An artist's rendition of the Librascope SST—(Tri-Service Single Subscriber Terminal)

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$32.5 Million in New Contracts...

Happy Holidays Librascope!Within the last three months,

Librascope was awarded contractsfor new and follow-on business witha total value of nearly $32.5 million.

Three of the contracts are for workon major antisubmarine warfarecontrol systems, data gathering, andoperator and maintenance trainingfor the U.S. Navy; the remainderinvolve a fire control system for theCanadian Government and an ad-vanced communications system forthe U.S. Army.

"As we begin the new year, theCompany is in a very healthy andstable state." said Maurice Center,president. "We have received severalsignificant contracts. Our technolog-ical experience and expertise hasmade us extremely competit ive inareas such as digital design, displays,acoustics, communication systems,and electro optical technology. And,we're becoming more and more suc-cessful in the international market-place.

"Our goal for the new year and forthe years to come, is to continue toget new work. . . exciting and impor-tant new work."

Librascope SFCS toJoin Canadian Forces

The Company has been awarded acontract for approximately $12 mil-lion dollars by the Canadian Govern-ment for puchase of the LibrascopeSubmarine Fire Control System(SFCS) Mk 1 Mod C to be installedon Canadian Forces (CF) Oberon-class submarines. The systems arebeing procured through the CanadianDepartment of Supply and Servicesin behalf of the CF as a phase of theirSubmarine Operational UpdateProgram.

The Canadian program involvesthe delivery of three shipboard sys-tems, a training system for installa-tion ashore, and associated logisticssupport. The systems to be deliveredto Canada are essentially the same asthose built by the Company for theRoyal Australian Navy (RAN), ex-cept for relatively straight-forwardmodifications to accommodate a dif-ferent array of weapons.

Ernest T. Pool, Marketing VicePresident, notes that "This contractbears out Librascope's continuingstrategy of developing versatile sub-marine combat systems that fit theneeds of many international navies,who must keep their sea defensescurrent by either upgrading existingsubmarines or by incorporating newclasses of submarine design."

The Submarine Fire Control Sys-tem (SFCS) Mk 1 is an advancedtactical information and weaponcontrol system used by submarinecommand personnel to analyze the

movements of aggressor submarinesor ships and to control the delivery ofweapons to targets. The SFCS isadvantageous in that it is highlyautomated, requires fewer operators,and is easily adapted to both sub-marines of current or new design. It isthe free-world's first digital, totally-integrated tactical information andweapon control system to reach pro-duction, and since its initial develop-ment by Librascope for the RoyalAustralian Navy, the SFCS has re-ceived wide international attentionand interest.$12 Mil l ion MK 117Production Contract

Librascope was awarded a S12mill ion production contract by theU.S. Navy to produce various equip-ments and associated support hard-ware for Fire Control System Mk117. This contract is a two yearprocurement and includes the AttackControl Console Mk 92 Mods 2 and4 and two new equipments that havebeen in development since 1979. Thenew equipments are the EmergencyPreset Console (EPC) Mk 93 and anew universal Weapon Monitor Panel(WMP) Mk 19 Mod 3.

The EPC Mk 93 will provide anemergency mode for launching Tor-pedo Mk 48 when a malfunctionoccurs within the basic PCS Mk 117.The new WMP Mk 19 Mod 3 and theACC Mk 92 Mod 4 incorporates theTomahawk Cruise Missile capabilityinto PCS Mk 117. Deliveries underthis new contract will start in the 4thquarter of 1981 through 1982.

According to Ray Bartlome, Di-rector, Naval Weapon Systems, theNaval Sea System Command willissue annual production contracts toLibrascope for the next several yearsfor additional quantities of theseequipments. The next contract isexpected during November or De-cember 1981.

(SST) Contract

The Company was recently award-ed a $4.3 million dollar contract bythe U.S. Army's CommunicationsResearch and Development Com-mand (CORADCOM) to developthe tri-service Single Subscriber Ter-minal (SST).

The SST is the principal interac-tive device of the Modular RecordTraffic Terminal (MRTT), whichconsists of SST's and Modular Tac-tical Communications Centers. Thefunction of the SST, and the MRTT,is to reduce communication time intactical warfare environment of the1980's, in a manner consistent withthe architecture of the U.S. DefenseDepartment's Combined ServicesCommunications Systems Program.

An SST consists of a keyboard, a

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Librazettemessage display which provides mes-sage composition and storage capa-bility, and an auxiliary storagemodule which provides secondarymemory as well as extra messagestoring capability. The SST is usedfor composing, storing, displaying,receiving, and transmitting messagetraffic. It can be coupled in variousconfigurations with such peripheralsas magnetic tape transports, opticalcharacter readers, facsimile equip-ment, and line printers. Because of itsemphasis upon person-to-person mes-sage transmission, the SST is ex-pected to assist in ending of the"tyranny of the message center"through e l imina t ion of historicalproblems associated with storage,retrieval, and record keeping of mes-sage traffic.

Forty SSTs, and a number ofauxiliary storage modules are beingprocured.

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retirements

Mira Lawrence, 19 yrs., Circuit Board Assembly.

Virgil (Toby) Tobias, center, Adminis-trative Contracting Officer for the De-partment of Defense, Contracts, for thepast five years at Librascope. With"Toby", from left: Peg Ford, DC ASSecretary; a visiting DCAA Auditor;Toby; Mark Ventuleh; and Sam Burn-stein.

Estelle Nichols, 7 yrs., Finance De-partment

Ideas Pay Off

ESP Winners —from left: Carl Culver, ESP committee member; Frank Getzewich; VicLaCasella; Ed Ritts; Darlene Kent; Al Houchin; Jose Feliciano; and ESP committeemember, Phil De Grazio.

Marion Daggett, Program Admin-istrator of the Employees Sugges-tion Program, announced that bonusgift certificates of $50, $75 and $100were awarded to seven Librascopeemployees.

The top suggester was AlbertHouchin, Shipping and Receiving,who recommended a new method ofpackaging disc memory instruments.An additional $50 award was grantedHnnrhin at the time his suggestion

was originally accepted.Runner s -up with $75 bonus

awards were Nelda Arata, FinalAssembly , and Ed Rit ts , SubAssembly. $50 bonus awards wentto Jose Feliciano, Machining; FrankGetzwich, Value/Liaison Engineer-ing; Darlene Kent, Circuit BoardAssembly, and Vic LaCasella, ModelShop. Each of these recipients wereawarded $50 for their suggestionsorior to the bonus awards.

News, events and other

Fun and Golf .. .LasVegas

Three eager golfers (at 7 am in Vegas?), from left: Bill Graham; AI Germano; and TomSmith.

Charlie Gilkey, looking for his ball, ora keno runner perhaps?

A high point of this year's golfingseason was attained when Librascope'sgolfers and their guests trekked to LasVegas June 20th for a fun-filled week-end of G&G (Golf and Gambling).

Arriving Friday evening, everyoneimmediately began their refreshercourses in investment, Las Vegas style.As usual, a few paid expenses, a fewbroke even, and most financed theothers. Despite the gambling diversion,everyone showed up early the nextmorning at the Tropicana Golf coursetor the shotgun start of the golftournament.

Five hours later, the entouragebegan showing up at the Club House,with some score cards displaying awe-some results of the combination of anight of festivities and a "refreshing"morning round in the sun. A fewhardy souls did turn in some excellentrounds.

The intrepid golfers then adjournedto the Tropicana across the street toenjoy drinks, hors d'oeuvres, conversa-tion and the awarding of the various

prizes. All prize money was paid insilver dollars in hand-made moneybags fabricated by Bill Brockway.Members Chuck Laughlin, Bill Brock-way, and Jerry Smith garnered first,second, and third low net respectively.First, second and third place guestawards went to Bill Smith, Bill Reedy,and Frank Cimaglia.

$32.5 Million . . .(Continued from page 1)

Other New Business

The Company has been awarded a$690,000 contract from the NavalUnderwater Systems Center for FireControl System Mk 116 Mod 4 oper-ator and maintenance training.

The PCS Mk 116 Mod 4 is theCompany's surface ASW (anti-sub-marine warfare) system for the U.S.Navy's AEGIS class of Guided Mis-sile Cruisers. Joe Schlegel, Manager,Customer Training, stated that thecurriculum and course developmentwork will be performed in Glendale,

with the courses being taught at theFleet ASW Training Center in SanDiego.

More Acoustic Devices

A $3.6 million contract for theproduction and delivery of AcousticDevices, Countermeasure(ADC) Mk1 Mod 0, and Gas Generators (GG)Mk 64 Mod 0, was awarded theCompany in September.

Deliveries are to be completed bythe end of 1981. This is the thirdproduction contract for this equip-ment, and represents a total of $7.8million in these devices manufacturedby Librascope for the U.S. Navy.

Pictured is the Librascope Submarine Fire Control System, Mk I, to be built for the

HolidayGreetings toField Support

Holiday greetings and best wishesto all Librascope field support per-sonnel stationed throughout theUnited States, in Europe and inAustralia . . .

"These employees are the Com-pany's direct interface in the supportof Librascope equipment for Navyand Army defense forces through-out the world," said John Paul Jones,Manager, Field Support.

"We receive many letters of com-mendation from high ranking mil-itary officials on the technical exper-tise and job deportment of our fieldsupport personnel. They are doingan excellent job."

Librascope field support person-nel are involved in the followingNavy and Army programs at thelocations noted below: TorpedoCertification Support; OrdAlt Instal-lation Support; Weapons SystemAccuracy Trials; Mk 113, 116, 117 &118 Systems Support; Combat Sys-tems Support; the RAN Program;and Mobile Ordnance Technical UnitSupport (MOTU).

Greetings to . . .Newport, Rhode Is land: B i l l

Alexander . R a n d y Arruda. J imBanks. Allen Benoit. Tom Butala.Jim Cochran. Earl Confar. Philt k i u n d . Bill Farrer. Joe Fletcher.Don Joiner , Jack Kelley, JohnLamerson. Brendan Lowney, Betsy\1attson. Billy McGlaughlin. DeniseM ^ - K e o n . Deborah Nunes , BobOffersen. John Olsen. Steve Papkey.Robert Price. Bill Ryan, Stan Ray-mond. Harry Rolfs, Dave Santti.Hugh Shoun, Chuck Sowles. MarkWeinman, Dan Cianci, Dave Sander-son and Buddy Webb

New London, Conn.: Mark An-halt, Lee Arnold, Bill B lake ly .Howard Beringer, Sam Curcuro.Homer Ezell, Art Ishihara. KenKelley, Warren LeBow, Chuck Lis-ner, Tom Maurer and Jim White

Groton, Conn.: Dick HavenerPascagoula. Miss.: Bill Barnett

and Ron HorndaschNorfolk, VA: Barry Commons,

Don Davis, George Miller and CarlThompson

Charleston, So. Carolina: RonBush, John Hayden, Don Hunter,Jim Vivona, Jim Yeatrakas and LouBishop

Keyport, Washington: JohnDoehne and Don Erickson

Alabama: Dan ThomasColorado: Pete MalinowiczHawaii: John LangmanPennsylvania: Wes ThomasWashington, D.C.: Carl Mander-

nachtAustralia: Don Dekart and Clay

NewellGermany: Bill ChinCalifornia Based: Don Belcher,

Larry Dodge, Don Olsen, MiltonSchott, David Whitaker and CarltonYanagi, Pete Houser

Newport, Rhode Island—Engi-neering Support: Dick O'Connor,Jayne Vickrey, Sandy Palmieri, GaryJasper, Denise Amaral, Randy Baker,Bob Bills, Ernie Dorazio, GeorgeFlynn, Bob Konkle, Jim Landman,Walt Longacre, Bob Novick, AlPetrie, Ken Poole, Carole Regan,Frank Shaffer, and Scotty Williams.

Stewart to ManagerInternational Marketing

William R. Stewart has been namedManager, International Marketingat Librascope.

"In his new position," said ErnestT. Pool, Vice President-Marketing,"Stewart will be responsible for organ-izing and directing the internationalmarketing activities for our division.He will identify new business oppor-tunities, establish technical and otherprogram requirements, prepare acqui-sition strategies including evaluationcriteria and milestones, and directand/or play a key role in proposaland other contract acquisition tasks."

Stewart has a comprehensive back-ground in corporate planning anddevelopment. Prior to joining Libra-scope he was a Senior Product Man-ager at Hughes. While at Hughes he

ns t rumenta l in the companybeing awarded major systems con-t r ac t i in various aspects ot weapons,navigation, and information process-ing systems development. He wasalso responsible for planning jointventure efforts with foreign firms.

Before that he was w i t h Xerox,w here he was Manager of Marketing.

He receised a Bachelor's degree inScience and Engineering from the

M i l i t a r y Academy, a Master'sdegree in Management and Financefrom L'SC. and has a Law degreefrom Southwestern University Schoolof Law. He has also attended manage-ment courses at Texas Christian,Harvard, and Ohio State University.

For a Safer Holiday .. .The December holiday season,

while replete with the pleasures of ajoyous period, also is a season of highaccident hazards and, to help reducethe accident potential, the NationalSafety Council has issued a series ofsuggestions on greater holiday safetyboth in driving and in the home.

For holiday safety at home, makecertain that all toys purchased forchildren are safe . . . incapable ofcausing shock, fire or explosion. Alsoassure that toys purchased for tod-dlers cannot be swallowed, eitherwhole or in part.

Trimming Christmas trees andpreparing the holiday meal can bothbe disasterous if precautions are nottaken while using ladders and whilecooking.

In your holiday driving . . . drivedefensively . . . observe the speedlimits, and don't drive if tired or ifyou've been drinking! REMEMBERmore than one-half of all traffic fatal-ities in December involve drinkingdrivers.

ALSO R E M E M B E R . . . the s ixhours of Christmas Eve are the most

Paychecks AvailableDuring Shutdown

Employees who have a need fortheir payroll checks for the weekending December 28, may pick themup from Timekeeping in the FinanceDepartment. Bui lding 3. on Wed-nesday. December 3! between 8:00a.m. and 12:00 noon.

The usual d i s t r i bu t ion w i l l bemade on Friday. January 2, forthose who are working during theplant closure.

For those employees who are notworking during the plant closure,the usual distribution of payrollchecks for the subject period will bemade Thursday, January 8, 1981.

Have aSafe and Happy

Holiday!

1981Holiday Schedule

Eight long holiday weekends in '81 ...Librascope employees can enjoy eight holiday weekends in 1981. Five are

3-day weekends and three are 4-day weekends.The 1981 Floating Holiday is combined with New Year's Day 1982, for a

4-day weekend. The other 4-day weekends are formed by holidays onNovember 26 & 27 — Thanksgiving, and December 24 & 25 — Christmas. The3-day weekends are Washington's Birthday — February 16; Good Friday —April 17; Memorial Day Observed — May 25; Independence Day Observed —July 3; and Labor Day — September 7.

The full holiday schedule for 1981 (including the plant shutdown) includes:New Year's Day — Thursday, January 1(Plant Shutdown — Friday, January 2)

Washington's Birthday Observed — Monday, February 16Good Friday — Friday, April 17

Memorial Day Observed — Monday, May 25Independence Day Observed — Friday, July 3

Labor Day — Monday, September 7Thanksgiving Holiday — Thursday & Friday, November 26 & 27

Christmas Holiday — Thursday & Friday, December 24 & 25(1981 Plant Shutdown — Monday, Tuesday. Wednesday —

December 28, 29 & 30)Floating Holiday — Thursday, December 31

New Year's Day — Friday, January 1, 1982

deadly period of the holiday, with thehourly rate for fatal accidents ap-proximately five times greater thanfor the balance of the holiday.

AffirmativeAction ProgramAt Librascope

"The Company is again stressingits Affirmative Action Program andencouraging employees to exploretraining opportunities to prepare them-selves for promotional opportunitiesand/or move into more non-tradi-tional roles with respect to femalesand minorities," said Rusty Durham,Equal Employment Coordinator.

"It is hoped that more females willbe encouraged to enlist in technicaland mechanical training programs."

As an added incentive, the Com-pany's Educational ReimbursementProgram has been modified to cover100% of tuition, and full cost ofbooks and laboratory fees for anyoneenrolling in an electronics programat an approved trade school or com-munity college. In addition, comple-tion bonuses will be provided tostimulate continual participation asreward for accomplishments.

"Anyone who successfully com-pletes the educational requirementsof an Electronic Technician programis guaranteed a technician position,"continued Ms. Durham.

"Again, it is our goal to recruitfrom within the Company first beforegoing to the outside, w i t h the endresult of changing the ratios of malesto females and whites to minoritiesin certain job families."

Ms. Durham is available on afulltime basis for career counsellingand inquiries regarding the Com-pany's Affirmative Action Program.She can be reached on X-1204.

Anita Hagan, Company Nurse, withclass instructor Perry Christensen,on right.

CPR ClassThe next Company sponsored

CPR (cardio pulmonary resuscita-tion) class is scheduled for a 4-dayperiod; January 21-22 and 26-27.The 10-hour course will be held from5 pm to 7:30 pm, in the Mk 116Conference Room, Bldg. 2.

Perry Christensen, a Market Plan-ner at Librascope, will be the classinstructor. Christensen is a Red Crosscertified CPR instructor in this lifesaving technique.

Recent laws eliminated any per-sonal liability towards a CPR trainedindividual who may lend aid in acardiac emergency.

Interested employees should con-tact the Nurse, Anita Hagan, on X-1240, before January 9. There will bea $3 fee for course materials.

LibravetsAugust-September . . .

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Les Bentlev35 Yrs.Systems Engr.

Frank Copple30 Yrs.Mfg. Engr.

Ted Donlev30 Yrs.Mfg. Engr.

Juanita Robinson25 Yrs.Final Assy.

Kody Pappadato20 Yrs.Finance

Bill Brock war20 Yrs.Field Service

Virginia Beach20 Yrs.Adjusting

William Barnett20 Yrs.Field Service

Glenn Frain15 Yrs.Systems Design

June Pratte15 Yrs.Print/ Repro.

Lawrev Chapin15 Yrs.Systems Design

Norris Guy15 Yrs.Logic Design

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Katherine Milano20 Yrs.Records Control

Adeline Golden20 Yrs.Adjusting

Harold Ferguson15 Yrs.Test Equip/ Design

Sonia McNair15 Yrs.Stores

Delia Wilson15 Yrs.Shipping / Recvg.

Joseph Collin15 Yrs.Purchasing

MaryAnn Hutnick15 Yrs.Purchasing

Not pictured:

30 Yrs. — Wallace Tyler25 Yrs. — Clarine Miller20 Yrs. — Mary Heathman, Marianna Anderson15 Yrs. — Stella Whitaker

More Libravets:

5 Yrs. — Jo Ann Binns, Regina McGinley, Nikola Krunic, WaltNewcomer, Stephen Cotton, John Amatuzzo, Joan Wilkinson,Marshall Ameen, George Djurkowitsch, Larry Heller

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Ed Heminger30 Yrs.Model Shop

James Walsh30 Yrs.Stores

Dave Conwav30 Yrs.Model Shop

Frank Primozich25 Yrs.Engr., Admin.

Dona Filkins25 Yrs.Engr., Admin.

Bob Lang25 Yrs.Systems Engr.

Florence Mencarelli20 Yrs.Logistics

George Doerries20 Yrs.Operations

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Marilyn Neary20 Yrs.Telecommunications

Joe Szentivanyi20 Yrs.Product Design

Fred Smith15 Yrs.Systems Analysis

XFred Bauer15 Yrs.Logistics

NOT PICTURED

30 Yrs. — Charles Blake, Wm. RoxburyIS Yrs. — Wm. Parker, Webb Meese, Don Weir, Tom Maurer

MORE LIBRA VETS:

10 Yrs. — Benigno Otero5 Yrs. — Paul Marin, Tom Charbonneau, John Hall, ArnaWenger, Ruby Norman, Mark Derksen, Wm. Alexander,Davie Henshaw, Ron Sorace, Victor Netupsky

promotions

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Joe Fido Rachelle Bryant Stephen Evans Judy Resh Philip Eklund

John Mandala Richard Wilson Margaret Grimes Gregory Gil James Avera

JOE FIDO from Plant Engineering Assistant to Super-visor, Plant Engineering; RACHELLE BRYANT fromDepartment Clerk to Receiving Follow-up Coordinator;STEPHEN EVANS from Dispatcher to Production ControlFollow-up Coordinator; JUDY RESH from DepartmentClerk to Engineering Storekeeper; PHILIP EKLUND fromSupervisor, Field Service Engineering to Manager, CombatSystems Support; JOHN MANDALA from Sr. InventoryData Analyst to Supervisor, Stores & Dispatch; RICHARDWILSON from Automated Text Systems Specialist toSupervisor, ATPS; MARGARET GRIMES from GAELead to Department Clerk; GREGORY GILL from In-spector, Mechanical Receiving to Supervisor, Assembly;JIM AVERA from Group Leader to Supervisor, PhotoServices.