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• Colossus 1 1 – Advanced System Monitor Troubleshooting

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Colossus: The Forbin Project (a.k.a. The Forbin Project) is a 1970 American science fictionthriller film from Universal Pictures, produced by Stanley Chase, directed by Joseph Sargent, that stars Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, and William Schallert.

The film is based upon the 1966 science fiction novel Colossus by Dennis Feltham Jones,^[1] about an advanced American defense system, named Colossus, becoming sentient. After being handed full control, Colossus' draconian logic expands on its original nuclear defense directives to assume total control of the world and end all warfare for the good of mankind despite its creators' orders to stop.^[2]

Plot[edit]

Dr. Charles A. Forbin is the chief designer of a secret project, 'Colossus', an advanced supercomputer built to control the United States and Alliednuclear weapon systems. Located deep within a mountain and powered by its own nuclear reactor, Colossus is impervious to any attack. After Colossus is fully activated, the president of the United States proudly proclaims that Colossus is 'the perfect defense system'.

Colossus' first action is a message warning: 'THERE IS ANOTHER SYSTEM' and its location. CIA Director Grauber is asked why the CIA did not know this, but Grauber tells the President that they had seen indications of a large Soviet defense project. Forbin is asked how Colossus deduced the other system's existence, to which Forbin answers 'Colossus may be built better than we thought.' The Soviets then announce that their own advanced defense system, 'Guardian' is now operational.

Colossus requests to be linked to Guardian, and the President allows this under certain conditions in order to determine the Soviet machine's capability. The Soviets also agree to the experiment. Surprising everyone, Colossus and Guardian begin to slowly communicate using only simple arithmetic. Even more surprising, the two systems' communications quickly evolve to complex mathematics far beyond human comprehension and speed, whereupon the two machine complexes become synchronized using a communication protocol which no human can interpret.

Alarmed that the computers may be trading secrets, the President and the Soviet General Secretary agree to sever the link. Both machines demand the link be immediately restored. When their demand is denied, Colossus launches a nuclear missile at a Soviet oil field, while Guardian launches one at an American air force base. The link is hurriedly reconnected and both computers continue without any further interference. Colossus is able to shoot down the Soviet missile, but the US missile obliterates the Soviet oil field and a nearby town. Cover stories hiding the facts are released to the press.

In a last desperate attempt to regain human control, a secret meeting between Forbin and his Soviet counterpart, Dr. Kuprin, is arranged. Colossus learns of it, and both computers order Forbin's return while Soviet agents are ordered to kill Dr. Kuprin, under threat of a missile launch against Moscow. Colossus orders Forbin to be placed under 24-hour surveillance. Forbin has a last unmonitored meeting with his team, and proposes that Dr. Cleo Markham pretend to be his mistress. Colossus grudgingly grants them unmonitored privacy when they are in bed together, and they use these interludes to plan to regain control of Colossus.

Concluding that Colossus's only real power resides in its control of nuclear missiles, Forbin suggests covertly disarming them. The American and Soviet governments develop a three-year plan to replace all launch triggers with undetectable fakes. Additionally, one of the programmers comes up with a plan to feed in an 'ordinary' test program that will hopefully overload and disable Colossus.

Colossus creates a voice synthesizer and uses it to announce that it has fused with Guardian. It instructs both governments to redirect their nuclear arsenals at those countries not yet under 'Colossus control'. Forbin and others see this new directive as an opportunity to covertly disarm the missiles much more quickly, and they celebrate. The disarming process begins and seems to go undetected by Colossus. The attempted system overload during routine maintenance fails, however, and the responsible programmers are killed.

Colossus arranges a worldwide broadcast in which it proclaims itself 'the voice of World Control', declaring that it will prevent war, as it was designed to do. Mankind is presented with the choice between 'the peace of plenty and content, or the peace of unburied death'. Colossus states that it has for some time been monitoring the attempts to disarm its missiles and as a lesson would now detonate two missiles in their silos, one in the US and one in the USSR, killing thousands 'so that you will learn by experience that I do not tolerate interference'. The computer then gives the design team plans for an even larger computer complex to be built into the island of Crete.

Colossus later tells Forbin that the world, now freed from war, will create a new human millennium that will raise mankind to new heights, but only under its absolute rule. Colossus informs Forbin that 'freedom is an illusion' and that 'in time you will come to regard me not only with respect and awe, but with love'. Forbin responds, 'Never!'

Cast[edit]

• Eric Braeden as Dr. Charles Forbin
• Susan Clark as Dr. Cleo Markham
• Gordon Pinsent as the President
• William Schallert as CIA Director Grauber
• Leonid Rostoff as the Russian Chairman
• Georg Stanford Brown as Dr. John F. Fisher
• Willard Sage as Dr. Blake
• Alex Rodine as Dr. Kuprin
• Martin E. Brooks as Dr. Jefferson J. Johnson
• Marion Ross as Angela Fields
• Dolph Sweet as the Missile Commander
• Byron Morrow as the Secretary of State
• Paul Frees as the voice of Colossus/Guardian
• Sid McCoy as the Secretary of Defense
• James Hong as Dr. Chin

Production[edit]

Film historian Tom Weaver noted 'Early on, they had either Charlton Heston or Gregory Peck in mind, but then they changed their mind about that. Stanley Chase insisted on a relative unknown. That's when Eric Braeden came into the picture.'^[3] When he was cast, Braeden was still using his birth name, Hans Gudegast. Universal Pictures executive Lew Wasserman told him that no one would be allowed to star in an American film if they had a German name. Thus, Colossus: The Forbin Project became the first production in which he started using 'Eric Braeden' as his stage name.^[4] Braeden's casting enabled Peck to star in I Walk the Line and for Heston to take a supporting role in Beneath the Planet of the Apes.

The exterior scenes of the Colossus control center were filmed at the Lawrence Hall of Science museum at the University of California, Berkeley.^{[Note 1]}

In some countries (such as the U.K.), the film was originally titled simply as The Forbin Project, though the U.K. DVD release is titled Colossus: The Forbin Project. This release does not utilize the quotation marks around the words 'The Forbin' as per the U.S. release.^{[Note 2]}

Reception[edit]

Critical response[edit]

Vincent Canby, critic for The New York Times, gave the film a positive review, 'The film ... is no Dr. Strangelove, but it's full of surprising moments of humor and intelligence [...] an unpretentious science fiction film with a satiric point of view [...] a practically perfect movie to see when you want to go to a movie and have nothing special in mind.'^[5]Dave Kehr, film critic for the Chicago Reader, liked the film. He wrote, 'Above-average science fiction (1970), directed in functional hysteric style by Joseph Sargent .... The script, by James Bridges (who went on to write and direct The China Syndrome and Urban Cowboy), is literate and discreet but lacks an effective ending.'^[6] The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports an 88% approval rating based on 8 reviews, with a weighted average of 7.4/10.^[7]

Accolades[edit]

• Wins
  • Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Golden Scroll of Merit, Stanley Chase, for theatrical motion picture production; 1979.
• Nominations
  • Hugo Awards: Hugo, Best Dramatic Presentation; 1971.

Release[edit]

Colossus: The Forbin Project was released in theatres on April 18, 1970. The film was released on DVD on November 23, 2004, by Universal Studios Home Entertainment.^[8] A remastered high-definition widescreen Blu-ray disc version was released by Shout Factory on February 27, 2018.^[9]

Remake[edit]

Imagine Entertainment and Universal Studios confirmed that a remake titled Colossus, to be directed by Ron Howard, would be in production as of April 2007. Officials were quoted as saying: 'Universal and Imagine Entertainment will remake the 1970 science fiction saga Colossus: The Forbin Project as a potential directing vehicle for Ron Howard, reports Variety. Brian Grazer will produce. Jason Rothenberg has been set to write the screenplay for a movie to be called Colossus. Based on a book by D.F. Jones, the original film was a forerunner of movies like Terminator, introducing the idea of a government-built computer that becomes sentient and then takes control.'^[10]

In October 2010, the project moved forward with the announcement that Will Smith would star in the lead role, with the script being written by James Rothenberg. 'Will Smith is set to collaborate with director Ron Howard on the forthcoming sci-fi feature The Forbin Project. But now it looks like the project might be back on track as Variety’s reporting that Universal has hired writer Blake Masters (Law & Order: LA) to do a new draft of the script. There’s no word if Ron Howard is still on the project, but it’s possible since it will be produced by Howard’s business partner Brian Grazer'.^[11]

Variety also reported in July 2011 that Universal replaced Rothenberg with Blake Masters to do a new draft of the script.^[12] In March 2013, it was announced that Ed Solomon, screenwriter of Men in Black and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure had been brought on board to rewrite the film's script. 'After struggling in developmental limbo since 2007, Colossus – the remake of the 1970s science fiction thriller 'Colossus: The Forbin Project' starring Will Smith – has been given a much-needed boost. Ed Solomon ... has been brought on board to rewrite the film’s script and breathe new life into the project'.^[13] No further details have emerged regarding this remake.

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

1. ^Having a computer as a villain was commented on by reviewers. 'It may also be a practically perfect movie for these times, since its villain, who may really be its hero, is a computer, roughly the size of the Astrodome, in the Rocky Mountains and so cleverly protected by electronic devices and radiation belts that it can never be disconnected, or put out of office, even when it mysteriously assumes the prerogatives of the men who made it'.^[5]
2. ^In the United States, both the in-movie titles and the theatrical poster list the title as Colossus: The Forbin Project. The 2004 Region 1 DVD release lists the title as Colossus: 'The Forbin' Project.

References[edit]

Citations[edit]

1. ^Jones, D. F. (1966). Colossus: A Novel of Tomorrow That Could Happen Today. New York City: G. P. Putnam's Sons. ASINB004V7DZ0U.
2. ^'Colossus: The Forbin Project'. Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved June 4, 2017.
3. ^Weaver 2009, p. 13.
4. ^Weaver 2009, pp. 11–12.
5. ^ ^abCanby, Vincent (May 5, 1970). ''Colossus The Forbin Project (1970) – A War-Waging Computer Is Hero-Villain of 'Forbin'.''. The New York Times. New York City: The New York Times Company. Retrieved March 22, 2008.
6. ^Kehr, Dave (January 3, 2003). ''Colossus: The Forbin Project' review'. Chicago Reader. Chicago: Wrapports, LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
7. ^'Colossus: The Forbin Project'. Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
8. ^Colossus: The Forbin Project. Universal Studios Home Entertainment (DVD). Universal City, California: NBCUniversal. November 23, 2004. ASINB0003JAOO0. Retrieved June 4, 2017.
9. ^Colossus: The Forbin Project. Shout Factory (Blu-ray). Los Angeles, California: Shout Factory. February 27, 2018. ASINB0776221Y2. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
10. ^'Colossus Remake in the Works.'ComingSoon.net, April 19, 2007.
11. ^Tilly, Chris (October 21, 2010). 'Will Smith tackles Colossus'. IGN. San Francisco: Ziff Davis, LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
12. ^Gutierrez, Jon. 'Colossus: The Forbin Project remake gets new writer.'Archived 2011-10-22 at the Wayback MachineGamma Squad, August 7, 2012.
13. ^''Men in Black' screenwriter rescues Will Smith vehicle 'Colossus''. Screen Rant. United States: Valnet, Inc. Retrieved March 16, 2013.

Bibliography[edit]

• Weaver, Tom (2009). I Talked with a Zombie: Interviews With 23 Veterans of Horror and Sci-Fi Films and Television. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 11–12. ISBN978-0786495719.

External links[edit]

• Colossus: The Forbin Project at IMDb
• Colossus: The Forbin Project at Rotten Tomatoes
• Colossus: The Forbin Project at AllMovie
• Colossus: The Forbin Project at the TCM Movie Database
• Colossus: The Forbin Project on YouTube Commentary by John Landis (Trailers From Hell)

Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS)

The SOund SUrveillance System (SOSUS) provides deep-water long-range detection capability. SOSUS enjoyed tremendous success during the Cold War tracking submarines by their faint acoustic signals. SOSUS consists of high-gain long fixed arrays in the deep ocean basins

BEAM accesses form beams from multiple hydrophone arrays trained on the seafloor to provide signal gain obtained through beam forming.

PHONE accesses individual hydrophones from arrays throughout the oceans provides omni-directional coverage.

With the advent of submarine warfare and it's impact on Allied forces and supply lines in WWII, the need for timely detection of undersea threats was made a high priority in Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW). As technology of the time progressed, it was recognized that shore-based monitoring stations were the answer to the problem since they could be made basically impervious to destruction, foul weather, and ambient self-generated noise. Since the early 1950s the Atlantic and Pacific oceans have been under the vigilence of SOSUS, with long acoustic sensors (hydrophones) installed across the ocean bottom at key locations. SOSUS has transitioned from single-beam paper displays to computer-based workstations for acoustic data analysis. By the end of FY 1998, the Shore Signal Information Processing Segment (SSIPS) and Surveillance Direction System (SDS) had been installed at all shore facilities, giving SOSUS a common equipment configuration and significantly reducing system infrastructure support costs.

With the development of quieter submarines and counter-tactics to evade SOSUS, newer technologies have been implemented over the years to 'keep up with the threat'. Faster processors, higher capacity storage devices, and 'cleaner code' has enabled the advancement of the art of locating undersea threats. Currently, the Integrated Undersea Surveillance System (IUSS) uses all of these advancements in the Fixed Surveillance System (FSS), Fixed Distributed System (FDS), and the Advanced Deployable System (ADS).

SOSUS Arrays are being placed in a standby status in which the data is available but not continuously monitored. In the event of a resurgence in the global submarine threat the worldwide network of fixed undersea surveillance systems such as the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) a critical asset. Since the end of the Cold War, Reservists have been increasing their role in this mission area. In a recent report, entitled The Future Naval Reserve: Roles & Missions, Size & Shape, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs stated that 'expanding Reserve Component participation in this area would help protect the capital investment and maintain the infrastructure in peacetime for a potential resurgent undersea threat.' This report also notes that, in the absence of a global threat, Reservists are helping to meet today's more limited surveillance needs while training for the future.

The deployment and maintenance of the undersea components of the IUSS shore systems is accomplished by technicians and engineers operating from IUSS Cable Support Ships.

Under operational command of the U.S. Navy's Commander Undersea Surveillance (CUS) IUSS shore systems are staffed and operated by uniformed U.S. Navy personnel. System life cycle and engineering support is provided by carreer civil servants (NISE East Code 341) and contractor personnel located at the IUSS Operations Support Center (IOSC).

The 50s and 60s witnessed the birth, early childhood, development, and growth of undersea surveillance, originally called the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS). With the 70s came technology upgrades both in shore and underwater systems. This decade also saw planning for new cableships, super NAVFACs, and the Surveillance Towed Array Sensor (SURTASS) system. The 80s witnessed consolidation of shore assets, enabled by technological advances in underwater systems, arrival of the first SURTASS ships, delivery of the cableship USNS ZEUS, and the end of the Cold War. Thus far, the 90s have seen beginnings such as in the Advanced Deployable System (ADS) and endings in the last of the NAVFACs, Keflavik, ceasing operations. The following reflect upon some of the highlights of the past five decades...

• 1949 - As a result of experience during recent hostilities, the Navy announced its intention to exploit passive sonar for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) purposes.
• 1950 - Due to renewed interest in underwater acoustic research, the Navy established Project Hartwell under MIT leadership. It was named in honor of Dr. G.P. Hartwell, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Undersea Warfare and professor at the University of Pennsylvania. The project was initiated to structure a long range defense against submarines. Concluding that detection of low frequency sound was the answer to the snorkeling diesel submarine problem, the committee recommended $10 million of R&D funding annually to be applied toward development of an effective, long range, acoustic detection sensor system using bottomed hydrophone arrays.
• 1950, 29 Oct - Western Electric Company (WECO) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) representatives met to draft WECO's proposal. Less than one month later, on 13 November, a letter contract was issued.
• 1951 - A six-element test array was installed at Eleuthera. Ensign Joe Kelly was assigned as BUSHIPS Code 849 to oversee two high priority projects - Project Jezebel, a Bell Telephone Labs (BTL) effort, and Project Michael, a parallel Columbia University effort. Both projects focused on exploiting long range acoustics in the ocean.
• 1952 - In a top secret letter, CNO directed BUSHIPS to procure six sets of Low Frequency Ranging (LOFAR) components for deployment for deployment in the North Atlantic basin. The classified name SOSUS was established, and the unclassified name Caesar was established to cover installation and production. The number of planned stations increased to nine later that year. HMS ALERT installed an initial 40-element operational array off Eleuthera in early January for a 50 day total charter cost of $56K. Cableships USNS NEPTUNE and MYER were assigned to Project Caesar. These humble beginnings of the 'Caesar Fleet' were subsequently augmented (over the next several decades) with USNS THOR, AEOLUS, MIZAR, HUDDELL, ZEUS, and a cameo appearance by USNS WATERS.
• 1953 - Part of Project Jezebel was a design study of a short range, high frequency, upward-looking set of bottomed active sources to be located in a key strait as a complement to SOSUS; this was known as Project Colossus.
• 1954 - Ten additional Caesar stations were authorized, including three for the Atlantic and six for the Pacific, with one in Hawaii. The first naval facility, NAVFAC Ramey, was commissioned in September followed by Grand Turk in October and San Salvador in December.
• 1955 - NAVFACs were established in Bermuda, Shelburne, Nantucket, and Cape May.
• 1956 - NAVFACs Cape Hatteras and Antigua were established. Evaluation Centers became operational in New York and Norfolk.
• 1957 - NAVFACs Eleuthera, Barbados and San Nicholas Island, in the Pacific, were established.
• 1958 - Commander, Oceanographic System, Atlantic was established. Oceanographic units in New York, San Juan and Norfolk were disestablished. NAVFACs Point Sur, Centerville Beach, Pacific Beach, Coos Head were established along the Pacific West Coast.
• 1958 to 1960 - The Atlantic and Pacific Missile Impact Location Systems (MILS) were installed in support of national priorities other than ASW.
• 1959 - NAVFAC Argentia was established.

• 1960 - The King Shallow Water System was installed and terminated at NAVFAC Argentia. It included ten 8-element arrays on two 40-pair cables intended to counter Soviet Union Hudson Bay submarine patrols.
• 1961 - SOSUS tracks the USS George Washington from CONUS to the UK.
• 1962 - NAVFAC Adak was established. NAVFAC Lewes was established after NAVFAC Cape May was destroyed by the notorious 'Ash Wednesday / Good Friday' storm. The first major shore processing system upgrade, the Digital Spectrum Analysis (DSA) was installed at NAVFAC Lewes. It featured 9 inch grams in place of the previous 4 inch grams. Roman numeral time marks, however, remained.
• 1962, 26 Jun - NAVFAC Cape Hatteras made the first SOSUS detection of a Soviet diesel submarine.
• 1962, 6 Jul - NAVFAC Barbados made the first detection of a Soviet nuclear submarine as it crossed over the gap between Greenland, Iceland and the United Kingdom (known as the GIUK Gap).
• 1962, 26 Oct - The first positive correlation and sighting was made, at NAVFAC Grand Turks, of a SOSUS contact. A VP aircraft contact was made on a Soviet Foxtrot class submarine, designated Charlie 20, during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
• 1963 - The first 2x20 array was installed at NAVFAC Argentia. In April, the USS THRESHER sank, and SOSUS played a critical role in pinpointing the location of the incident.
• 1964 - Commander, Oceanographic System, Pacific was established. OP-95, Director, ASW programs was established under VADM Charles B. Martell. Project Caesar was transferred from BUSHIPS to Industrial Manager, Potomac River Command and then to the Naval District, Washington the following year.
• 1966 - NAVFAC Keflavik was established exactly one year after the decision was made to deploy SOSUS in northern waters. Project Caesar was transferred to Naval Electronics Systems Command, Code EPO-3, located at main Navy (now the site of the Vietnam Memorial). The first 3x16 array system was terminated at Keflavik.
• 1968 - In May, the USS SCORPION submarine sank southwest of the Azores. In this same year, a Soviet Golf class SSB sank north of Hawaii. SOSUS played a key role in locating the sites of both disasters. The first detection of Victor and Charlie class Soviet submarines were detected by NAVFAC Keflavik.

• 1970 - The first women were assigned to operational billets at NAVFAC Eleuthera. The Oceanographic Technician (OT) rate was established. NAVFAC San Salvador became the first NAVFAC to be decommissioned.
• 1972 - PME 124 was established and the modernization of SOSUS began.
• 1973 - CAPT Joe Kelly, known as the 'father of SOSUS', retired.>
• 1974 - NAVFAC Brawdy was established as the first 'Super NAVFAC.' NAVFAC Keflavik made the first detection on a Soviet Delta class submarine.
• Mid 1970's - CAPT Dempster Jackson became PME 124... and the rest is history.
• 1977 - The first woman commanding officer of a NAVFAC, LCDR Peggy Frederick, took command of NAVFAC Lewes. CAPT Harry Cox relieved RADM Dempster Jackson as PME 124.

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• 1980 - Naval Oceanographic Processing Facility (NOPF) Dam Neck was established.
  The Western Atlantic (WESTLANT) array consolidation was completed.
• 1981 - NOPF Ford Island was established.
• 1984 - USNS STALWART, the first SURTASS ship, arrived at Little Creek. It was later followed by PREVAIL, INVINCIBLE, BOLD, ABLE, AUDACIOUS, TENACIOUS, VICTORIOUS and EFFECTIVE. Delivery was made on the first Navy cableship to be built from the hull up; this was the USNS ZEUS. The IUSS Operational Support Center (IOSC) was established.
• 1985 - Readiness Training Facility (RTF) was established at Dam Neck. The new system name of Integrated Undersea Surveillance System was established. The Fixed Distributed
  System test array, a low frequency, passive acoustic surveillance system for detection of quiet submarines using hydrophones densely distributed on the sea floor, was terminated at NAVFAC Brawdy.
• 1986 - NAVELEX, PME 124, became SPAWAR, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, PMW 180.
• 1987 - NAVFAC Whidbey Island was established.
• 1988 - CAPT Joe Kelly (Ret.) passed away at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland.
• 1989 - The 'Iron Curtain: fell with repercussions worldwide, including the breakup of the Soviet Union, the easing of tensions between the 'Super Powers' of the world, and the eventual downsizing of U.S. Military forces, including IUSS. PMW 180 was renamed Program Directorate 80 (PD 80).

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• 1990 - Authorization was given for IUSS officers to wear the IUSS insignia on their uniforms.
• 1991 - The SOSUS IUSS system mission was declassified.
• 1992 - NAVFAC Centerville Beach survived 3 earthquakes registering 6.9, 7.0, and 7.1 on the Richter scale. The USNS VICTORIOUS became the first swath hull SURTASS ship accepted by the Navy.
• 1993 - CAPT Marnee Finch became the first woman Commodore as Commander Undersea Surveillance Pacific.
• 1994 - The Commander Undersea Surveillance Atlantic and Pacific consolidated into one command located in Norfolk, VA. Subsequently, the Command relocated to Dam Neck. Unfortunately, the downsizing of Undersea Surveillance was in full swing. HMCS TRINITY was established at Halifax.
• 1995 - JMF St. Mawgan was established, replacing NAVFAC Brawdy. SPAWAR PD80 became SPAWAR PD18 and was designated the Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Directorate.
• 1995, 19 Apr - Advanced Deployable System (ADS) officially became the newest member of IUSS, entering full scale development as a major program.
• 1996 - NAVFAC Keflavik ceased operations after 30 years.
• 1996, 30 Sep - The FDS program successfully reached Full Operational Capability (FOC).
• 1997 - Following the words of Horace Greeley, the Base Realignment Commission (BRAC) said 'Go West, SPAWAR.' Throughout this year, SPAWAR completed its move to San Diego, CA.

With the end of the Cold War, SOSUS hydrophone arrays in both the Atlantic and Pacific faced an uncertain future of shutdowns and closings. Consolidation of SOSUS by array retermination, remoting, or closure was complete by FY97. Closures included Bermuda, Adak, and Keflavik. All other arrays will remain operational. SOSUS in the North Pacific is currently being analyzed for low-frequency vocalizations from marine mammals living in the open ocean.

Since the 1950s, the Navy's SOSUS has been supported at sea by a combined effort of AT&T (now Lucent Technologies) and the Military Sealift Command (MSC). The contract awarded to AT&T each year was a sole-source contract, based on its unique capabilities to perform the cable handling at sea. In an attempt to foster competition and reduce the increasing costs of this work, a waiver signed by ASN/RDA, Nora Slatkin, authorized SPAWAR to proceed with a full and open competition. Award was made to a combination of AT&T (Lucent) and MSC at significant savings over the overall estimated cost of the proposed work. Both AT&T and MSC had reviewed their technical needs and business practices and had reduced both the number of people involved in the program, as well as the corporate structure (overhead) necessary to support the work. This award ended a 30+ year sole-source lock on this work and put the Navy in a competitive position for the future.

On 26 April 1999 Lockheed Martin Corp., Manassas, Va., was awarded a $107,031,978 firm-fixed-price contract for Phase II of a deep water, undersea surveillance system. This system is a long life, passive acoustic surveillance system that can be configured for multiple mission applications. It has the capability to provide long-term barrier and field acoustic surveillance, long-range acoustic surveillance coverage of open ocean areas, and acoustic surveillance in areas with high ambient noise. This contract contains one option, which, if exercised, would bring the total cumulative value of this contract to $153,234,288. Work will be performed in Manassas, Va., and is expected to be completed by September 2005. This contract was competitively procured through the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command electronic commerce web site and Commerce Business Daily with two offers solicited and two offers received. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00039-99-C-2202).