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

Table 5-24. Top One Hundred Contractors:a FY 1978(in thousands of dollars)

 

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1977

Net Value of Awards

.

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1977

Net Value of Awards

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

.

1. Rockwell International Corp.

* Downey, Calif

1

890,257

30.14

.

14. Boeing Services International, Inc.

* Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

24

42,990

1.45

2. Martin Marietta Corp.

* New Orleans, La.

3

144,651

4.90

15. Boeing Co.

* Seattle, Wash.

10

42,728

1.45

3. McDonnell Douglas Corp.

* Huntington Beach, Calif.

2

139,682

4.73

16. Vought Corp.

* Dallas, Tex.

18

32,883

1.11

4. Bendix Corp.

* Columbia, Md.

4

94,950

3.21

17. Ford Aerospace and Communications Corp.

* Houston, Tex.

16

29,632

1.00

5. Lockheed Electronics Co., Inc.

* Houston, Tex.

7

75,095

2.54

18. Planning Research Corp.

* Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

17

28,550

0.97

6. Int'l Business Machines Corp.

* Houston, Tex.

8

73,000

2.47

19. Sperry Rand Corp.

* Houston, Tex.

20

26,197

0.89

7. Hughes Aircraft Co.

* El Segundo, Calif.

13

72,956

2.47

20. Frank Briscoe Co., Inc.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

--

23,757

0.80

8. General Electric Co.

* King of Prussia, Pa.

6

68,473

2.32

21. Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

* Allentown, Pa.

38

22,871

0.77

9. Thiokol Corp.

* Brigham City, Utah

9

67,757

2.29

22. Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Inc.

* Sunnyvale, Calif.

33

21,001

0.71

10. Computer Sciences Corp.

* Greenbelt, Md.

12

66,326

2.24

23. Singer Co.

* Binghamton, NY.

19

20,436

0.69

11. General Dynamics Corp.

* San Diego, Calif.

5

64,380

2.18

24. TRW, Inc.

* Redondo Beach, Calif.

15

20,021

0.68

12. RCA Corp.

* Princeton, NJ

11

52,500

1.78

25. United Space Boosters, Inc.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

57

17,703

0.60

13. United Technologies Corp.

* East Hartford, Conn.

14

50,813

1.72

26. Ball Corp.

* Boulder, Colo.

36 b

17,611

0.60

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1977

Net Value of Awards

.

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1977

Net Value of Awards

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

.

27. Perkin-Elmer Corp.

* Danbury, Conn.

--

16,523

0.56

.

40. Honeywell, Inc.

* Minneapolis, Minn.

32

7,713

0.26

28. Northrop Services, Inc.

* Houston, Tex.

2

15,621

0.53

41. Int'l Tel. & Tel. Corp.

* Fort Wayne, Ind.

46

7,662

0.26

29. Chicago Bridge and Iron Co.

* Greenville, Pa.

28

14,432

0.49

42. SDC Integrated Services, Inc.

* Slidell, La.

39

7,361

0.25

30. Computer Sciences - Technicolor Assocs. (JV)

Greenbelt, Md.

31

14,266

0.48

43. Control Data Corp.

* Minneapolis, Minn.

42

7,351

0.25

31. Global Associates

Bay St. Louis, Miss.

21

14,143

0.48

44. Virginia Electric and Power Co.

Hampton, Va.

41

7,023

0.24

32. Westinghouse Electric Corp.

* Friendship Airport, Md.

40

12,328

0.42

45. Metro Contract Services, Inc.

* Huntsville, Ala. (S)

35

6,726

0.23

33. Pan American World Airways, Inc.

* Houston, Tex.

29

12,054

0.41

46. Holloway Corp.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (S)

94

6,316

0.21

34. Fairchild Industries, Inc.

* Germantown, Md.

47

11,775

0.40

47. General Motors Corp.

* Indianapolis, Ind.

63

6,186

0.21

35. Raytheon Service Co.

* Halethorpe, Md.

34

10,193

0.35

48. Informatics Information Systems Co.

* Friendship Airport, Md.

48

5,824

0.20

36. J.M. Kenith Co., Inc.

Hampton, Va. (S)

--

9,924

0.34

49. Northrop Worldwide Aircraft Services, Inc.

Houston, Tex.

--d

5,550

0.19

37. Lockheed Corp.

* Burbank, Calif.

23 c

9,852

0.33

50. Textron, Inc.

* Fort Worth, Tex.

80

5,196

0.18

38. Teledyne Industries, Inc.

* Los Angeles, Calif.

25

8,856

0.30

51. Garrett Corp.

* Phoenix, Ariz.

44

5,177

0.18

39. Honeywell Information Systems, Inc.

* McLean, Va.

--

8,555

0.29

52. Grumman Aerospace Corp.

* Bethpage, NY

52

5,087

0.17

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1977

Net Value of Awards

.

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1977

Net Value of Awards

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

.

53. Wyle Laboratories

* Hampton, Va.

58

4,934

0.17

.

.

66. Metropolitan Contract Services, Inc.

Hampton, Va. (S)

--

3,521

0.12

54. Mechanical Technology, Inc.

Latham, NY (S)

--

4,908

0.17

67. Cutler Hammer, Inc.

* Melville, NY

61

3,385

0.11

55. Sunstrand Corp.

Rockford, Ill.

55

4,161

0.14

68. Potomac Electric Power Co.

Greenbelt, Md.

64

3,367

0.11

56. Sigma Data Services Corp.

* New York, NY (S)

--

4,128

0.14

69. Xerox Corp. * Pasadena, Calif.

73

3,328

0.11

57. Wackenhut Services, Inc.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

--

4,039

0.14

70. Technology Development Corp

* Mountain View, Calif. (S)

84

3,301

0.11

58. W & J Construction Corp.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

74

4,008

0.14

71. Ford Motor Co.

Dearborn, Mich.

--

3,271

0.11

59. Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co.

Cleveland, Ohio

60

3,970

0.13

72. American Sciences and Engrg., Inc.

Cambridge, Mass. (S)

37

3,232

0.11

60. Ampex Corp.

* Bethesda, Md.

88

3,889

0.13

73. McGregor and Werner, Inc.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (S)

--

3,204

0.11

61. OAO Corp.

* Beltsville, Md. (S)

78

3,878

0.13

74. Modular Computer Systems, Inc.

* Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

54

3,131

0.11

62. ORI, Inc.

Silver Spring, Md. (S)

86 e

3,862

0.13

75. Hayes International Corp.

* Huntsville, Ala.

76

3,117

0.11

63. Informatics, Inc.

* Mountain View, Calif.

72

3,847

0.13

76. Serv-Air, Inc.

Edwards, Calif.

51

3,019

0.10

64. Digital Equipment Corp.

* Maynard, Mass.

70

3,633

0.12

77. FMC Corp.

Santa Clara, Calif.

--

2,965

0.10

65. Kentron International, Inc.

* Houston, Tex.

59 f

3,577

0.12

78. Allied Engineering and Production Corp.

Alameda, Calif. (S)

--

2,932

0.10

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1977

Net Value of Awards

.

Contractor and Place of Contract Performance

Rank in FY 1977

Net Value of Awards

Amount

Percentage

Amount

Percentage

.

79. Expedient Services, Inc.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (S)

83

2,714

0.09

.

92. Acts Computing Corp.

Southfield, Mich. (S)

--

2,177

0.07

80. Hewlett-Packard Co.

* Palo Alto, Calif.

77

2,675

0.09

93. W.L. Tanksley and Associates

Brook Park, Ohio (S)

--

2,143

0.07

81. Gallo Mechanical Contractors, Inc.

New Orleans, La. (S)

--

2,658

0.09

94. Technicolor Graphic Services, Inc.

Houston, Tex.

92

2,122

0.07

82. Aerojet-General Corp.

* Sacramento, Calif.

69

2,640

0.09

95. Entex Corp.

Houston, Tex.

--

2,045

0.07

83. Kelsey Seybold Clinic

* Houston, Tex.

--

2,588

0.09

96. Permali, Inc.

Gloucester, England

--

2,024

0.07

84. Algernon Blair, Inc.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

27

2,536

0.09

97. Aro, Inc.

Mountain View, Calif.

87

2,023

0.07

85. Management Services, Inc.

* Kennedy Space Center, Fla. (S)

91

2,505

0.08

98. Systems and Applied Sciences Corp.

* Riverdale, Md. (S)

90

1,973

0.07

86. Klate Holt Co.

Hampton, Va. (S)

71

2,493

0.08

99. Tektronix, Inc.

* Beaverton, Oreg.

95

1,947

0.07

87. Bionetics Corp.

* Hampton, Va.

--

2,474

0.08

100. Science Applications, Inc.

* Huntsville, Ala.

75

1,938

0.07

88. Management and Technical Services Co.

* Greenbelt, Md.

97

2,474

0.08

Other

.

358,954

12.15

89. Gates Learjet Corp.

Wichita, Kan.

--

2,463

0.08

.

90. Blount Brothers Corp.

Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

30

2,438

0.08

TOTAL AWARDS TO BUSINESS FIRMS

.

2,953,846

100.00

91. Houston Lighting and Power Co.

Houston, Tex.

--

2,321

0.08

* = 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 Ball Brothers Research Corp.
c Formerly Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
d Formerly a division of Northrop Corp.
e Formerly Operations Research, Inc. of Md.
f Formerly Kentron Hawaii, Ltd.

Source: NASA, Annual Procurement Report (Fiscal year 1978).


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