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Article: MAJOR DEFENSE CONTRACTS AWARDED TO SUPPORT NAVAL AIR STATION CORPUS CHRISTI, NAVAL AIR STATION KINGSVILLE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 27, 2007
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Rep. Solomon P. Ortiz, D-Texas (27th CD), issued the following news release:
Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz announced today that the Navy has increased a contract for Sikorsky to support the T-34, T-44 and T-6 aircraft at 14 military bases around the nation, with 40% of the work to be done at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (NASCC). The Navy also announced an increase for the L3 Communications Vertex Aerospace, for which 51% of the work will be done at Naval Air Station Kingsville.
These are not new contracts; both are continuations of previous contracts.
"This is evidence that both South Texas Naval Air Stations are a valuable component of our national security," said Ortiz. "They train ...