The companies, Titan Salvage, which is based in Florida, and Micoperi, an Italian underwater construction and offshore contractor, plan to lift the half-submerged vessel with pullers mounted on a platform and a subsea platform to roll it on, using water-filled caissons to stabilize it, and finally tow it to a yet unidentified Italian port.
The contractor plans to start emptying one silo late this week.
Sofradir, a French remote-sensing defence contractor, plans to start making a "multichannel" missile-detection system later this year.
"Structurally, it could handle everything the contractor planned to put on top of it," he said.
Lockheed Martin, the world's largest military contractor, plans to reduce its presence by half, compared with the level in 2008, citing budget pressures.
Titan, a maker of military radios that agreed in September to be acquired by Lockheed Martin, the military contractor, plans to dispose of the assets.
Granite Construction, a California-based construction contractor, plans to buy Halmar Builders of New York Inc. to enter the New York metropolitan area.
Mr. Blessing, 50, a plumbing contractor, planned to close his house three blocks from the ocean in Virginia Beach and drive 25 miles to a relative's house in Chesapeake.
Contractor plans to feed more than just astronauts with his food though, he wants to feed the masses. .
A contractor plans to replace the station's electrical equipment, then install a back-up generator and a temporary wastewater bypass system.
Fosse Commercial Contractors, an established general contractor, plans expansion, changing target markets from residential to commercial building projects.
