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Edmond Easter Named Navidyne Vice President accordance with contract terms. With 20 ships of the same class still under construction, as a result of contracts previously- awarded to Todd in fiscal years 1975-79, this award gives the company a Naval shipbuilding backlog of $1.5 billion for the 23 ships now under contracts. The first Todd-built FFG, the USS Wadsworth (FFG-9), con- structed at the Los Angeles Di- vision, joined the fleet early in April this year. The second, the Duncan (FFG-10), having suc- cessfully completed acceptance trials, will be delivered by the Seattle Division in May. Of the remaining ships, nine have been launched and 11 are on the build- ing ways or in the construction process. Of the total of 25 ships awarded to Todd thus far, 21 are for the U.S. Navy and four are for the Royal Australian Navy. One of the ships of the current order will be built at the Los Angeles Division and two at the Seattle Division. Mr. Gilbride stated that, based on current administration plan- ning, at least 15 more of these frigates are proposed for con- struction. Todd expects to be awarded a fair portion of these during the next four years. Edmond Easter Navidyne Corporation, Newport News, Ya. announces the promo- tion of Edmond Easter to the newly created position of vice president, marketing. He will as- sume responsibility for worldwide sales of Navidyne's product line of marine electronics equipment. Mr. Easter has served as Navi- dyne's marketing manager for North America since joining the company in 1976. He has also held marketing positions with the Hastings-Raydist Division of Tel- edyne, Inc., and with Texas Elec- tronics. According to A. Clifford Barker, president of Navidyne, Mr. Easter has played a leading role in es- tablishing the company as a lead- ing producer of satellite naviga- tion receivers. Catalog Available From Milwaukee Tool A 16-page catalog describing the company's complete line of vices, jacks, braces, wrenches, pipe cutters and other tools and equipment for use in shipyards and shops is being offered by Milwaukee Tool & Equipment Company. The brochure gives complete specifications on a wide range of products, particularly vices. For a free copy of this catalog, write to Dick Berger, sales man- ager, Milwaukee Tool & Equip- ment Company, 2773 South 29th Street, Milwaukee, Wis. 53215. Navy Contracts Totaling $203 Million Awarded To Todd Shipyards- Backlog Is $1.5 Billion John T. Gilbride, chairman and chief executive officer of Todd Shipyards Corporation, has an- nounced that the company's West Coast subsidiary, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corporation, has been awarded additional contracts to build, under the Navy's fiscal 1980 program, two more FFG-7 class guided missile frigates for the U.S. Navy, and one additional FFG-7 class ship for the Royal Australian Navy. 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