A collection of letters, memos, telegrams, company brochures, reports & other studies. Examples are: Corresp. (11/10 & 12/10/76) between Congressman Wilson & the Secretary of the Navy re/ Wilson’s letter…on behalf of the Solar Company concerning the possibility of a ‘buy-in’ of the gas-turbine power units destined for use on the F-18;” 3 letters (11/10 & 11/23/76) from George M. Backes (Gen. Manager, Radial Eng. Group, Solar), O. Morris Sievert (Pres., Solar) & Thomas O. Paine (Pres., Northrop Corp.) re/ “outlining the Northrop APU evaluation and the response to that letter by Mr. Sievert;” 2 letters (11/18 & 11/19/76) from George M. Backes & O.Morris Sievert re/ “our struggle to remain the Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) supplier on the Army UTTAS and AAH heliopter programs;” stapled packet of corresp. (Sept.-Nov. 1976) from A. Alves, Jr. (Commander, USN, Executive Asst. to the Sec. of the Navy), Congressman Wilson, David R. Macdonald (Acting Sec. of the Navy), O. Morris Sievert (Pres., Solar) & Thomas O. Paine (Pres., Northrop Corp.) re/ controversy over Garrett “‘buy-in’ of the gas turbine Auxiliary Power Units destined for use on the F-18;” 1 photocopy of Solar’s “The F-18 APU Procurement” (11 pp., n.d.) as “included in letters to “Messrs. Courtinovis, Paine and Baughman” & photograph of “Northrop Corporation’s Jud Mardsden, manager of F-18 propulsion and secondary systems, kneels alongside a mockup of the AiResearch Phoenix auxiliary power unit unit for the new F-18 fighter;” 1 letter (11/11/76) from Congressman Wilson to O. Morris Sievert re/ “Northrop’s assessment of Solar’s Bleed machine was that it did not meet minimum performance requirements;” 1 letter (11/10/76) from Wilson to Thomas Jones (Northrop Corp.) & attached photocopy of “Telecopy To: Mr. Ed. Terrar, Congressman Wilson’s Office…November 9, 1976, From: G.M. Backes” re/ “Navy has modified requirements for the F-18 auxiliary power unit;” Wilson office “Memo-11-11-76” re/ conversation with Hughes Helicopter V.P., T. Stupnagel on Solar & AiResearch units, etc.;1 letter (11/5/76) from T.S. Pendergast (Manager, Govt. Rel., Solar) to Edward F. Terrar, Jr. (Admin. Asst. to Wilson) re/ “NAVAIR/McDonnell Douglas/Northrop F-18 Program;” 1 copy of Solar, “Proposal Vol. 1, Technical T-62-T-40-Y Auxiliary Power Unit for Northrop YF-17 Aircraft…SD 5076 January 1975” (includes text, drawings & appendices); 1 photocopy of Colin Rodgers, “Small Gas Turbine Auxiliary Power Units,” ASME Journal, 1975 (21 pp. & includes text, graphs & drawings); 1 photocopy of a letter (10/8/76) from Congressman Melvin Price (Chairman, Committee on Armed Services) & copy of letter (10/1/76) from Wilson to Price re/ Wilson’s request to GAO “to conduct an examination of all Garrett AiResearch contracts for auxiliary power units since 1968;” 1 letter (10/6/76) from Barry J. Shillito (Pres., Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical) to Edward F. Terrar & attached photocopy of Northrop’s “Summary—Solar APU Proposal Review” re/ a continuation of the Garrett Corp./Solar dispute; 1 office note to “BOSS” (10/6/76) & attached corresp. (Sept.-Oct. 1976) from George M. Backes, R.F. Cortinovis (Corporate V.P., Material, MacDonnell Douglas Corp.), O.Morris Sievert (Pres., Solar) re/ “Since we were notified on July 29, 1976, that Northrop had selected Garrett as the supplier of the APU on the F-18, we have been trying to unravel the circumstances;” small packet containing note (10/1/76) from T.S. Pendergast to “Mr. Terrar: For your information and file” & attached photocopies of letters (Sept. 1976) from RAdm. P.L. Foster (Asst. Commander For Contracts, USN), Thomas O. Paine (Pres., Northrop Corp.) & O. Morris Sievert (Pres., Solar) re/ the APU procurement controversy; stapled packet containing 1 “Memorandum of Call” (9/27/76) & letters (Aug.-Sept. 1976) from Norman Hansen (Leg. Affairs Officer, HQ., Naval Material Command), Congressman Wilson & George M. Backes (Solar) re/ APU Procurements & concern over the practices of “Garrett AiResearch … consciously, calculatedly engaged in ‘buy-in’ on contracts where the potential for the future buy is big;” stapled packet containing corresp. (9/76) from T.S. Pendergast (Manager, Govt. Rel., Solar) & O. Morris Sievert (Pres., Solar) re/ “The F-18 Power Unit Procurement “ and alleged “ ‘unfairness’in the list of practices;” 1 handwritten “Memo of conversation between EFT & Adm. Baughman in re Solar” (n.d.); 1 letter (8/4/76) from T. S. Pendergast (Solar) to Edward F. Terrar re/ meeting on 8/2/76 that Terrar & Wilson arranged between Pendergast, Backes & Adm. Baughman to discuss the APU/F-18 procurement process involving competing corporations & alleged “malfeasance;” 1 copy of Solar brochure—“Solar Gas Turbine Standby Generator Sets,” (6 pp.) (n.d.); 1 office note (7/28/76) from D to Ed—“Tom Pendergast…called re/ letters they sent to us…about F-18;” one 3 page letter (7/20/76) from O. Morris Sievert (Pres., Solar) to Congressman Wilson re/ Solar’s competition with “AiResearch Division of Garrett, a Signal Oil Company located in Phoenix, Arizona” and the problems Solar was having with the “buy-in” practices of Garrett over contracts for F-15, A-10, S-3A & F-18 programs.