Defense Contracts OKd for 2 Firms
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Congress approved $22 million in defense contracts for San Fernando Valley defense firms ITT Gilfillan and L-3 Communications Ocean Systems, Rep. Howard Berman (D-Mission Hills) announced Friday.
“These funds will preserve good jobs in the Valley, and hopefully lead to the creation of significant new employment opportunities in the near future,” Berman said in a statement.
A $7-million contract will go to ITT Gilfillan of Van Nuys to continue developing technologies allowing a single antenna to transmit and receive voice and video commands for reconnaissance aircraft, ships and other vehicles.
The other contract--worth $15 million--will go to L-3 Communications Ocean Systems of Sylmar to upgrade sonar systems on Navy submarines.
The contracts are part of the fiscal 2000 Defense Appropriations Act that has passed the House and Senate and is expected to be signed into law by President Clinton.
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