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* U.S.  MARINE  KILLED  IN  SOMALIA
* MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS    January 26, 1993 
* DACOWITS SELECTS 1993 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS
* MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS                   January 25, 1993 
* DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACT AWARDS

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                                                  No. 044-93
                                                  (703) 614-1492 (info)
                                                  (202) 697-3189 (copies)
IMMEDIATE  RELEASE         January 26, 1993       (202) 697-5737 (public/indus-
                                                  try)


                       U.S.  MARINE  KILLED  IN  SOMALIA

     The U.S. Marine Corps announced today the name of the Marine who was
killed in action in Mogadishu, Somalia on January 26, 1993.  He was Lance
Corporal Anthony D. Botello, age 21.  His home of record was Wilberton, Okla.
Lance Corporal Botello was assigned to C Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marine
Regiment, headquartered at Twentynine Palms, Calif.

                                     -END-


                                                          No. 033-M 
MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS                            January 26, 1993 


     The 50th anniversary of the deaths of four Army chaplains who gave away
their life preservers during the sinking of their transport ship during World
War II will be commemorated with ceremonies in Philadelphia, Valley Forge, Pa.
and Camden, N.J., Jan. 31 through Feb. 2, 1993.  

     The "Dorchester", with 902 soldiers, sailors, coast guardsmen, merchant
marines, and civilians aboard, was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast
of Greenland on Feb. 3, 1943.  The ship sank in less than 30 minutes, taking
672 men to their deaths.  It was the third greatest loss of American lives in a
single incident of World War II.  

     Despite the chaos and panic, the chaplains -- a Catholic priest, a Jewish
rabbi, and two Protestant ministers -- went about the listing deck comforting
the wounded and encouraging others.  When they realized there weren't enough
life preservers, the chaplains gave theirs to other servicemembers and stood
arm-in-arm in prayer as the ship slipped beneath the Atlantic.  

     The four chaplains were First Lieutenants George L. Fox, a Methodist
minister, who entered service from Gilman, Vt.; John P.  Washington, a Roman
Catholic priest, who entered service from Arlington, N.J.; Clark V. Poling, a
Dutch Reformed minister, who entered service from Schenectady, N.Y.; and
Alexander D. Goode, a Jewish Rabbi, who entered service from York, Pa.  

     Events to commemorate the four chaplains' sacrifice will begin in Phila-
delphia on Jan. 31 with ecumenical services and the Grand March of Fellowship.
That afternoon, the Governor's Reception will be held at the New Jersey State
Aquarium in Camden.  On Feb. 1, in Valley Forge, Pa., the site of the new
Chapel of the Four Chaplains will be dedicated.  On Feb. 2, a memorial service
and the Grand Parade of Colors will be held at the Pennsylvania Hall in the
Civic Center followed by the annual Chapel of the Four Chaplains membership
meeting, reception, and annual awards banquet at the Adam's Mark Hotel in
Philadelphia.  

     For more information, please contact Chaplain Archie Roberts, senior
acting chaplain of the Chapel of Four Chaplains, (215) 933- 3599. or Maj. Dan
Schmidt, public affairs officer, Department of Defense 50th Anniversary of
World War II Commemoration Committee, (703) 692-2111 or 2116.  

                                   -END- 

IMMEDIATE RELEASE         JANUARY 25, 1993          (703) 695-0192 - Info.

               DACOWITS SELECTS 1993 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS

           The 1993 Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOW-
ITS) has announced the selection of the 1993 executive committee.  The DACOWITS
Chair selects the executive committee from second and third year DACOWITS
members. The executive committee is composed of the chair, vice chair and
chairs and vice Chairs of the three subcommittees (Forces Utilization, Career
Opportunities, and Quality of Life).  The new members and their assignments are
as follows:  

     Chair: -  Ms. Ellen P. Murdoch, Madison, Wisconsin 
     Vice      -  Dr. Heather Wilson, Albuquerque, New Mexico 
     Chair
     Chair, Forces Utilization -  Mrs. Wilma D. Powell, Long Beach, California 
     Vice Chair, Forces Utilization -  Mrs. Sally P. Kennedy, Ann Arbor,
     Michigan 
     Chair, Career Opportunities -  Dr. Joan S. Carver, Jacksonville, Florida 
     Vice Chair, Career Opportunities -  Mrs. Mary Kay Turner, Jackson Hole,
     Wyoming 
     Chair, Quality of Life -  Mrs. Lana Oleen, Manhattan, Kansas 
     Vice Chair, Quality of Life -  Dr. Betty J. Cleckley, Huntington, West
     Virginia 

         During the semiannual conferences the executive committee reviews
issues and assigns to the appropriate subcommittee new agenda items to be
introduced to the full committee; approves the rationale for recommendations,
requests for information, and continuing concerns that will be forwarded to the
full committee;  and reviews issues provided by subcommittees and ensures that
     the intent is clear and adequately reflected in the proper format prior to
     forwarding to the full committee.  

    In addition to the semiannual conferences, the executive committee meets
quarterly at the Pentagon.  These meetings are held to review interim issues,
service responses to recommendations, requests for information, and continuing
concerns made at the previous semiannual conference.  

    The DACOWITS is composed of approximately 36 members who are prominent
civilian women and men from throughout the United States representing profes-
sions, industry, and public service.  Members are appointed by the Secretary of
Defense for a three- year term, without compensation.  

    The committee was founded in 1951 by Secretary of Defense George C.
Marshall during the Korean War to assist the Department of Defense in the
recruitment and retention of Servicewomen.  During the ensuing 42 years, the
committee has provided useful advice to the Secretary of Defense on policies
relating to the effective use of women in the Services.  

                                   -END- 

                                                No.  031-M 


MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS                   January 25, 1993 


     The Department of the Army announced today the Record of Decision for the
final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) assessing realignments for the Army
Research Laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md.  

     On July I, 1991, the President's Commission on Base Closure and Realign-
ment recommended that the Army realign to Aberdeen Proving Ground the research
and technology functions from the U. S. Army Materials Technology Laboratory in
Watertown, Mass.; the materials elements basic research and exploratory
development functions from the Belvoir Research, Development and Engineering
Center at Fort Belvoir, Va.; and the U. S. Army Research Institute's Manpower
and Personnel Integration function, in Alexandria, Va.  

     These functions will consolidate to form the new Army Research Laboratory
at Aberdeen Proving Ground.  The laboratory will be located near the existing
Ballistic Research Laboratory, the Human Engineering Laboratory and Chemical
Research, Development and Engineering Center.  This realignment of research
functions will provide the Army with a consolidation of interdependent efforts
at one installation.  

     The Army also is implementing additional realignments to Aberdeen Proving
Ground of the nuclear survivability assessment functions from the Adelphi
Laboratory Center, Adelphi, Md., and management information research from the
U. S. Army Institute for Research in Management Information, Communications and
Computer Sciences, in Atlanta, Ga.  

     Realignment of these functions is scheduled to occur between January 1995
and July 1997, with no adverse environmental impact expected to result from
these actions.  

     The realignment of research and technology functions and concurrent
establishment of the Army Research Laboratory constitutes a legal transfer of
function, and impacted employees will be legally entitled to accompany their
work in accordance with federal personnel procedures.  

     The final EIS addresses the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of the
realignment of research and technology functions to Aberdeen Proving Ground.
Aberdeen Proving Ground will receive six military and 222 civilian positions
from Watertown; one military and 38 civilian positions from Adelphi; 40
civilian positions from Fort Belvoir; and three military and 27 civilian
positions from Alexandria.  

                                  -END- 




DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACT AWARDS
NOT FOR USE BEFORE 1700, EST,
JANUARY 25, 1993



                                     ARMY

    Wade Ferrow Construction, Incorporated, Gig Harbor, Washington, was awarded
on January 22, 1993, a $7,148,992 firm fixed price contract for the construc-
tion of an Army General Education Development Center (AGES).  Work will be
performed at Fort Lewis, Washington, and is expected to be completed by May 15,
1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
There were 156 bids solicited on August 21, 1992, and 11 bids received.  The
contracting activity is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle, Washington
(DACA67-93-C-00l1).  

    GTE Government Systems Corporation, Needham Heights, Massachusetts, is
being awarded a $12,048,312 modification to an $85,699,680 indefinite deliv-
ery/indefinite quantity firm fixed price time and material contract for a Major
Command Telephone Modernization Program (MTMP) digital switching system for
Fort Huachuca.  Work will be performed in Needham Heights, Massachusetts, and
is expected to be completed by January 31, 1995.  Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  There were 65 bids solicited on
August 10, 1990, and 1 bid received.  The contracting activity is the U.S.
Army Communications and Electronics Command, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey
(DAAB07-91-D-E092).  

    McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company, Mesa, Arizona, is being awarded a
$5,469,530 firm fixed price contract for 361 feeder assemblies in support of
the M242 25mm automatic gun.  Work will be performed in Mesa, Arizona, and is
expected to be completed by November 14, 1994.  Contract funds will not expire
at the end of the current fiscal year.  This is a sole source contract initi-
ated on June 17, 1991.  The contracting activity is the U. S. Army Armament,
Munitions and Chemical Command, Rock Island, Illinois 
(DAAA09-93-C-0114).  

                                     NAVY

         Allied-Signal Aerospace, Garrett Auxiliary Power Division, Phoenix,
  Arizona, is receiving a $7,516,166 modification to cover the exercise of
Option 1 of the basic contract to provide four additional Universal Jet
Aircraft Start preproduction units and technical data.  Work will be performed
in Phoenix, Arizona, 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 60 bids solicited and three bids received.  The
Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the
contracting activity (N68335-92-C-0158).  

      Textron Lycoming, Stratford, Connecticut, and Tiernay Turbines, Phoenix,
Arizona, as a team, are receiving a $6,698,250 modification to cover the
exercise of Option 1 of the basic contract to provide four additional Universal
Jet Aircraft Start preproduction units and technical data.  Work will be
performed in Stratford, Connecticut (50%), and Phoenix, Arizona (50%), 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 60 bids solicited and three bids received.  The Naval Air Warfare Center,
Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity
(N68335-92-C-0159).  

      Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Sykesville, Maryland, is being awarded
a $12,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee level of effort option under a pre-existing
contract for AN/SQQ-89 systems engineering and design agent services.  Work
will be performed in Sykesville, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by
September 1994.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current
fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contract-
ing activity  (N00024-92-C-6312).

                                      AIR FORCE 

     Martin Marietta Corporation, Littleton, Colorado, is being awarded a
$7,158,000 (Not-to-Exceed) face value increase to a fixed-price-incentive
contract for modification of the Centaur Upper Stage, the Payload Fairing (PLF)
and the core vehicle of the Titan IV launch vehicle in support of mission
integration requirements.  The work will be performed at Littleton, Colorado
(42%) and Huntington Beach, California (49%).  Contract is expected to be
completed September 1997.  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 (F0470l-85-C-00l9, P00713).  

     Textron Defense Systems, Wilmington, Massachusetts, is being awarded a
$16,499,990 face value increase to a fixed-priceincentivefirm contract for Low
Rate Initial Production (LRIP) of 22 Sensor Fuzed Weapon (SFW) tactical units
(Lot 2).  Contract is expected to be completed April 1995.  Contract funds will
not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Aeronautical Systems
Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity
(F08626-92-C-0002, P00009). 

                                          END


DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CONTRACT AWARDS
(NOT FOR USE BEFORE 5:00 P.M. EST JANUARY 26, 1993)

                                                  NAVY

      Sundstrand Corporation, Rockford, Illinois, is being awarded a $8,233,254
cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for
engineering and technical services to investigate new design concepts and
conduct tests of effectiveness of advanced technologies from other sources
relevant to the Closed Cycle Advanced Capability Propulsion System.  Work will
be performed in Rockford, Illinois (70%), and Middletown, Rhode Island (30%),
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 not competi-
tively procured.  The Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport Division, Newport,
Rhode Island, is the contracting activity (N66604-93-D-A907).

      Raytheon Company, Missile Systems Division, Bedford, Massachusetts, is
being awarded a $5,042,981 cost-plus-fixed-fee indefinite delivery/indefinite
quantity contract to provide engineering and technical services to the Sparrow
Missile Program.  Service shall include:  analysis, design studies, trade
studies, simulation, hardware and software design, fabrication, assembly,
testing, experimental evaluations, repair, documenting and all associated
activities.  Work will be performed in Tewksbury, Massachusetts (55%), Lowell,
Massachusetts (40%), and Bedford, Massachusetts (5%), 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 not competitively procured.  The Naval
Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, California, is the contract-
ing activity (N68936-93-D-0071).

      McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, St. Louis, Missouri, is being awarded a
$33,184,371 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to cover engineering services and
technical support for the development of Operational Flight Software in support
of the AV-8B aircraft.  This effort includes software development, trouble
report investigation, and upgrades to existing operational software in the
aircraft.  Work will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri, and is expected to be
completed by December 1995.  Contract funds in the amount of $450,000 will
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was not competi-
tively procured.  The Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake,
California, is the contracting activity (N68936-93-C-0040).

      General Electric Company, Machinery Apparatus Operation, Schenectady, New
York, is being awarded a $8,719,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification
for Naval Nuclear Propulsion Components.  Work will be performed in
Schenectady, New York.  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
(N00024-92-C-4009).

     Hughes Missile Systems Company, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a
$7,333,151 cost-plus-fixed-fee (level-of-effort) contract for FY-93 Tomahawk
Sea Lunched Cruise Missile All-Up-Round Systems Engineering and Integration
Agent (AUR-SEIA) support.  Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, and is
expected to be completed by December 1993. 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 (N00019-92-C-0175).

      Group Technologies Corporation, Tampa, Florida, is being awarded a
$12,801,045 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of KG40A Digital Key
Generators for cryptographic equipment.  Work will be performed in Tampa,
Florida, and is expected to be completed by June 1996.  Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively
procured with 45 bids solicited and three bids received.  This contract
includes purchases under the Foreign Military Sales Program.  The Space and
Naval Warfare Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity
(N00039-93-C-0075).

                                                  AIR FORCE

    McDonnell Douglas Corporation, TransPort Aircraft Unit, Long Beach,
California, is being awarded a $62,800,000 fixed-price-incentive-firm contract
for advance buy/long lead funding for Lot VI C-l7 aircraft (eight aircraft).
Contract is expected to be completed August 1996. Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  One proposal was received.  The
solicitation was issue in April 1992 and negotiations were completed in January
1993.  The Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio,
is the contracting activity (F33657-92-C-0037).

     Certified Slings, Casselberry, Florida, is being awarded an $8,757,763
firm-fixed-price contract for 94,913 cargo nets for use on C-130, C-141, and
C-5 aircraft.  Contract is expected to be completed March 1996.  Contract funds
of $8,757,768 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  One hundred
and seventy-six bids were solicited and fourteen proposals were received.  The
solicitation was issued in August 1992 and negotiations were completed in
December 1992.  The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center, Robins Air Force Base,
Georgia, is the contracting activity (F09603-93-C-0374).

     Raytheon Company, Equipment Division, Hager Pond Facility, Marlborough,
Massachusetts, is being awarded a $10,724,464 fixed-price-incentive-firm
contract for special analysis tasks and engineering development model repair in
support of the MILSTAR program. Contract is expected to be completed December
1993.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
The Electronic Systems Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the
contracting activity (F19628-85-C-0004, P00174).

                                     ARMY

	RNJ Interstate Corporation, Harrisburg, Illinois, is being awarded a
$8,209,000 firm fixed construction contract for a Decade X-Ray Simulator
Facility, to include a test cell (containing 4 foot thick concrete walls with
reshielding and overhead cranes) and administration areas, pavements, parking,
electrical and mechanical systems, oil storate tanks and associated pumping
facilities.  Work will be performed at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee, and is
expected to be completed by May 31, 1994.  Contract funds will not expire at
the end of the current fiscal year.  There were 165 bids solicited on August 5,
1992, and 29 bids received.  The contracting activity is the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Mobile, Alabama (DACA01-93-C-0039).
                                     -END-


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