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SP-4012 NASA HISTORICAL DATA BOOK: VOLUME IV

NASA RESOURCES 1969-1978

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Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1972	Net Value of Awards		.	Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1972	Net Value of Awards
		Amount	Percentage				Amount	Percentage
.
1. Rockwell International Corp. * Downey, Calif.	3	317,756	15.40	.	14. Chrysler Corp. * New Orleans, La.	17	27,693	1.34
2. McDonnell Douglas Corp. * St. Louis, Mo.	1	272,364	13.20		15. Sperry Rand Corp. * Huntsville, Ala.	12	26,558	1.29
3. Martin Marietta Corp. * Denver, Colo.	2	191,987	9.30		16. Computer Sciences Corp. * Silver Spring, Md.	19	25,103	1.22
4. General Electric Co. * King of Prussia, Pa.	4	86,856	4.21		17. United Aircraft Corp. * East Hartford, Conn.	24	24,986	1.21
5. General Dynamics Corp. * San Diego, Calif.	8	80,422	3.90		18. Federal Electric Corp. * Kennedy Space Center, Fla.	18	24,833	1.20
6. Bendix Corp. * Columbia, Md.	6	79,054	3.83		19. Hughes Aircraft Co. * El Segundo, Calif.	20	20,941	1.01
7. Boeing Co. * Kennedy Space Center, Fla.	5	75,535	3.66		20. LTV Aerospace Corp. * Dallas, Texas	21	19,878	0.96
8. Int'l. Business Machines Corp. * Huntsville, Ala.	7	61,307	2.97		21. Northrop Services, Inc. * Houston, Texas	46	16,522	0.80
9. Fairchild Industries, Inc. * Germantown, Md.	10	43,724	2.12		22. Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Inc. * Sunnyvale, Calif.	22	14,717	0.71
10. RCA Corp. * Princeton, N.J.	9	38,227	1.85		23. Kentron Hawaii, Ltd. * Houston, Texas	--	12,956	0.63
11. Philco--Ford Corp. * Houston, Texas	11	37,521	1.82		24. Honeywell, Inc. * St. Petersburg, Fla.	27	12,419	0.60
12. Lockheed Electronics Co. * Houston, Texas	16	29,339	1.42		25. Grumman Aerospace Corp. Bethpage, N.Y.	14	11,998	0.58
13. TRW, Inc. * Redondo Beach, Calif.	13	28,223	1.37		26. Litton Systems, Inc. * Los Angeles, Calif.	42	11,235	0.54

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1972	Net Value of Awards		.	Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1972	Net Value of Awards
		Amount	Percentage				Amount	Percentage
.
27. Computing and Software, Inc. * Greenbelt, Md.	28	9,815	0.48	.	40. Dynalectron Corp. * Houston, Texas	37	5,418	0.26
28. Teledyne Industries, Inc. * Northridge, Calif.	41	9,759	0.47		41. Mason--Rust New Orleans, La.	40	5,301	0.26
29. American Science and Engrg., Inc. Cambridge, Mass. (S)	35	8,877	0.43		42. Morrison--Knudsen Co. Kennedy Space Center, Fla.	--	4,780	0.23
30. Brown Engineering Co., Inc. * Huntsville, Ala.	26	8,617	0.42		43. Pan American World Airways, Inc. * Kennedy Space Center, Fla.	79	4,628	0.22
31. General Motors Corp. * Goleta, Calif.	39	8,124	0.39		44. Control Data Corp. * Minneapolis, Minn.	31	4,594	0.22
32. Hayes International Corp. * Huntsville, Ala.	44	7,848	0.38		45. Chesapeake and Potomac Tel. Co. * Greenbelt, Md.	52	4,442	0.22
33. Westinghouse Electric Corp. * Friendship Airport, Md.	33	7,450	0.36		46. Thiokol Chemical Corp. * Huntsville, Ala.	57	4,187	0.20
34. Singer Co. * Houston, Texas	29	7,277	0.35		47. Management Services, Inc. Huntsville, Ala.	61	4,160	0.20
35. Garrett Corp. * Torrance, Calif.	36	6,900	0.33		48. American Tel. and Tel. Co. * Greenbelt, Md.	56	4,067	0.20
36. Lockheed Aircraft Corp. * Marietta, Ga.	43	6,752	0.33		49. Aerojet--General Corp. * El Monte, Calif.	15	3,910	0.19
37. Global Associates Bay St. Louis, Miss.	32	6,472	0.31		50. ILC Industries, Inc. Dover, Del.	30	3,902	0.19
38. Raytheon Service Co. * Halethorpe, Md.	b	5,896	0.29		51. Informatics Tisco, Inc. College Park, Md.	48	3,844	0.19
39. Xerox Corp. * El Segundo, Calif.	34	5,655	0.27		52. ITT World Communications, Inc. * New York, N.Y.	55	3,743	0.18

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1972	Net Value of Awards		.	Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1972	Net Value of Awards
		Amount	Percentage				Amount	Percentage
.
53. Alpha Building Corp. Houston, Texas (S)	--	3,623	0.18	.	66. Collins Radio Co. * Addison, Texas	--	2,244	0.11
54. Santa Barbara Research Center Goleta, Calif.	47	3,308	0.16		67. Technicolor Graphic Service, Inc. Houston, Texas	66	2,156	0.10
55. Textron, Inc. * Fort Worth, Texas	45	3,185	0.15		68. Woerfel Corp. and Towne Realty Co. (JV) Cape Kennedy, Fla.	--	2,124	0.10
56. Int'l. Tel. and Tel. Corp. * Fort Wayne, Ind.	72	3,017	0.15		69. McGregor and Werner, Inc. Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (S)	74	2,086	0.10
57. Ampex Corp. * Redwood City, Calif.	89	2,988	0.15		70. Ball Brothers Research Corp. Boulder, Colo.	51	2,063	0.10
58. Aydin Corp. * Fort Washington, Pa.	97	2,898	0.14		71. Lathrop F.P. Construction Co. Mountain View, Calif.	--	2,030	0.10
59. Southern Bell Tel. Co. * Kennedy Space Center, Fla.	60	2,825	0.14		72. Planning Research Corp. * Huntsville, Ala.	81	2,027	0.10
60. Serv--Air, Inc. * Edwards, Calif.	92	2,489	0.12		73. Eastman Kodak Co. * Rochester, N.Y.	91	1,995	0.10
61. Virginia Electric Power Co. * Hampton, Va.	68	2,456	0.12		74. Wackenhut Services, Inc. * Houston, Texas	62	1,917	0.09
62. Cleveland Elec. Illuminating Co. * Cleveland, Ohio	71	2,451	0.12		75. United Air Lines, Inc. San Francisco, Calif.	--	1,913	0.09
63. Wyle Laboratories Hampton, Virginia	58	2,385	0.12		76. Aero Spacelines, Inc. * Lost Angeles, Calif. (S)	--	1,891	0.09
64. Klate Holt Co. * Hampton, Va. (S)	59	2,373	0.11		77. Wolf Research and Develop. Corp. * Riverdale, Md.	83	1,865	0.09
65. Computer Sciences Corp./Technicolor Graphics DP Assoc. (JV) Greenbelt, Md.	--	2,347	0.11		78. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. * Long Beach, Calif.	54	1,850	0.09

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1972	Net Value of Awards		.	Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1972	Net Value of Awards
		Amount	Percentage				Amount	Percentage
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79. Lawrence, J.H., Co. Greenbelt, Md. (S)	82	1,831	0.09	.	92. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. * Mountain View, Calif.	--	1,348	0.07
80. S & Q Construction Co. * Mountain View, Calif. (S)	--	1,819	0.09		93. Hewlett--Packard Co. * Palo Alto, Calif.	--	1,340	0.06
81. Texas Instruments, Inc. * Dallas, Texas	--	1,785	0.09		94. Weston Instruments, Inc. * College Park, Md.	64	1,292	0.06
82. Mechanical Projects, Inc. Hampton, Va. (S)	--	1,782	0.09		95. Western Union International, Inc. New York, N.Y.	--	1,288	0.06
83. Programming Methods, Inc. * Mountain View, Calif.	75	1,756	0.09		96. Systems Engineering Labs, Inc. * Houston, Texas	--	1,265	0.06
84. Electronic Associates, Inc. * Hampton, Va.	70	1,744	0.08		97. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Houston, Texas	100	1,257	0.06
85. Perkin--Elmer Corp. * Norwalk, Conn.	65	1,717	0.08		98. Raytheon Co. * Sudbury, Mass.	80	1,234	0.06
86. Taft Broadcasting Co. Houston, Texas (S)	--	1,712	0.08		99. Peoples Construction Co. Mountain View, Calif. (S)	--	1,167	0.06
87. Systems Technology Associates, Inc. Falls Church, Va. (S)	--	1,628	0.08		100. Owens--Illinois, Inc. * Pittsburgh, Pa.	67	1,160	0.06
88. Potomac Electric Power Co. Greenbelt, Md.	87	1,574	0.08		Other	.	219,819	10.65
89. R&W Machine Co. Hampton, Va. (S)	--	1,465	0.07		.
90. Honeywell Information Systems, Inc. * Kennedy Space Center, Fla.	85	1,381	0.07		TOTAL AWARDS TO BUSINESS FIRMS	.	2,063,797	100.00
91. Jacob Transfer, Inc. Greenbelt, Md.	--	1,355	0.07

* = 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.

b Formerly a division of Raytheon Co.

Source: NASA, Annual Procurement Report (Fiscal year 1973).