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                                                  No. 549-92
                                                  (703) 695-0192 (info)
                                                  (703) 697-3189 (copies)
IMMEDIATE  RELEASE             December 30, 1992  (703) 697-5737 (public/indus-
                                                  try)

                             BLOOD DEFERRAL LIFTED

     The Department of Defense today announced the lifting of the deferral of
blood donations from military personnel who served in the Persian Gulf area,
with several modifications.  This deferral had been ordered in November l991 to
preclude the risk of transmission of leishmaniasis, a parasitic infection
caused by the bite of a sandfly.  

     Dr. Enrique Mendez, Jr., assistant secretary of Defense for Health
Affairs, has lifted the ban on donations effective January 1, 1993.  The 14
month deferral period has not resulted in scientific evidence that the viscero-
tropic form of leishmaniasis is a serious threat to the blood supply.  During
that period only twenty-eight cases of leishmaniasis were confirmed in members
of the U. S. Armed Forces participating in Operation Desert Shield/Storm:
eleven were found to have the internal or viscerotropic leishmaniasis while the
remaining 17 cases were the cutaneous or skin disorder variety.  No cases of
transmission of leishmaniasis involving blood donations of military personnel
have occurred.  

     The Department of Defense will continue its surveillance efforts for
leishmaniasis   when military personnel donate blood.  Individuals will be
asked if they have been outside the United States in the last three years.  If
the answer is "yes", they will then be asked if they were deployed to the
Persian Gulf in Operations Desert Shield/Storm.  If that is answered posi-
tively, they will also be asked if they have any illness now, are presently
under a doctor's care, or have experienced any of the following symptoms for a
month or more since returning from the Gulf: diarrhea, significant fatigue that
impairs work, night sweats, fever greater than 101F, or sore or aching joints.
Personnel answering "yes" to the symptom question will be indefinitely deferred
for donation and referred for medical examination.  

     As an additional interim DoD policy, all prospective donors will be asked
if they have ever had leishmaniasis.  Diagnosed cases of visceral leishmaniasis
will be permanently deferred from donating blood. 

     This policy will be subsequently reviewed for effectiveness following a
six-month implementation period.  

     This policy is not expected to be affected by the current deployment of
personnel to Somalia in Operation Restore Hope.  Military personnel in Restore
Hope are taking medication to prevent malaria; under existing guidance from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, individuals who have taken malaria
medications are prevented from donating blood for a three year period.

                                     -END-


                                                            No. 384-M 

MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS                               Dec. 30, 1992 

     Units of the U. S. Army National Guard and U. S. Army Reserve will undergo
a simulated, limited-notice mobilization exercise during the first three months
of 1993.  

     The exercise, called Optimal Focus 93, will test the Army's ability to
activate Selected Reserve units during an emergency and to identify problems
which could impede rapid mobilization.  Optimal Focus 93 is the fourth in a
series of emergency mobilization preparedness tests.  

     The Selected Reserve consists of National Guard and Army Reserve units and
individuals who can be mobilized by the President's authority to call up no
more than 200,000 Reserve Component personnel for up to 180 days, without
declaration of a national emergency.  

     Approximately 8,000 citizen soldiers from the Army National Guard and Army
Reserve will be ordered to report to their armories and reserve centers as part
of Optimal Focus 93.  There, they will be processed for active duty as if they
were being mobilized.  Units will conduct a property inventory and load their
equipment as if they were actually moving to their mobilization stations.  

     No personnel or units will actually be placed on active duty as a result
of Optimal Focus 93.  Because the Reserve Components today play a greater role
in national defense than ever before, this exercise's training will provide the
Reserve Components and the active Army valuable insights and lessons in
mobilization procedures.  
                                 - END - 


     For more information, contact Maj. Pete Keating, Army 
Public Affairs, (703) 697-7589.  



DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACT AWARDS
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1992

                                           NAVY 

       General Electric Company, Aerospace Electronic Systems Division, Utica,
New York, is being awarded a $73,501,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the
installation of 42 Infrared Search and Track (IAST) systems into the F-14D
aircraft.  This includes associated spare and repair parts.  Work will be
performed in Utica, New York, and is expected to be completed by August 1996.
Contract funds in the amount of $60,840,000 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 (N00019-91-C-0200).  

        General Dynamics Corporation, Electric Boat Division, Groton, Connecti-
cut, is being awarded a $27,534,541 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification
for SEAWOLF propulsion plant design analysis.  Work will be performed in
Groton, Connecticut.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval Sea
Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-91-
C-4195).  

        Martin Marietta Aero and Naval Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, is being
awarded a $18,025,906 firm-fixed-price contract modification to exercise option
requirements for fabrication, assembly, test, and installation support for the
MK-41 Vertical Launching Systems.  Work will be performed in Baltimore,
Maryland, and is expected to be completed by January 1996.  Contract funds will
not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competi-
tively procured with two bids solicited and two bids received.  The Naval Sea
Systems Command is the contracting activity (N00024-92-C-5325).  

        Hughes Missile Systems Company, Pomona, California, is being awarded a
$15,901,815 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering support services for
the PHALANX Close-In Weapon System during FY-93.  Work will be performed in
Pomona, California, and is expected to be completed by September 1993.  Con-
tract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This
contract was competitively procured with two bids solicited and two bids
received.  This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (77%), Japan
(9.2%), Taiwan (7%), United Kingdom (2.4%), Saudi Arabia (1.3%), Canada (.3%),
Greece (.2%), Portugal (.2%), and the Special Defense Acquisition Fund (1.1%)
under the Foreign Military Sales Program.  The Naval Sea Systems Command is the
contracting activity (N00024-92-C-5426).  

        International Business Machines Corporation, Federal Systems Company,
Manassas, Virginia, is being awarded an option to exercise a $14,350,449
cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification for AN/BSY-1(V) combat control and
acoustic subsystem field engineering support, systems engineering, and logis-
tics engineering support, training support services, and repair support
services.  Work will be performed in Manassas, Virginia, and is expected to be
completed by September 1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the
current fiscal year.  The contract under which the option is being exercised
was not competitively procured.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington,
D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-89-C-6109).  

       Raytheon Company, Equipment Division, Wayland, Massachusetts, is being
awarded a firm-fixed-price Long Lead Material contract in the amount of
$10,846,283 for the FY-92/93 NATO Seasparrow Missile System production require-
ments.  This procurement comprises two Guided Missile Vertical Launching MK-48
Mod 0 Systems, one Guided Missile Vertical Launching MK-48 Mod 1 System,
spares, installation, and checkout equipment, on-board repair parts, two MK-73
Mod 1 Transmitters, three Jet Vane Control Canister Simulators, one MK-220 Mod
0 Missile Launch Controllers, 38 MK-20 0 Mod Canisters, one MK-36 Mod 0 SMI-E,
Installation Kits, Electronic Equipments, and Special Tool Spares.  Work will
be performed in Wayland, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed by
December 1997.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal
year.  This contract combines purchases for the NATO Seasparrow Consortium
(36%), Japan (45%), and South Korea (19%) under the Foreign Military Sales
Program.  This contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval Sea Systems
Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-93-C-5424).  

        United Technologies Corporation, Sikorsky Aircraft Division, Stratford,
Connecticut, is being awarded an $11,531,852 modification to a firm-fixed-price
contract for procurement of one U.S. Coast Guard HH-60J helicopter.  Work will
be performed in Stratford, Connecticut, and is expected to be completed by
April 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, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00019-89-C-0153).  

        Sierra Nevada Corporation, Sparks, Nevada, is being awarded a firm-
fixed-price contract in the amount of $5,115,202 for the procurement of
solid-state modulators for the AN/TPN-22 marine precision approach and landing
radar set, with associated data, and options for a training course and field
engineering services.  Work will be performed in Sparks, Nevada, and is
expected to be completed by March, 1997.  Contract funds in the amount of
$4,280,282 would have expired at the end of the current fiscal year.  This
contract was competitively procured with 45 bids solicited and four bids
received.  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is
the contracting activity (N00039-93-C-0096).  

        Loral Fairchild Corporation, Loral Fairchild Systems Division, Syosset,
New York, is being awarded a $39,236,675 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the
installation of an existing Air Force sensor into a pod for the F/A-18 as well
as for testing and evaluating the system.  This effort will also include
modifying the Air Force sensor to incorporate infra-red capability and test and
evaluate the podded system (AN/AVD-YY).  Work will be performed in Syosset, New
York (58%), El Monte, California (28%), Milpitas, California (8%), and Lexing-
ton, Massachusetts (6%), and is expected to be completed by June 1997.  Con-
tract funds in the amount of $3,129,000 would have expired at the end of the
current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  The Naval
Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity
(N00019-92-C-0061).  

      General Electric Company, Defense Systems Department, Pittsfield, Massa-
chusetts, is being awarded a $9,798,737 firm-fixed-price modification to
exercise an option to a previously awarded contract for FY-93 requirements for
12 units of AEGIS director/director control equipment, maintenance assistance
modules, and site support.  Work will be performed in Pittsfield, Massachu-
setts, and is expected to be completed by July 1995.  Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The basic contract was competi-
tively procured.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the
contracting activity (N00024-92-C-5100).  

      The Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Mary-
land, is being awarded a $5,085,000 modification to exercise an option to a
previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research, development,
engineering and technical services in support of tactical strategic systems,
space science, geophysics, biophysics, and micro-electronics.  Work will be
performed in Laurel, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by September,
1993.  Contract funds in the amount of $589,000 would have expired at the end
of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competitively procured.  The
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Washington, D.C. is the contracting
activity (N00039-91-C-0001).  

       General Motors Corporation, Allison Gas Turbine Division, Indianapolis,
Indiana, is being awarded a $65,000,000 cost reimbursement contract to procure
material and services for the T-406 engine which powers the V-22 aircraft.
Work will be performed in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is expected to be com-
pleted by December 1996.  Contract funds in the amount of $65,000,000 would
have expired at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not
competitively procured.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is
the contracting activity (N00019-93-C-0052).  

      General Electric Company, Government Electronic Systems Division, Moore-
stown, New Jersey, is being awarded a $58,146,780 cost-plus-award-fee contract
for combat system engineering support for the DDG-2315 follow-on ship for the
DDG-2313 class AEGIS FMS destroyer.  Work will be performed in Moorestown, New
Jersey, and is expected to be completed by March 1996.  Contrac to a cost plus incentive fee contract

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