Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 6, 1991                   TAG: 9103060198
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

THE VALUE OF MAJOR PENTAGON CONTRACTS ROSE

Virginia had the biggest increase in dollar amounts.

California was by far the biggest recipient of defense contracts worth $25,000 or more, with pacts valued at $22.31 billion, the Pentagon said. That was a decline of 3.5 percent from fiscal 1989.

Next in value of contracts awarded were Texas, with $9.13 billion, down 1.4 percent; Massachusetts, with $8.17 billion, down 13.5 percent; Virginia, with $7.92 billion, up 34.3 percent; New York, with $6.83 billion, up 4.3 percent, and Missouri, with $6.06 billion, down 3.5 percent.

Among the big losers was Connecticut, where contracts dropped 30.3 percent, or $1.84 billion, to $4.24 billion.

The total value of major contracts issued during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 1990 was $136.96 billion, up from $132.18 billion in fiscal 1989. The report said the total value of such contracts had steadily declined since 1985, with a 7 percent fall in 1989 and a 3.4 percent drop in 1988.