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... for MA-9 spaceflight. ''(MSC Release 63-20)'' NASA announced it would negotiate contract with Fairchild Stratos Corp. for two meteoroid detection satellites to be launched by Saturn I vehicles. Once in ...

... General Electric Co. rather than the Fairchild Hiller Corp. to build two Applications Technology Satellites. "The General Accounting Office as reported to me that the Fairchild Hiller Corp. may not have been ... disparity was not known to the selecting officials. "NASA will therefore reopen the bidding to Fairchild Hiller and General Electric in strict accordance with our procurement regulations." ''(CR, 7/9/70 ...

... and control of subcontractors, and their lower composite overhead rates were notable features...... PRC said Fairchild was "superior in the important areas of systems engineering and in several features of their ... areas of the electric power system and in antenna feed designs, several features of the Fairchild design. . .were considered to provide a greater assurance of mission success. . . .Taken altogether, the margin ...

NASA was being embarrassed by management, planning, and production problems incurred by Fairchild Industries (formerly Fairchild Hiller Corp.) in implementation of disputed Applications Technology Satellite F (ATS-F) contract, Business Week reported. Contract had been awarded originally to General Electric Co. in 1970. Protest by Fairchild Hiller that its proposal was superior to GE's had led to full-scale review ...

... the other half of the two joint ventures. Observers considered the two satellite communications subsidiaries Fairchild's leading growth opportunities. American Satellite of Rockville (Amsat) provided private and general satellite communications ... Space Shuttle , and was building a $122.8 million communications network for the Air Force. Fairchild president Emanuel Ethenakis said the company decided to sell its interests in Amsat and Spacecom ...

... Electric Co. for design and manufacture of experimental commercial spacecraft, according to Washington Evening Star. Fairchild Hiller General Counsel John F. Dealy said company was protesting on four points: GE submitted ... not genuine savings to Government; NASA's selection procedure on contracts was not adequate, and Fairchild Hiller was not given fair and proper evaluation of its technical innovations for spacecraft. '' (Harris ...

... one week later than the deadline its competitor Fairchild Hiller Corp. was required to meet. NASA denied knowledge of any leak to GE of Fairchild Hiller's design and price. Report said ... 8 that both companies had submitted bids on same date -March 6. Actually, UPI said, Fairchild Hiller proposal had been submitted Feb. 27-NASA deadline-and copies were circulated among NASA ...

... . Work done by GE or competitor, Fairchild Hiller Corp.; since April 7 would not be considered relevant by Committee. NASA had discontinued funding of Fairchild work April 16 and would stop GE funding on July 15. Dr. Paine said NASA, Fairchild Hiller, and GE had agreed that reconsideration ...

... ATS-F and ATS-G contract to General Electric Co. and would award contract to Fairchild Hiller Corp. instead. Decision was based on Aug. 26 report of ATS Procurement Review Committee ... selection, but that important technical differences existed in which Fairchild Hiller was superior. It did not concur with PRC conclusion that Fairchild was superior in nearly all aspects of organization and management ...

... Director. ''(Langley Researcher, 4/2/71, 1)'' Sherman M. Fairchild, founder and board chairman of Fairchild Hiller Corp., died at age 74. Fairchild had invented first aerial camera and had been honored in ...

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