paperboy@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil (06/22/91)
From: paperboy@tecnet1.jcte.jcs.mil <<>> Assistant Secretary Of Defense <<>> <<>> Public Affairs June 1991 <<>> <<>> Pentagon, Washington DC Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat <<>> <<>> A/V 225-3886 (912)695-3886 1 <<>> <<>> - - - - - - - 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 <<>> <<>> DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NEWS 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 <<>> <<>> 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 <<>> <<>> THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1991 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 <<>> <<>> 30 <<>> <<>> * * * * * * * * <<>> <<>> <<>> <<>> Department of Defense News Editor: Mr. Frank Falatko <<>> * NORTHROP AWARDED "BAT" CONTRACT * SOVIET SHIP VISIT ==================================================================== NEWS RELEASE THURSDAY JUNE 20, 1991 NORTHROP AWARDED "BAT" CONTRACT The US. Armannounced today it has awarded a $344 million contract to the Northrop Corporation, Electronic Systems Division, Hawthorne, Calif., for its latest brilliant, anti-armor weapons system -- "BAT". The contract funds a 42-monh development effort for "BAT" and begins the Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) phase of the program. The Raytheon Corporation of Manchester, N.H. is the principal subcontractor for the weapon system. "BAT" a self-guided submunition which is used to find, attack and destroy moving armored vehicles. It could be carried deep into enemy territory by the Tri-Service standoff Attack missile or the Army Tactical Missile System, then dispersed over a target to selectively attack and destroy it. The EMD phase was preceded by six years of intense work testing by the Army and the Northrop Corporation in a classified program. The "BAT"roject is based at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. For additional information contact Maj. Peter Keating, Army Public Affairs, (703) 697-7589. MEMORANDUM FOR CORRESPONDENTS THURSDAY JUNE 20, 1991 SOVIET SHIP VISIT Three Soviet ships with nearly 1,000 sailors will visit Jacksonville in July as part of the Navy-to-Navy contact program between the United States and the Soviet Union. The guided missile cruiser Marshal Ustinov, the guided missile destroyer Simferopol (Sem-fer-o'-pol), and the replenishment ship Dnestr (Da-Nes'-ter) are scheduled to arrive at Naval Station, Mayport, on July 161991, for a four day visit . Admiral Feliks Nilolayevich (Nile-o-lie'-ay-vich) Gromov, commander-in- chief of the Soviet Northern Fleet, will be the senior officer aboard the visiting ships. The U.S. Navy host for the vsit will be Vice Adm. Michael P. Kalleres (Kaal-air'-ays), Commander U.S. Second Fleet, and former commander of Cruiser Destroyer Group Twelve at Naval Station, Mayport. This will be the third visit of Soviet ships to the Unid States under the U.S.-USSR military-to-military contact program. Soviet ships have previ- ously visited San Diego, Calif., and Norfolk, Va. As a part of the contact program, U.S. ships have visited Vladivostok an Sevastopol in the Soviet Union.