (F41689-92-C-051l).

     Calspan Corporation, Tullahoma, Tennessee, is being awarded a $6,070,410
face value increase to a cost-plus-award-fee contract for (FY93) aerospace
flight dynamics test effort at the Arnold Engineering Development Center
(AEDC), Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee.  The work will be performed at Arnold
Air Force Base, Tennessee.  Contract is expected to be completed October 1995.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The
Arnold Engineering Development Center, Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, is the
contracting activity (F406O0-90-C-O002, 5/A P00035).

     Carothers Construction, Incorporated, West Valley, Mississippi, is being
awarded a $9,587,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction
of a commissary at Fort Hood, Texas.  Contract is expected to be completed
December 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal
year.  Eight-two bids were solicited and five proposals were received.  The
solicitation was issued in July 1992 and negotiations were completed in August
1992.  The 33O3rd Contracting Squadron, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, is the
contracting activity (F41689-92-C-0509).

     G&C Enterprises, Incorporated, Columbus, New Jersey,** is being awarded an
$8,950,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the design and construction of a
commissary at Fort Myer, Virginia.  Contract is expected to be completed
December 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal
year.  One hundred and fifteen bids were solicited and five proposals were
received.  The solicitation was issued in July 1992 and negotiations were
completed in August 1992.  The 3303rd Contracting Squadron, Randolph Air Force
Base, Texas, is the contracting activity (F41689-92-C-0510).

     International Business Machines Corporation, Owego, New York, is being
awarded an $8,308,159 face value increase to a firm-fixed-price contract for
forty-three Very High Speed Integrated Circuit Central Computers in support of
War Readiness Materiel (WRM) requirements for F-15A/B, F-15C/D and F-15E
aircraft.  Contract is expected to be completed October 1994.  Contract funds
of $6,376,029 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Warner
Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the contracting
activity (FO9603-89-G-O039-0009).

     Manufacturing Technology, Incorporated,* Fort Walton Beach, Florida, is
being awarded a $7,500,000 (Estimated) firm-fixed-price contract for the
Distributed Wargaming System (DWSII), a single channel per carrier (SCPC)
system providing point-to-point communications that can be used with satellite
or terrestial communications systems to communicate voice, video, and data.
Contract is expected to be completed September 1996.  Contract funds of
$1,450,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  One bid was
solicited and one proposal was received.  The solicitation was issued in May
1992 and negotiations were completed in September 1992.  The Electronic Systems
Division, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity
(F19628-92-D-0006).

     McDonnell Douglas, Tulsa, Oklahoma, is being awarded a $9,999,021 firm-
fixed-price contract for 847 commodity class retrofit kits to modify the
inboard center pylon, the centerline pylon, and the AIM 120        adapter, in
support of the F-15 aircraft.  Contract is expected to be completed February
1995.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
One bid was solicited and one proposal was received.  The solicitation was
issued in October 1991 and negotiation were completed in September 1992.  The
Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, is the
contracting activity (F34601-91-G-0010-RJ68).

     Southern Air Transport, Incorporated,* Miami, Florida,** is being awarded
a $22,434,237 (Estimated) face value increase to a firm-fixed-price contract
for FY93 QUICKTRANS air cargo transportation services, 46,000 pound requirement
2,585,796 great circle statute miles.  Contract is expected to be completed in
September 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  Fifteen bids were solicited and one proposal was received. The
solicitation was issued in July 1991 and negotiations were completed in August
1991.  The Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force, Illinois, is the
contracting activity (F11626-91-D0050).

                                     ARMY

    Harris Corporation, Melbourne, Florida, was awarded on September 25, 1992,
a $7,502,725 modification to a $42,566,760 firm fixed price contract for option
year 3 to purchase 196 Antenna Masts (AB-ANTV) and 76 Antenna Mast Group Kits.
Work will be performed in Melbourne, Florida, and is expected to be completed
by October I, 1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  There were 6 bids solicited on January 3, 1990, and 2 bids
received.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Communications and
Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey (DAAB07-90-C-J004).

    Martin Marietta Corporation, Denver, Colorado, was awarded on September 15,
1992, a $1,467,984 increment as part of a $10,000,000 firm fixed price letter
contract to be definitized in November 1992 for Portable All Source Analysis
System (ASAS) Workstation (PAWS) upgrades for the Digital Topographic Support
System.  Work will be performed in Littleton, Colorado, and is expected to be
completed by September 30, 1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of
the current fiscal year.  This is a sole source contract initiated on June 19,
1992.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort
Belvoir, Virginia (DACA76-92-C-0O35).

    General Research Corporation, Vienna, Virginia, is being awarded a
$8,399,445 cost plus fixed fee contract for ADPE support for the Army Civilian
Forecasting System (C1VFORS).  Work will be performed in the Pentagon, Washing-
ton, D. C., 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 45
bids solicited on April 21, 1992, and 1 bid received.  The contracting activity
is the Defense Supply Service-Washington, Washington, D. C. (MDA9O3-92-D-0100).

    Florida Ordnance Corporation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is being awarded a
$5,024,691 firm fixed price contract for 54,368 each, T-142 Track Shoe Assem-
blies (for rebuild), which support the M6O Tank.  Work will be performed in
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and is expected to be completed by December 30, 1994.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There
were 5 bids solicited on July 13, 1992, and 5 bids received.  The contracting
activity is the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command, Warren, Michigan
(DAAE07-92-C-1173).

    LTV Aerospace and Defense Company (LTVAD), Missiles and Electronics Group,
Missiles Division, Grand Prairie, Texas, is being-awarded a $6,169,000 incre-
ment as part of a $134,000,000 cost plus incentive fee contract for a Multiple
Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Improved Fire Control System (IFCS).
Work will be performed in Dallas, Texas, and is expected to be completed by
September 23, 1997.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  This is a sole source contract initiated on March 27, 1992.  The
contracting activity is the U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal,
Alabama (DAAH01-92-C-0432).

    Structural Associates, Incorporated, East Syracuse, New York, is being
awarded a $8,387,675 firm fixed price contract for construction of a central-
ized vehicle wash facility.  Work will be performed at Fort Drum, New York, and
is expected to be completed by September 30, 1994.  Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  There were 70 bids solicited on
July 2, 1992, and 7 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, New York, New York (DACA51-92-C-O077).

    Neosho Construction Company, Incorporated, Council Grove, Kansas, is being
awarded a $5,715,903 firm fixed price contract for design/construction of the
Camp Funston rail yard.  Work will be performed at Fort Riley, Kansas, and is
expected to be completed by January 11, 1993.  Contract funds will expire at
the end of the current fiscal year.  There were 500 bids solicited on August
11, 1992, and 3 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, Kansas City, Missouri (DACA41-92-C-0102).

    Rockwell International, Incorporated, Collins Avionics and Communications
Division, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $5,315,645 modification to a
firm fixed price contract for seven AN/ASC-15C(V) Command and Control Consoles
with associated installation kits, antenna groups, installation effort,
technical data, and spares for Command and Central Communication System.  Work
will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (75%) and Shreveport, Louisiana (25%),
and is expected to be completed by June 30, 1995.  Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This is a sole source contract
initiated on March 18, 1992.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army
Communications and Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey (DAAB07-90-
C-H034).

    Martin Marietta Corporation, Washington, D. C., is being awarded a
$3,446,579 increment as part of a $37,280,314 cost plus fixed fee contract for
technical integration and engineering services.  Work will be performed in
Washington, D.C. (58%); Anchorage, Alaska (16.5%); Boulder, Colorado (9.1%);
Fort Worth, Texas (5.2%); Lawndale, California (3.5%); Des Plaines, Illinois
(2.6%); Burlington, Massachusetts (1.7%); Jamaica, New York (1.7%); Boston,
Massachusetts (1.3%); and Olathe, Kansas (.4%), and is expected to be completed
by July 16, 1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  This is a sole source contract initiated on February 14, 1992.
The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Service-Washington, Washington,
D. C. (MDA903-89-C-0059).

    Nichols Research Corporation, Huntsville, Alabama, is being awarded a
$16,981,349 firm fixed price contract with options for maintenance, training,
analyst support and additional hardware and software over the contract life of
8 years for a High Performance Scientific Computer System.  Work will be
performed at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, and is expected to be completed by
March 30, 2001.  Of the total contract funds, $6,984,783 will expire at the end
of the current fiscal year.  There were 100 bids solicited on January 6, 1992,
and 5 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Missile
Command, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama (DAAH03-92-C-0118).

    Martin Electronics, Incorporated, Perry, Florida, is being awarded a
$7,725,946 firm fixed price contract for 4,068,000 each M228 fuzes in support
of the M69 Hand Grenade.  Work will be performed in Perry, Florida, and is
expected to be completed by February 19, 1994.  Contract funds will not expire
at the end of the current fiscal year.  This is a sole source contract initi-
ated on May 22, 1992.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Armament,
Munitions and Chemical Command, Rock Island, Illinois (DAAA09-92-C-0749).

    United Technologies Corporation, Sikorsky Aircraft Division, Stratford,
Connecticut, is being awarded a $30,001,434 firm fixed price indefinite
quantity spares contract for tail rotor blade (266); de-ice assembly (798);
main rotor blade (227); main rotor tip cap (500); stabilator assembly (8); and
intermediate gear box (62) for the UH-6O helicopter.  Work will be performed in
Stratford, Connecticut, and is expected to be completed by August 31, 1995.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This is a
sole source contract initiated on December 23, 1991.  The contracting activity
is the U.S. Army Aviation Systems Command, St. Louis, Missouri (DAAJ09-92-D-
O045).

    KBS, Incorporated, Richmond, Virginia, is being awarded a $5,698,900 firm
fixed price contract for construction of a barracks complex.  Work will be
performed at Fort Lee, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by July 31,
1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
There were 47 bids solicited on August 7, 1992, and 9 bids received.  The
contracting activity is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Norfolk, Virginia
(DACA65-92-C-O134).

    Paramax Systems Corporation, Sierra Vista, Arizona, is being awarded a
$9,399,993 firm fixed price contract for non-personal technical support
services for system development, maintenance, enhancements, conversion,
software engineering, integration, migration, and training to support the
Software Development Center.  Work will be performed at Fort Huachuca (60%) and
Sierra Vista, Arizona (40%), and is expected to be completed by January 31,
1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
This is a sole source contract initiated on September 4, 1992.  The contracting
activity is the U.S. Army Information Systems Command, Fort Huachuca, Arizona
(DAEA32-92-D-OO01).

    Guyco Engineering Company, Lampasas, Texas, is being awarded a $13,619,659
firm fixed price contract to rebuild barracks with dining, administration and
supply.  Work will be performed at Fort Hood, Texas, and is expected to be
completed by September 25, 1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of
the current fiscal year.  There were 27 bids solicited on August 21, 1992, and
5 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Fort Worth, Texas (DACA63-92-C-0153).

    Granite Construction Company, Watsonville, California, is being awarded a
$23,064,053 firm fixed price contract for construction of a C-17 Assault
Strip/Parallel Runway.  Work will be performed at Altus Air Force Base,
Oklahoma, and is expected to be completed by January 1, 1996.  Contract funds
will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  There were 70 bids
solicited on July 28, 1992, and 7 bids received.  The contracting activity is
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa, Oklahoma (DACA56-92-C-0120).

    Pinner Construction Company, Incorporated, Anaheim, California, is being
awarded a $8,790,440 firm fixed price construction price contract for construc-
tion of a Corrosion Control Facility.  Work will be performed at Edwards Air
Force Base, California, and is expected to be completed by October 31, 1993.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  There
were 108 bids solicited on June 10, 1992, and 5 bids received. The contracting
activity is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, California (DA-
CA05-92-C-0144).

    Hunt Building Corporation, El Paso, Texas, is being awarded a $19,318,593
firm fixed price construction contract for construction of 154 Army family
housing units.  Work will be performed at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, and
is expected to be completed by November 10, 1994.  Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  There were 123 bids solicited on
March 2, 1992, and 5 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, California (DACA05-92-C-0151).

    Red River Army Depot, Texarkana, Texas, is being awarded a $8,751,035 cost
plus fixed fee-contract for public/private depot-level maintenance for M27O
MLRS Launchers.  Work will be performed in Texarkana, Texas, and is expected to
be completed by September 29, 1993.  Contract funds will expire at the end of
the current fiscal year.  There were 73 bids solicited on July 1, 1992, and 3
bids received.  The contracting activity is the Red River Army Depot, Texarkan-
sas, Texas (D12DSCP1/D12CP001).

    General Dynamics, Air Defense Systems Division, Pomona, California, is
being awarded a $5,l23,667 modification to a cost plus fixed fee contract for
retrograde of STINGER Reprogramable Micro-Processor (RMP) Missiles.  Work will
be performed in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and is expected to be completed
by December 20, 1992.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  This is a sole source contract initiated on December 22, 1991.
The contracting activity is U.S. Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal,
Alabama (DAAH01-92-C-0069).

                                                            NAVY

   Litton Systems, Inc., Applied Technology Division, San Jose, California, is
being awarded a $7,562,672 basic ordering agreement delivery order for 103
computers for the ALR-67 systems of various aircraft.  Work will be performed
in San Jose, California, and is expected to be completed by March 1993.
Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This
contract was not competitively procured.  The Navy Aviation Supply Office,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N00383-92-G-
2207/0002).

      General Electric Aircraft Engines, Lynn, Massachusetts, is being awarded
a $5,359,224 firm-fixed-price contract for 386 F404 flameholders.  Work will be
performed in Lynn, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed by January
1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
This contract was competitively procured with 2 proposals solicited and 5 bids
received. The Naval Aviation Supply Office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the
contracting activity (F34601-92-G-0010-GB42).

      Lockheed-Sanders, Inc., Nashua, New Hampshire, is being awarded a
$9,300,000 ceiling-priced order for 10 AN/ALQ-126B receiver/transmitters used
on various Navy aircraft.  Work will be performed in Nashua, New Hampshire, 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 Navy Aviation Supply Office, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the
contracting activity (N00383-91-G-2206).

      Diagnostic Retrieval Systems, Oakland, New Jersey is being awarded a
$12,497,993 firm-fixed-price contract for the development and production of the
AN/SQQ-T1A system.  Work will be performed in Oakland, New Jersey and is
expected to be completed by October 1994. This contract was not competitively
procured.  Contract funds in the amount of $3,000,000 would have expired at the
end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command is the contract-
ing activity (N00024-92-C-6102).

      General Electric Company, Automated Systems Department, Daytona Beach,
Florida, is being awarded a $23,800,000 modification to a fixed-price-incen-
tive-contract for the production of the first Consolidated Automated Support
System (CASS).  Work will be performed in Daytona Beach, Florida, and is
expected to be completed by November 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
(N00019-91-C-0252).

     Grumman Aerospace Corporation, Bethpage, New York, is being awarded a
$9,514,214 firm-fixed-price contract to design and incorporate the digital
automated flight control systems for the F-14 aircraft.  This contract provides
for integration efforts including systems design, development and fabrication
of necessary aircraft modifications, and testing and test support required to
conduct flight evaluation of a digital flight control system at the Naval Air
Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland.  Work will be
performed in Patuxent River, Maryland (30%), Bethpage, New York (60%), and
Calverton, New York (10%), 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 (N00019-92-C-0098).

      Lockheed Aeronautical Systems Company, Marietta, Georgia, is being
awarded a $8,304,320 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of 250 ship sets
of carbon brakes for the S-3 aircraft.  Work will be performed in Dayton, Ohio
(68%), Marietta, Georgia (29%), and Dallas, Texas (3%), and is expected to be
completed by October 1995.  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 (N00019-90-G-0220).

      Grumman Aerospace Corp., Bethpage, New York, is being awarded a
$57,581,000 fixed-price order to an advance acquisition contract for peculiar
support equipment for the E-2C Hawkeye airborne tactical control aircraft.
Work will be performed in Bethpage, New York, and is expected to be completed
by March 1996.  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 (N00019-90-C-0288).

      Nova Group, Inc., Napa, California, is being awarded a $13,758,600
firm-fixed-price contract for construction of a Fuel Tankage Replacement at the
Naval Supply Center (Craney Island), Portsmouth, Virginia.  Work will be
performed in Portsmouth, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by March
1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
This contract was competitively procured with 200 plans and specifications
distributed and 13 bids received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command,
Atlantic Division, Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity
(N62470-86-C-6068).

 * Small Business
** Labor Surplus Area

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