THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Saturday, July 6, 1996 TAG: 9607060349
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: D1 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY CHRISTOPHER DINSMORE, STAFF WRITER
LENGTH: 40 lines
A big new Navy contract means Semcor Inc. will be looking for engineers and technicians in Hampton Roads familiar with Navy command and control systems.
Semcor - short for Systems Engineering and Management Corp. - expects to add nearly 150 workers at its Hampton Roads offices to execute the five-year engineering support contract, a local executive said.
``This will increase Semcor's presence here to 350 to 400 engineers and technicians,'' said Nick Balovich, a vice president for Semcor, which is based in Mount Laurel, N.J.
Semcor won the $50.6 million support contract over 11 other companies, including Lockheed Martin Corp., which currently performs the work.
The contract is for one year at $10.1 million with four optional years.
Semcor will provide the support services to the Navy Command and Control and Ocean Surveillance Center's In Service Engineering East Coast Detachment in Norfolk.
The contract calls on Semcor to provide design, installation, maintenance, repair and training on the Navy's shore-based and shipboard command, control, communications and intelligence systems.
Semcor's offices in Chesapeake's Greenbrier Park and Virginia Beach's Lynnhaven section will perform most of the work. The remainder will be done at Semcor's headquarters and at naval bases and aboard ships around the world.
Lockheed Martin's local presence has diminished. It has lost some contracts and others have been phased out. In August, Lockheed Martin will lay off 86 of 107 workers at its Training and Technical Services unit in Chesapeake. The remaining workers are being transferred to other Lockheed-Martin offices in Virginia.
Semcor is interested in hiring Lockheed Martin employees who previously worked on the Navy's command and control systems, but are losing their jobs, Balovich said.
``We would love to have them,'' he said.
KEYWORDS: U.S. NAVY CONTRACT by CNB