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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 1973	Net Value of Awards		.	Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1973	Net Value of Awards
		Amount	Percentage				Amount	Percentage
.
1. Rockwell International Corp. * Downey, Calif.	1 b	486,478	22.96	.	14. Sperry Rand Corp. * Huntsville, Ala.	15	21,667	1.02
2. Martin Marietta Corp. * Denver, Colo.	3	201,800	9.53		15. Federal Electric Corp. * Kennedy Space Center, Fla.	18	20,932	0.99
3. McDonnell Douglas Corp. * Huntington Beach, Calif.	2	155,955	7.36		16. TRW, Inc. * Redondo Beach, Calif.	13	20,750	0.98
4. Bendix Corp. * Columbia, Md.	6	79,801	3.77		17. Hughes Aircraft Co. * El Segundo, Calif.	19	17,996	0.85
5. General Dynamics Corp. * San Diego, Calif.	5	79,539	3.75		18. LTV Aerospace Corp. * Dallas, Texas	20	17,229	0.81
6. General Electric Co. * King of Prussia, Pa.	4	64,996	3.07		19. Thiokol Corp. * Huntsville, Ala.	46	17,012	0.80
7. Boeing Co. * Kennedy Space Center, Fla.	7	60,047	2.83		20. American Airlines, Inc. * New York, N.Y.	--	16,850	0.80
8. Int'l. Business Machines Corp. * Houston, Texas	8	47,491	2.24		21. Northrop Services, Inc. * Houston, Texas	21	16,271	0.77
9. United Aircraft Corp. * East Hartford, Conn.	17	39,671	1.87		22. Chrysler Corp. * New Orleans, La.	14	16,053	0.76
10. Philco-Ford Corp. * Houston, Texas	11	36,010	1.70		23. Morrison-Knudsen Co., Inc. Kennedy Space Center, Fla.	42	15,551	0.73
11. Lockheed Electronics Co., Inc. * Houston, Texas	12	35,377	1.67		24. Fairchild Industries, Inc. * Germantown, Md.	9	12,976	0.61
12. RCA Corp. * Princeton, N.J.	10	34,736	1.64		25. Honeywell, Inc. * St. Petersburg, Fla.	24	12,644	0.60
13. Computer Sciences Corp. * Silver Spring, Md.	16	27,395	1.29		26. Teledyne Industries, Inc. * Los Angeles, Calif.	28	12,341	0.58

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1973	Net Value of Awards		.	Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1973	Net Value of Awards
		Amount	Percentage				Amount	Percentage
.
27. Litton Systems,Inc. * Los Angeles, Calif.	26	11,253	0.53	.	40. Lockheed Aircraft Corp. * Marietta, Ga.	36	7,701	0.36
28. Grumman Aerospace Corp. * Bethpage, N.Y.	25	11,133	0.53		41. Hayes International Corp. * Huntsville, Ala.	32	7,352	0.35
29. Harris Corp. * Rochester, N.Y.	--	10,581	0.50		42. Xerox Corp. * El Segundo, Calif.	39	7,088	0.33
30. Textron, Inc. * Fort Worth, Texas	55	10,104	0.48		43. American Science and Engrg., Inc. Cambridge, Mass. (S)	29	6,896	0.33
31. Pan American World Airways, Inc. * Houston, Texas	43	9,835	0.46		44. Cordura Corp. * Slidell, La.	27 c	6,033	0.28
32. Computer Sciences Corp./Technicolor Graphics DP Assoc. (JV) * Greenbelt, Md.	65	9,158	0.43		45. Kentron Hawaii, Ltd. * Houston, Texas	23	5,832	0.28
33. Westinghouse Electric Corp. * Friendship Airport, Md.	33	8,849	0.42		46. Mason-Rust (JV) * New Orleans, La.	41	5,800	0.27
34. General Motors Corp. * Goleta, Calif.	31	8,341	0.39		47. Management Services, Inc. Huntsville, Ala. (S)	47	5,077	0.24
35. Raytheon Service Co. * Halethorpe, Md.	38	8,294	0.39		48. E-Systems, Inc. * Houston, Texas	60 d	4,971	0.23
36. Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Inc. * Sunnyvale, Calif.	33	8,120	0.38		49. Chesapeake and Potomac Tel. Co. * Greenbelt, Md.	45	4,766	0.22
37. Brown Engineering Co., Inc. Huntsville, Ala.	30	8,090	0.38		50. Aerojet-General Corp. * Sacramento, Calif.	49	4,466	0.21
38. Global Associates Bay St. Louis, Miss.	37	8,064	0.38		51. Singer Co. * Houston, Texas	34	4,447	0.21
39. Control Data Corp. * Minneapolis, Minn.	44	7,900	0.37		52. Avco Corp. * Huntsville, Ala.	--	4,214	0.20

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1973	Net Value of Awards		.	Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1973	Net Value of Awards
		Amount	Percentage				Amount	Percentage
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53. Informatics Information Systems Co. College Park, Md.	51 e	4,186	0.20	.	66. Santa Barbara Research Center Goleta, Calif.	54	2,544	0.12
54. Dynalectron Corp. * Las Cruces, N.M.	40	3,810	0.18		67. McGregor and Werner, Inc. * Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (S)	69	2,508	0.12
55. ITT World Communications, Inc. New York, N.Y.	52	3,515	0.17		68. Technicolor Graphic Services, Inc. Houston, Texas	67	2,427	0.11
56. Planning Research Corp. * Kennedy Space Center, Fla.	72	3,503	0.17		69. Hewlett-Packard Co. * Palo Alto, Calif.	93	2,312	0.11
57. Int'l. Tel. and Tel. Corp. * Fort Wayne, Ind.	56	3,052	0.14		70. Eastman Kodak Co. * Rochester, N.Y.	73	2,304	0.11
58. United Airlines, Inc. San Francisco, Calif.	75	2,945	0.14		71. Ball Brothers Research Corp. * Boulder, Colo.	70	2,152	0.10
59. Wyle Laboratories * Hampton, Va.	63	2,904	0.14		72. Potomac Electric Power Co. Greenbelt, Md.	88	2,051	0.10
60. Cleveland Elec. Illuminating Co. Cleveland, Ohio	62	2,814	0.13		73. Perkin-Elmer Corp. * Norwalk, Conn.	85	2,034	0.10
61. Alpha Building Corp. Houston, Texas (S)	53	2,729	0.13		74. Texas Instruments, Inc. * Dallas, Texas	81	2,019	0.10
62. American Tel. and Tel. Co. * Greenbelt, Md.	48	2,689	0.13		75. R & W Machine Co. Hampton, Va. (S)	89	1,946	0.09
63. Expedient Services, Inc. Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (S)	--	2,666	0.13		76. Klate Holt Co. * Hampton, Va. (S)	64	1,944	0.09
64. ILC Industries, Inc. * Dover, Del.	50	2,617	0.12		77. Aydin Corp. * Fort Washington, Pa.	58	1,848	0.09
65. Amex Corp. * Redwood City, Calif.	57	2,607	0.12		78. Wackenhut Services, Inc. * Houston, Texas	74	1,822	0.09

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1973	Net Value of Awards		.	Contractor and Place of Contract Performance	Rank in FY 1973	Net Value of Awards
		Amount	Percentage				Amount	Percentage
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79. Garrett Corp. * Phoenix, Ariz.	35	1,822	0.09	.	92. Southern Bell Telephone Co. * Kennedy Space Center, Fla.	59	1,376	0.06
80. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. * Long Beach, Calif.	78	1,814	0.09		93. Electronic Associates, Inc. * Hampton, Va.	84	1,365	0.06
81. PRC Data Services, Inc. * Washington, D.C.	--	1,747	0.08		94. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Houston, Texas	97	1,311	0.06
82. Western Union International, Inc. New York, N.Y.	95	1,739	0.08		95. Aro, Inc. Mountain View, Calif.	--	1,300	0.06
83. Peoples Construction Co. Mountain View, Calif. (S)	99	1,677	0.08		96. Bell and Howell Co. * Pasadena, Calif.	--	1,295	0.06
84. Honeywell Information Systems, Inc. * Atlanta, Ga.	90	1,628	0.08		97. Weston Instruments, Inc. * Sarasota, Fla.	94	1,273	0.06
85. Reynolds Smith and Hills, Inc. * Jacksonville, Fla.	--	1,621	0.08		98. B.D. Ashe Hampton, Va. (S)	--	1,241	0.06
86. Wolf Research and Develop. Corp. * Riverdale, Md.	77	1,559	0.07		99. Seelye Stevenson Value Knecht, Inc. New York, N.Y.	--	1,228	0.06
87. Evans and Sutherland Computer Corp. * Salt Lake City, Utah (S)	--	1,471	0.07		100. Johnson Service Co. * Kennedy Space Center, Fla.	--	1,215	0.06
88. J.H. Lawrence Co. Greenbelt, Md. (S)	79	1,463	0.07		Other	.	256,390	12.10
89. Greiner Engineering Sciences, Inc. Tampa, Fla.	--	1,431	0.07		.
90. Kelsey-Seybold Clinic * Houston, Texas	--	1,394	0.07		TOTAL AWARDS TO BUSINESS FIRMS	.	2,118,627	100.0
91. Jacob Transfer, Inc. Greenbelt, Md.	91	1,386	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 Includes awards to Collins Radio Co., now a division of Rockwell International Corp.

c Formerly Computing and Software, Inc.

d Formerly Serv-Air, Inc.

e Formerly Informatics Tisco, Inc.

Source: NASA, Annual Procurement Report (Fiscal year 1974).