UD, local firms win nearly $9M total in defense, federal supply contracts

In Dayton, Astro Industries Inc. won a federal contract award for $250,000 from the Defense Logistics Agency in Columbus for electric wire and power and distribution equipment.

Vandalia company Integrated Procurement Technologies won two contracts, one for $111,450 from the Defense Logistics Agency, Richmond, Va., for ship and marine equipment. And another, for $42,168 from the same agency, for engines, turbines and parts.

And a Springfield company, Maintenance Stars, won a $442,766 contract from the U.S. Army in Louisville, Ky., for landscaping and grounds-keeping.