LORAL ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS NAMED "BLUE RIBBON CONTRACTOR".YONKERS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 1994--Loral Electronic Systems (LES), a division of Loral Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LOR), had been named a "Blue Ribbon Contractor" by Major General William P. Hallin, Center Commander at Warner-Robins Air Logistics Center (WRALC WRALC Warner-Robins Air Logistics Center ), Robins Air Force Base, Ga. Based on a record of timely deliveries of AN/ALR-56C airborne electronic warfare systems and shop replaceable units, LES met and surpassed the stringent criteria and was named to the Blue Ribbon Contractor List for Federal Stock Class 5865 (electronic countermeasures equipment). President Clinton's Blue Ribbon Commission Noun 1. blue ribbon commission - an independent and exclusive commission of nonpartisan statesmen and experts formed to investigate some important governmental issue blue ribbon committee on Defense Management recommended that the Department of Defense adopt a commercial style competition to recognize outstanding contractors. The Air Force Material Command (AFMC AFMC Air Force Materiel Command AFMC Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care AFMC Armed Forces Medical College (Pune, India) AFMC Armed Forces of America Motorcycle Club AFMC Auxiliary Fuel Management Computer ) implemented the AFMC Blue Ribbon Contractor Program at WRALC. Membership on a Blue Ribbon Contractor List indicates a contractor has demonstrated dependable quality and delivery performance on AFMC contracts for a class of items during the preceding year. The Blue Ribbon Contractor List is a major factor in the contracting officer's evaluation of past quality and delivery performance. The program was developed particularly for spares acquisition and all centrally procured stock classes are open for application. Loral Electronic Systems provides Electronic Countermeasures (ECM (1) (Enterprise Change Management) See version control and configuration management. (2) (Error Correcting Mode) A Group 3 fax capability that can test for errors within a row of pixels and request retransmission. ) equipment to the USAF for use on F-15 and F-16 aircraft along with advanced research, software development, manufacturing and logistics support for a variety of federal and international programs. Loral Corporation, headquartered in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , is a high-technology company that primarily concentrates in defense electronics, communication, space and systems integration. CONTACT: Loral Corp.
Joseph Tedino
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