SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME IV
NASA RESOURCES 1969-1978
 

Table 5-16. Top One Hundred Contractors:a FY 1970 (in thousands of dollars)

 

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1969

Net Value of Awards

. .

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1969

Net Value of Awards

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

. .

1. North American Rockwell Corp. *

Downey, Calif.

1

531,536

19.26

..

14. General Dynamics Corp. *

San Diego, Calif.

16

37,968

1.38

2. Grumman Aerospace Corp. *

Bethpage, N.Y.

2

284,411

10.31

15. Trans World Airlines, Inc. *

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

14

35,988

1.30

3. McDonnell Douglas Corp. *

Santa Monica, Calif.

4

236,294

8.56

16. Service Technology Corp. *

Houston, Texas

20

27,485

1.00

4. Boeing Co. *

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

3

158,575

5.75

17. United Aircraft Corp. *

Windsor Locks, Conn.

19

27,113

0.98

5. Int'l. Business Machines Corp. *

Huntsville, Ala.

7

133,429

4.84

18. Federal Electric Corp. *

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

18

26,295

0.95

6. General Electric Co. *

King of Prussia, Pa.

5

131,679

4.77

19. Philco-Ford Corp. *

Houston, Texas

21

23,988

0.87

7. Bendix Corp. *

Owings Mills, Md.

6

109,765

3.98

20. General Motors Corp. *

Milwaukee, Wisc.

17

20,434

0.74

8. Martin Marietta Corp. *

Denver, Colo.

9

108,012

3.92

21. LTV Aerospace Corp. *

Dallas, Texas

23

17,853

0.65

9. Aerojet-General Corp. *

Sacramento, Calif.

8

71,598

2.60

22. Chrysler Corp. *

New Orleans, La.

12

16,709

0.61

10. TRW, Inc. *

Houston, Texas

11

58,264

2.11

23. Brown/Northrop (JV)

Houston, Texas

24

16,635

0.60

11. RCA Corp. *

Camden, N.J.

10

54,547

1.98

24. ILC Industries, Inc.

Dover, Del.

26

13,016

0.47

12. Sperry Rand Corp. *

Huntsville, Ala.

15

48,118

1.74

25. Singer-General Precision, Inc. *

Houston, Texas

29

12,337

0.45

13. Lockheed Aircraft Corp. *

Houston, Texas

13

41,040

1.49

26. Honeywell, Inc. *

St. Petersburg, Fla.

35

11,494

0.42

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1969

Net Value of Awards

.

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1969

Net Value of Awards

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

.

27. Bellcomm, Inc.

Washington, D.C.

28

10,990

0.40

.

40. Mason-Rust

New Orleans, La.

45

5,962

0.22

28. Computer Sciences Corp. *

Huntsville, Ala.

34

10,961

0.40

41. Union Carbide Corp. *

Sacramento, Calif.

30

5,543

0.20

29. Brown Engineering Co., Inc. *

Huntsville, Ala.

27

9,934

0.36

42. Comm. Satellite Corp.

Andover, Me.

32

4,485

0.16

30. American Science and Engrg., Inc.

Cambridge, Mass. (S)

33

9,810

0.36

43. Technical Information Services Co.

College Park, Md.

56

4,329

0.16

31. Northrop Corp. *

Huntsville, Ala.

25

9,426

0.34

44. Textron, Inc.

Buffalo, N.Y.

--

4,194

0.15

32. Hughes Aircraft Co. *

Culver City, Calif.

37

9,048

0.33

45. American Tel. and Tel. Co. *

Greenbelt, Md.

48

4,157

0.15

33. Ball Brothers Research Corp. *

Boulder, Colo.

36

8,679

0.31

46. Fairchild Camera and Instrument Corp. *

Syosset, N.Y.

--

4,125

0.15

34. Garrett Corp. *

Los Angeles, Calif.

31

7,767

0.28

47. Dynalectron Corp.

Houston, Texas

63

4,039

0.15

35. Computing and Software, Inc. *

Greenbelt, Md.

41

7,662

0.28

48. Computer Applications, Inc. *

Silver Spring, Md.

50

4,034

0.15

36. Itek Corp. *

Lexington, Mass.

--

7,511

0.27

49. Xerox Data Systems *

El Segundo, Calif.

--

4,021

0.15

37. Westinghouse Electric Corp. *

Friendship Airport, Md.

39

7,200

0.26

50. Perkin-Elmer Corp. *

Norwalk, Conn.

44

3,788

0.14

38. Control Data Corp. *

Minneapolis, Minn.

38

6,711

0.24

51. Ampex Corp. *

Redwood City, Calif.

74

3,758

0.14

39. Catalytic-Dow (JV)

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

22

6,139

0.22

52. ITT World Communications, Inc.

New York, N.Y.

59

3,718

0.13

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1969

Net Value of Awards

.

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1969

Net Value of Awards

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

.

53. Santa Barbara Research Center

Goleta, Calif.

--

3,718

0.13

.

66. Management Services, Inc.

Huntsville, Ala.

60

2,529

0.09

54. Texas Instruments, Inc. *

Dallas, Texas

88

3,425

0.12

67. Klate Holt Co. *

Houston, Texas (S)

85

2,518

0.09

55. Teledyne, Inc. *

Northridge, Calif.

82

3,390

0.12

68. Hayes International Corp. *

Birmingham, Ala.

69

2,500

0.09

56. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. *

Allentown, Pa.

47

3,385

0.12

69. Aero Spacelines, Inc.

Van Nuys, Calif. (S)

51

2,468

0.09

57. 3M Co. *

Hutchinson, Minn.

67

3,383

0.12

70. Western Electric Co., Inc. *

Cape Kennedy, Fla.

87

2,301

0.08

58. Chesapeake and Potomac Tel. Co. *

Greenbelt, Md.

62

3,280

0.12

71. Virginia Electric Power Co.

Hampton, Va.

71

2,296

0.08

59. Space, Inc.

Huntsville, Ala. (S)

58

3,248

0.12

72. Wolf Research and Develop. Corp. *

Arlington, Va.

57

2,235

0.08

60. Int'l. Tel. and Tel. Corp. *

Fort Wayne, Ind.

79

3,124

0.11

73. Motorola, Inc. *

Scottsdale, Ariz.

84

2,174

0.08

61. Raytheon Co. *

Waltham, Mass.

--

3,117

0.11

74. Wackenhut Services, Inc. *

Houston, Texas

80

2,109

0.08

62. Electronic Associates, Inc. *

Mountain View, Calif.

52

3,058

0.11

75. Wyle Laboratories *

Hampton, Va.

90

2,063

0.07

63. Xerox Corp. *

Pasadena, Calif.

65

2,976

0.11

76. Sanders Associates, Inc. *

Nashua, N.H.

76

2,039

0.07

64. Southern Bell Tel. Co. *

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

61

2,682

0.10

77. Thiokol Chemical Corp. *

Elkton, Md.

66

1,973

0.07

65. Zia Co.

Las Cruces, N.M.

46

2,637

0.10

78. Systems Engrg. Labs., Inc. *

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

--

1,952

0.07

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1969

Net Value of Awards

.

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1969

Net Value of Awards

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

.

79. Fairchild Hiller Corp. *

Germantown, Md.

40

1,894

0.07

.

92. Goodyear Aerospace Corp.

Akron, Ohio

91

1,378

0.05

80. Cleveland Elec. Illuminating Co.

Cleveland, Ohio

73

1,788

0.06

93. Southwestern Bell Tel. Co.

Houston, Texas

95

1,347

0.05

81. Ohio Title Corp.

Sandusky, Ohio (S)

--

1,781

0.06

94. Avco Corp. *

Lowell, Mass.

49

1,330

0.05

82. Litton Systems *

Beverly Hills, Calif.

--

1,752

0.06

95. Potomac Electric Power Co. *

Beltsville, Md.

97

1,280

0.05

83. Lawrence, J.H., Co.

Greenbelt, Md. (S)

70

1,742

0.06

96. Pan American World Airways, Inc.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

--

1,250

0.05

84. Kentron Hawaii, Ltd.

Lihue, Hawaii

--

1,656

0.06

97. RF Communications, Inc.

Rochester, N.Y.

--

1,211

0.04

85. Vitro Corp. of America *

Greenbelt, Md.

55

1,632

0.06

98. Isotopes, Inc. *

Sandusky, Ohio

99

1,164

0.04

86. Hycon Manufacturing Co.

Monrovia, Calif.

--

1,591

0.06

99. Owens-Illinois, Inc. *

Pittsburgh, Pa.

--

1,151

0.04

87. Lake Erie Mechanical, Inc.

Cleveland, Ohio (S)

--

1,587

0.06

100. Allis-Chalmers Mfg. Co.

Milwaukee, Wisc.

53

1,125

0.04

88. A-V Corp.

Houston, Texas (S)

100

1,548

0.06

Other

.

233,617

8.47

89. Fansteel, Inc.

Baltimore, Md.

--

1,443

0.05

.

90. Weston Instruments, Inc. *

College Park, Md.

89

1,412

0.05

TOTAL AWARDS TO BUSINESS FIRMS

.

2,759,215

100.00

91. Time-Zero Corp.

Torrance, Calif. (S)

--

1,382

0.05

 

*Awards during year represent awards on several contracts which have different principal places of performance. The place shown is that which has the largest amount of the awards.

(S) = Indicates small business concerns.

(JV) = Joint venture.

a Data for individual companies include awards on research and development contracts of $10,000 and over and on all other contracts of $25,000 and over.

Source: NASA, Annual Procurement Report (Fiscal year 1970).


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