This is a weekly summary of selected prime contracts recently awarded by the federal government to companies and other vendors in Maryland.

Maryland contracts

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NATIONAL DEFENSE CONTRACTS

University of Maryland in College Park won a $9,505,000 contract from the Goddard Space Flight Center to provide to help monitor global vegetation dynamics.

Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Linthicum won a $9,000,000 contract from the Air Force to provide NATO AWACS radar modifications.

Westinghouse Electric Corp. in Cockeysville won a $5,477,840 contract from the Air Force to provide radar set subassemblies.

Veda Inc. in Lexington Park won a $4,686,423 contract from the Navy to provide engineering and technical services in support of Tempest/Comsec at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River.

Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore won a $3,791,612 contract from the Goddard Space Flight Center to provide an investigation of advanced spaceborne thermal emission.

Saros Bros. Contracting Co. in Baltimore won a $442,300 contract from the Navy to provide building alterations in Bethesda.

JSA Healthcare Corp. in Columbia won a $408,034 contract from the Air Force to repair hospital equipment.

Orange Systems in Gaithersburg won a $366,000 contract from the Navy to provide general purpose automated data processing support equipment, software and supplies.

Lyttos Construction Co. in Hyattsville won a $72,450 contract from the Navy to renovate toilet rooms, building 65, at the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC.