LibrazetteLibrascope Corporation, Glendale, California

J. Wilcox NamedPresident

R. Nelsen New Controller

Jay Wilcox, right, from Loral Defense Systems-Akron, hasbeen named President of Librascope. Robert Nelsen, left,has been appointed Vice President, Finance, and Controller.

First Four AN/BSY-2

Combat System Display ConsolesComplete Selloff

First Four Combat System Display Console (CSDCs)Complete Selloff Testing, Assembly and Checkout Team ...Pictured, from left, Bob Sharp, Armando Rivas, Bob Lang,Bud Wieser, Pat Burke, Chris Kracik (Navy on-siterepresenative), Charles Morgan, and Tim Grouell.

November 1992,

Jay Wih:ox, vice president for antisubmarinewarfare (ASW) and undersea systems at Loral De­fense Systems-Akron (LDS-Akron), has been namedpresident for Loral Librascope. He reports to HughBennett, Vice President, Telemetry and Instrumenta­tion Group at Loral Conic, San Diego.

At LDS-Akron, Wilcox has managed the VerticalLaunch Anti-submarine Rocket (VLA) program, andhas directed the Mk 48 torpedo warhead, Mk 30 ASWtraining target, CAPTOR ASW mine, Associative Pro­cessor, Digital Topographic Support System andDigital Scene Matching Area CorreIa tor programs.He joined the division in 1973 as development engi­neer on the F-15 simulator program. He graduatedfrom Miami University with a bachelor's degree incomputer science and holds an MBA from Kent StateUniversity.

In a related move, Robert Nelsen has been namedVice President, Finance, and Controller of Librascope.Nelsen has been Vice President of Finance andAdministration at Loral Microwave Narda in Haup­pauge, NY, since May 1990. Prior to Lora!, Nelsenwas a vice president at Miltope Corporation, Melville,NY. He holds a bachelor's degree in finance andaccounting from Hofstra University .•

During October, Unit Design Certification Testing(UDCT), Functional Configuration Audit (FCA), andthe Physical Configuration Audit (PCA) weresuccessfully completed for the CSDC. These aresignificant milestones since their completion certifiesthat the CSDC is ready for installation aboard theSea wolf submarine. With the completion of thisseries of tests, production of the CSDC moves intofull swing. During the week ending 23 October, fourCSDCs were accepted by General Electric and twomore CSDCs were accepted on 30 October.

Between now and 18 December, twelve moreconsoles are scheduled for delivery to the integrationfacility at GE Syracuse. Starting in January, 1993 theCompany will be delivering CSDCs at a rate of threeper month until the contract total of 44 units iscompleted.

The first two Limited Production CSDCs, whichwere delivered to GE earlier this year have completedintegration with the BQG-5 system at GE's integrationfacility and will be installed aboard the U.S.s.Memphis SSN-691 submarine in November. "Thesesystems are being well received by GE," said BobLang, Program Manager. "The Navy and Librascopecan be proud of the fact that once again we havedelivered a quality product to the submarine fleet." •

IL~RAL "~IA~~SCOPE_o Loral-Librascope

Awarded $750,000On SFCS Mk 1Canadian Contract

The Department of Supply andServices, Canada, has awardedLoral Librascope a fifteen month,$750,000 contract to incorporatetheir towed array into the Libra­scope Submarine Fire ControlSystem (SFCS) Mk 1, Mod C.

This development will includeporting Librascope's latest Maxi­mum Likelihood Estimator fromthe IR&D development environ­ment to a dedicated processorcard.

Librascope will continue the"continuous product improve­ments" on the Canadian SFCSMk 1 under this latest in a seriesof contracts received from theCanadian Department of NationalDefence, starting in early 1987.•

o Loral-AeronutronicWins $21 MillionContract forNITE Hawk Spares

Loral Aeronutronic, NewportBeach, has been awarded a $21.4million contract for spare parts forthe U. S. Navy's NITE Hawk tar­geting system used on F/ A-18aircraft.

NITE Hawk has been used on

Navy and Marine Corps F/ A-18aircraft since 1985.

The contract to Loral was thelion's share of the competitiveawards, solidifying the future ofLoral's NITE Hawk program.

The F/ A-18 NITE (NavigationInfrared Targeting Equipment)Hawk was designed by LoralAeronutronic to meet the needs ofcarrier-based strike aircraft to per­form night-attack missions anddaytime operations obscured bysmoke, dust, haze and smog .•

o Loral Posts Record.',Y

Second QuarterEarnings of $40.6M

Loral reported that its netincome for the second quarterended September 30, 1992 rose to$40.6 million, a 39 percent increaseover the $29.1 million earned inthe same period last year.

Sales for the quarter were $739million compared with $700 mil­lion in the second quarter last year.Bookings were $579 million com­pared with $546 million in thesame period a year ago. Backlogat September 30 was $3.7 billion,including a $1.1 billion contribu­tion from Loral Vought, comparedwith $2.7 billion one year ago.

Loral Vought (previously LTVMissiles-acquired in August 31,1992) booked $6 million in Septem­ber-the initial award of a five­year, $134 million contract for animproved fire control system forthe U. S. Army's Multiple LaunchRocket System (MLRS), a long­standing Vought production pro­gram.

"It was a good quarter, evenbefore counting Loral Vought'scontribution," said Bernard L.Schwartz, Chairman and ChiefExecutive Officer of Lora!.

Loral's bookings for the quarterwere on target, but two new winsare worthy of special mention.The company was selected to pro­vide the acquisition and trackingsensors for the U. S. Army's Thea­ter High-Altitude Area Defense(THAAD) program, an award ini­tially valued at about $50 million.Loral was also selected to providethe Data and Information SystemCore System for the Earth Observ­ing System, an award that includesthe control centers and dataarchiving for much of NASA'sMission to Planet Earth. This pro­gram, over its life, could be worthover $100 million to Lora!. •

Ray Hand NamedManagerInformation Systems

Ray Hand hasbeen namedManager, Infor­mation Systems.Ray will haveresponsibilityfor both

ManagementR. Hand Information

Systems (MIS) and EngineeringInformation Systems (EIS). Hewill report to Carl Sorensen, VicePresident of Quality and ResourceManagement.

Ray joined Librascope in 1966.His former positions includedSupervisor, Systems Analysis;Software Project Engineer for SFCSMk 1 for Australia; IR&D ProjectEngineer for Advanced SubmarineDisplay Studies; Systems Engineeron the RAN New ConstructionSubmarine and AN/BSY-2 Propo­sals; and Systems Engineer forSUBICS-900 Proposals for Egyptand Turkey .•

Bob SheltonNamed ManagerEmployment

Bob Sheltonhas been namedManager,Employment/EEO /Training,replacing JackieJones who hasleft the company.

B. Shelton Bob will reportto Carl Sorensen, Vice Presidentof Quality and Resource Manage­ment. He will be responsible foremployee and labor relations.

Bob joined the company in 1983as a Personnel Representative. Hehas been a Sr. Human ResourcesRepresentative since 1989.•

Company to Enforce SoftwareCopyright Infringement Policy

By Carl SorensenV.P., Quality & Resource Management

Most software packages marketed today arecopyrighted, as is the documentation associatedwith the packages. Acquisition by an individual

or organization of these packages does not nor­mally constitute ownership but only a license forthat individual or organization to operate thepackage, usually on a particular comp,uter or oneof several computers at a site (a "site' license).

If the software and/ or the associated documen­tation ar,e copied without the written consent ofthe software owner (beyond the authorizationcontained in the software license agreement), thiscould result in civil fines upward of $50,000 andcould incur criminal penalties, to include finesand imprisonment.

A bill has recently been approved by a sub­committee of the U. S. House of Representativeswhich would make software copyright infringe­ment a felony rather than just a misdemeanor. Ifmade a felony, violations could be punishable by

fines of up to $250,000 and two years in prisonfor first offenders who have willfully infringed a

software copyright in the amount exceeding aretail value of $5,000.It is the policy of Loral Corporation that

copyrighted computer software licensed for useby an individual or organization, is not to beduplicated for use by any other individual ororganization, except as provided for in the

license. This policy also applies to copyrighteddocumentation associated with that softwareproduct.

Computer software covered by this policyincludes applications and systems which operateon mainframes, minicomputers/ workstations andpersonal computers.

Librascope IS committed to develop explicitprocedures to pro~ctively implement this policy,to include: a) tracking the installation and use ofall software and associated documentationacquired by the Company; b) establish discipli~nary means to discourage duplication of licensedsoftware, including warnings, official repri~mands, suspensions and dismissal; c) periodicaudits of remote computational resources; e.g.,workstations or PC's, to ensure that duplicatesof licensed software packages are not being

operated on that resource.In October, a Librascope Copyright ProjectCommittee was selected to be responsible for the

development and implementation of proceduresfor conducting an inventory of all current com­

puter hardware and software and to develop aformal procedure for assuring that our computerhardware and software inventory is kept currentin the future.

Details will be outlined in future Librazettes .•

Loral Librascope TeamsWith Loral Aeronufronics at"Defendory International '92"

Loral Librascope exhibited their submarine combatsystem cap,abilities, surface ship combat systemscapabilities and workstation and tactical C3I capabili­ties at Defendory International '92 Land-Sea-AirDefense EX,hibitheld in Athens, Greece, October 6-10.Librascope's exhibit partner, Loral Aeronutronics,displayed their Sidewinder air-to-air missiles, NITEHawk infrared targeting guidance system, and Chap­arral air defense missile system.

The Defendory International exhibit was attendedby military representaives, defense ministers/ anddecision makers from 28 countries.

Attendees from Librascope included, from Market­ing: Ernie Pool, Grant Corcoran/ Dick Kennerknecht,and from engineering: Larry Anderson .•

Tony Esposito, second from left, 33 yrs" Facilities, with fromleft- retiree Willie Young; Tony Pescante. Ed Cassese, andretiree Bob Pelletier.

From left- Frank Yapp, 33 yrs" Human Resources; ChuckWhite, 39 yrs" Management Information Systems, and A. J.Pankratz, 39 yrs" Programs Management Administration.

Libravets35 Yrs: Joe Schlegel

Marjorie Kelleher

30 Yrs: Wesley Thomas

25 Yrs: Ron BrualdiRichard Bell

15 Yrs: Shirley Lang

10 Yrs: Kevin Buie

5 Yrs: Mark MasseyMichael StottkoRichard BautistaDouglas SteinhauerTheodore LorenzenCarole KurumaJason AuChristine Daugherty

401(K) PLAN UPDATEEffective October I, 1992, the

Loral Librascope Retirement Sav­ings Plan was amended so thatterminated and retired partiqi­pants who leave their money inthe plan will be able to transfermoney in the MPC Account fromthe Capital Preservation Fun.d intoany other investment option,.offered by the Plan-currently theFidelity Growth and Income Fundand the Fidelity Magellan Fund.

Transfers from the Capital Pres­ervation Fund will be subject toany waiting time requirements formoney to be withdrawn from thecontracts in the Fund that werecloned from the old Singer Plan.

Such transfers must be appliedfor through the Librascope Bene­fits Department and a writtenform will be required. Transfers ofMPC money out of the CapitalPreservation Fund will not be ableto be accomplished via the Fidelity800 telephone number. Therequirement that MPC Accountmoney be kept in the Capital Pres­ervation Fund will remain in effectfor all active employees .•

Employment BulletinPOSITION AVAILABLE

00 Sr. Engineer 00Librascope is getting more

involved in research anddevelopment activities thatuse Artificial Intelligencetechniques to automatecomplex cognitive tasks typi­cally performed by humans.Efforts include IR&D projects,proposals, and advanced tech­nology demonstrationcontracts.

If you are a self-motivated,creative individual interestedin this area and feel you haveappropriate technical qualifi­cations (LISP programmingexperience, AI planning,object-oriented programming,OPS5, logic programming)and excellent communicationskills, please contact IrinaVainshtein, Supervisor,Intelligent Systems, X-1390.•

Tom Kokinda, center, 32 yrs, Field Engineering, with BillBrockwayand Judy Bomar.

Jerry Beushausen, right, 31 yrs" Contracts, with Bill Hudson.