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From: lamaster@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Hugh LaMaster)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.super
Subject: Re: Navy/Grumman Supercomputer
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Date: 9 May 90 18:42:15 GMT
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Does anyone know what Grumman and the Naval Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Research Laboratory are planning?  I just saw an announcement in
Information Week that an 11 year contract (!) which could be worth
as much as $204M (!)  was awarded to Grumman to supply NOARL 
"with a supercomputer that will be used to preduct the behavior
of the oceans and the atmosphere", and $41M will be used
"...for Grumman to assemble the supercomputer."


As always, I am sure the reality is rather more complex than a summary
of a press release, but, I am surprised that I haven't heard of this
before.  Does anyone have the details?

  Hugh LaMaster, M/S 233-9,  UUCP ames!lamaster
  NASA Ames Research Center  ARPA lamaster@ames.arc.nasa.gov
  Moffett Field, CA 94035     
  Phone:  (415)604-6117