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

Table 5-23. Top One Hundred Contractors:a FY 1977 (in thousands of dollars)

 

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1976

Net Value of Awards

.

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1976

Net Value of Awards

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

.

1. Rockwell International Corp.

* Downey, Calif

1

1,011,448

35.64

.

14. United Technologies Corp.

* East Hartford, Conn.

19

33,866

1.19

2. McDonnell Douglas Corp.

* Huntington Beach, Calif.

2

138,480

4.88

15. TRW, Inc.

* Redondo Beach, Calif.

12

28,891

1.02

3. Martin Marietta Corp.

* New Orleans, La.

3

119,437

4.21

16. Ford Aerospace and Communications Corp.

* Houston, Tex.

17 b

27,694

0.98

4. Bendix Corp.

* Columbia, Md.

5

90,642

3.19

17. Planning Research Corp.

* Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

16

26,120

0.92

5. General Dynamics Corp.

* San Diego, Calif.

4

78,708

2.77

18. Vought Corp.

* Dallas, Tex.

21

22,005

0.78

6. General Electric Co.

* King of Prussia, Pa.

6

68,613

2.42

19. Singer Co.

* Binghamton, NY.

23

20,559

0.72

7. Lockheed Electronics Co., Inc.

* Houston, Tex.

7

67,986

2.40

20. Sperry Rand Corp.

* Houston, Tex.

14

19,491

0.69

8. Int'l Business Machines Corp.

* Houston, Tex.

13

66,116

2.33

21. Global Associates

Bay St. Louis, Miss.

26

19,069

0.67

9. Thiokol Corp.

* Brigham City, Utah

11

62,440

2.20

22. Northrop Services, Inc.

* Houston, Tex.

20

18,749

0.66

10. Boeing Co.

* Seattle, Wash.

8

53,020

1.87

23. Lockheed Aircraft Corp.

* Burbank, Calif.

27

18,474

0.65

11. RCA Corp.

* Princeton, NJ

10

42,383

1.49

24. Boeing Services International, Inc.

* Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

46

16,053

0.57

12. Computer Sciences Corp.

* Greenbelt, Md.

15

40,494

1.43

25. Teledyne Industries, Inc.

* Los Angles, Calif.

30

14,449

0.51

13. Hughes Aircraft Co.

* El Segundo, Calif.

9

38,658

1.36

26. Federal Electric Corp.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

24

13,978

0.49

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1976

Net Value of Awards

.

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1976

Net Value of Awards

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

.

27. Algernon Blair, Inc.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

--

13,108

0.46

.

.

40. Westinghouse Electric Corp.

* Friendship Airport, Md.

51

6,755

0.24

28. Chicago Bridge and Iron Co.

Hampton, Va.

--

13,000

0.46

41. Virginia Electric and Power Co.

Hampton, Va.

42

6,562

0.23

29. Pan American World Airways, Inc.

* Houston, Tex.

37

11,829

0.42

42. Control Data Corp.

* Minneapolis, Minn.

43

6,393

0.23

30. Blount Brothers Corp.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

18

11,787

0.42

43. Chrysler Corp.

* New Orleans, La.

73

6,340

0.22

31. Computer Sciences - Technicolor Assocs. (JV)

Greenbelt, Md.

29

11,047

0.39

44. Garrett Corp.

* Phoenix, Ariz.

68

6,175

0.22

32. Honeywell, Inc.

* St. Petersburg, Fla.

33

10,047

0.35

45. Mayfair Construction Co.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

44

5,749

0.20

33. Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Inc.

* Sunnyvale, Calif.

34

9,736

0.34

46. Int'l Tel. and Tel. Corp.

* Fort Wayne, Ind.

50

5,588

0.20

34. Raytheon Service Co.

* Halethorpe, Md.

28

9,654

0.34

47. Fairchild Industries, Inc.

* Germantown, Md.

58

5,372

0.19

35. Metro Contract Services, Inc. (S)

* Huntsville, Ala.

45

9,267

0.33

48. Informatics Information Systems Co.

* Friendship Airport, Md.

53

5,133

0.18

36. Ball Brothers Research Corp.

* Boulder, Colo.

32

8,183

0.29

49. Beckman Construction Co.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (S)

--

5,027

0.18

37. American Sciences and Engrg., Inc.

Cambridge, Mass. (S)

22

7,487

0.26

50. Santa Barbara Research Center

Goleta, Calif.

38

4,967

0.18

38. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

* Allentown, Penn.

41

7,179

0.25

51. Serv-Air, Inc.

* Houston, Texas

48

4,938

0.17

39. SDC Integrated Services, Inc.

* Slidell, La.

40

6,981

0.25

52. Grumman Aerospace Corp.

* Bethpage, NY

25

4,798

0.17

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1976

Net Value of Awards

.

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1976

Net Value of Awards

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

.

53. Contraves Goerz Corp.

Pittsburgh, Pa.

--

4,655

0.16

.

66. Ralph M. Parsons Co.

* Pasadena, Calif.

69

3,181

0.11

54. Modular Computer Systems, Inc.

* Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (S)

65

4,540

0.16

67. Texas Instruments, Inc.

* Dallas, Texas

49

3,175

0.11

55. Sundstrand Corp.

Rockford, Ill.

83

4,516

0.16

68. Avco Corp.

* Huntsville, Ala.

76

3,144

0.11

56. Union Carbide Corp.

* Fontana, Calif.

66

4,395

0.15

69. Aerojet General Corp.

* Sacramento, Calif.

--

3,113

0.11

57. United Space Boosters, Inc.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

--

4,389

0.15

70. Digital Equipment Corp.

* Lanham, Md.

67

3,104

0.11

58. Wyle Laboratories

* Hampton, Va.

57

4,373

0.15

71. Klate Holt Co.

* Houston, Texas (S)

71

3,094

0.11

59. Kentron Hawaii, Ltd.

* Houston, Texas

56

3,684

0.13

72. Informatics, Inc.

* Palo Alto, Calif.

96

3,055

0.11

60. Cleveland Elec. Illuminating Co.

Cleveland, Ohio

62

3,672

0.13

73. Xerox Corp.

* El Segundo, Calif.

47

2,966

0.10

61. Cutler Hammer, Inc.

* Deer Park, NY

39

3,572

0.13

74. W & J Construction Corp.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (S)

--

2,965

0.10

62. PMI Facilities Management Corp.

* New York, NY

63

3,407

0.12

75. Science Applications, Inc.

* Huntsville, Ala.

74

2,852

0.10

63. General Motors Corp.

Indianapolis, Ind.

--

3,337

0.12

76. Hayes International Corp.

* Huntsville, Ala.

64

2,822

0.10

64. Potomac Electric Power Co.

Greenbelt, Md.

70

3,201

0.11

77. Hewlett-Packard Co.

* Santa Clara, Calif.

60

2,809

0.10

65. Battelle Memorial Institute

* Columbus, Ohio

77

3,186

0.11

78. OAO Corp.

* Beltsville, Md. (S)

--

2,704

0.10

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1976

Net Value of Awards

.

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1976

Net Value of Awards

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

.

79. Beckman Instruments, Inc.

* Anaheim, Calif.

54

2,639

0.09

.

92. Technicolor Graphic Services, Inc.

Houston, Texas

75

2,068

0.07

80. Textron, Inc.

* Fort Worth, Texas

35

2,560

0.09

93. Aydin Corp.

* Fort Washington, Pa.

59

2,029

0.07

81. Northrop Corp.

* Edwards, Calif.

97

2,498

0.09

94. Holloway Corp.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (S)

--

1,920

0.07

82. Bell and Howell Co.

* Pasadena, Calif.

--

2,474

0.09

95. Tektronix, Inc.

Beaverton, Oreg.

93

1,913

0.07

83. Expedient Services, Inc.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (S)

86

2,458

0.09

96. Odetics, Inc.

Anaheim, Calif. (S)

--

1,876

0.07

84. Technology Development Corp.

* Mountain View, Calif. (S)

61

2,406

0.08

97. Management and Technical Services Co.

* Greenbelt, Md.

--

1,863

0.07

85. Sangamo Weston, Inc.

* Sarasota, Fla.

--

2,371

0.08

98. Alpha Building Corp.

Houston, Texas (S)

100

1,838

0.06

86. Operations Research, Inc. of Md.

Silver Spring, Md.

00

2,321

0.08

99. Spaw Glass, Inc.

Houston, Tex.

--

1,838

0.06

87. Aro, Inc.

Mountain View, Calif.

91

2,300

0.08

100. Reynolds Smith and Hills, Inc.

Jacksonville, Fla.

--

1,828

0.06

88. Ampex Corp.

* Bethesda, Md.

79

2,294

0.08

Other

.

 

339,318

11.96

89. M & S Computing, Inc.

* Huntsville, Ala. (S)

--

2,218

0.08

.

90. Systems and Applied Sciences Corp.

* Riverdale, Md. (S)

--

2,163

0.08

TOTAL AWARDS TO BUSINESS FIRMS

.

2,838,117

100.00

91. Management Services, Inc.

* Huntsville, Ala. (S)

55

2,088

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 Excludes smaller procurements, generally those of less than $10,000.
b Formerly Aeronutronics Ford Corp.

Source: NASA, Annual Procurement Report (Fiscal year 1977).

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