Show Poseidon Work Will Continue In The State The navy has released a total total to to- total tal 44 SM million to two Utah missile firms for continuing work on the program definition defini dennl- lion tion phase of 01 the new Poseidon Poseidon Pose don multi-million multi dollar missile mis sile according to Sen Wallace F F. Bennett R SEN BENNETT who made the contract announcement last Mar 2 said that Thiokol Chemical Corporation and Hercules Hercules Hercules Her- Her cules Company were given the funds recently Thiokol's portion portion portion por por- tion was with Hercules receiving the balance The contracts are effective as of Mar 1 I according to the Utah Republican who said that the competition will end in mid mid- August and new contracts for forthe forthe forthe the next phase will be awarded in October SEN BENNETT said that a combined combined Thiokol Hercules-Thiokol pro- pro i was selected along with another proposal by General General Corporation for the first stage In addition another er Hercules pro proposal osal was chosen chos chos- en for the second stage this too with Both Thiokol and Hercules plan to accomplish all of the Poseidon work in Utah The prime contractor is Lockheed Corp HERCULES has t transferred trans trans- r ran a n sd s- s more than scientists and engineers to its Bacchus operations for the work on the missile Sen said Thiokol Hercules in joi jol n t venture and have been selected from a group of five missile contractors Sen Bennett Bennett Ben Ben- nett Inett said Hercules Hercules Thiokol and now will go into negotiations with the prime contractor and the navy to determine determine de de- de- de termine the best proposal for forthe forthe the the next phase SEN BENNETT explained that Hercules and Thiokol com com- their missile know know how how and bid on the first stage of the tte Poseidon Hercules also bid bidon on oh oh the second stage alone bid on both stages The release of the funds means that Thiokol Hercules and are In the finals for the first stage and Hercules Hercules Hercules Her Her- cules and are in the finals for the second stage Lockheed and the navy will select select se se- lect the main contractors after studies are made of the program program pro pro- program gram definition phase and an an- announce announce flounce their choice in October BOTH BOn firms are in excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent position for major new contracts for the Poseidon Sen Bennett said I am certain certaro cere taro tain that the outstanding work both performed on the Minuteman Minuteman Minuteman Minute- Minute man and Polaris missiles had much to do with the choice of these two fine firms The Poseidon in Gre Greek e k mythology the God of the Sea missile is a new tipped nuclear-tipped which will be used in the nuclear nuclear nu nu- clear submarines replacing the Polaris missiles which are being built at Bacchus by Her He- cules THE TIlE SENATOR said The estimated development cost of the new missile will wilt be million and if f a decision is made to produce it and to modify modify modify mod mod- Polaris submarines to accommodate accommodate accommodate ac ac- ac- ac it an additional 12 billion will be needed The Utahn declared that Hercules proposal t f research research research re re- re- re search and development of the two stages of the Poseidon willbe will willbe willbe be between million and million over five Jive years An additional SI s milli million o 0 n would be required for production production tion of the two stages SEN BENNETT BENNETT said It It would would take take about bl t flye years of oli research t and ana 9 develop m men e n t work years years' of production production tion for the new missile so we weare weare weare are talking in terms of a ten year Contract n if the Defense Department de decides ides to give the go-ahead go on the entire pro pro- gr gram The new missile would be sufficiently larger than the present Polaris A 3 to permit either a warhead twice as large or additional penetration devices and propellant to produce produce produce pro pro- duce greater range Sen Bennett Bennett Ben De nett said |