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Armor Holdings, Inc. Receives $11.6 Million Order for Ceramic Body Armor Inserts JACKSONVILLE, Fla., April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Armor Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AH), a leading manufacturer of security products and vehicle armor systems serving military, law-enforcement, homeland security and commercial markets, announced today that it has received a contract modification from the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command. The new delivery order, which is drawn from a $66 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract announced previously, includes approximately $11.6 million for additional quantities of protective ceramic body armor plates to be delivered through 2006. Work under this contract will continue to be performed by the Armor Holdings Aerospace & Defense Group at its Phoenix, Arizona facilities. Robert Schiller, President of Armor Holdings, Inc., said, "We are extremely pleased with this additional order for our light-weight body armor from the U.S. Marine Corps. This additional order demonstrates the U.S. Marine Corps' continued confidence in the performance of our light-weight body armor system and in our ability to deliver that performance when and where it is required." Source: Armor Holdings, Inc. BAE SYSTEMS Awards Contract to Raytheon to Develop Active Protective Subsystem, Supporting Hit Avoidance Program for FCS Manned Ground Vehicles SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- BAE Systems has awarded a phased subcontract worth up to $70 million to Raytheon's Network Centric Systems business with headquarters in McKinney, Texas, to develop the “hard-kill” Active Protection Subsystem (APS) portion of the Hit Avoidance System for the U.S. Army’s Future Combat System (FCS) Manned Ground Vehicles (MGVs). BAE Systems leads the hit avoidance integrated product team for FCS MGVs, and with support from MGV teammate General Dynamics, is responsible for integrating the Raytheon-developed hard-kill APS with soft-kill countermeasures, obscurants, and decision aid software into the overall MGV protection system. Boeing and partner Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), the Lead Systems Integrator for FCS, selected Raytheon earlier this month after an extensive evaluation process. “BAE Systems is pleased to have a world-class product developer like Raytheon on the team to develop this critical element of FCS technology. We are looking forward to working with Raytheon on the development and integration of the active protection hard-kill subsystem into the overall vehicle suite of defensive capabilities. Raytheon brings a comprehensive systems engineering approach and innovative technology options to the APS development effort,” said Sam Cole, MGV program manager for BAE Systems. “Soft-kill” electronic countermeasures such as jammers and decoys and “hard-kill” counter-munitions make up a portion of a layered hit avoidance suite that will enable full-spectrum survivability against rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) rounds, top attack munitions and tank-fired kinetic energy (KE) rounds. BAE Systems, as part of the FCS One Team, is teamed with General Dynamics to develop and field a family of transportable, deployable, lethal, and survivable Manned Ground Vehicles. The next generation of combat vehicles will provide the majority of the firepower in the FCS-equipped Brigade Combat Teams and will be critical nodes in the overarching network that allows future soldiers to effectively complete their missions. The two companies have formed integrated design teams to develop and demonstrate the family of eight manned ground vehicles featuring a common platform design with common components and subsystems, such as hit avoidance, with unique mission modules and all the variants linked together by networked battle command. Under the FCS MGV contracts, BAE Systems has responsibility for five of the eight MGV variants: Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon (NLOS-C); Infantry Carrier Vehicle (ICV); Medical Vehicle (MV); Non-Line of Sight Mortar (NLOS-M), and FCS Recovery and Maintenance Vehicle (FRMV). DRS Technologies Receives $222 Million U.S. Army Contract to Provide Communications Services for Multi-National Forces in Iraq PARSIPPANY, N.J. --- DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it received a $222 million two-year contract from the U.S. Army to provide a scaleable, integrated, open-standards Command and Control Information Technology Infrastructure (C2ITI) for the Multi-National Forces - Iraq (MNF-I), a coalition military command responsible for providing security in Iraq and for assisting with the ongoing reconstruction program. Two funding actions with a combined value of approximately $16 million were received by DRS on this program to provide program management, architectural design and engineering, installation, operation and maintenance, network management and systems administration support. Work for this order will be performed by the company`s DRS Technical & Management Services Co. (DRS TAMSCO) unit in Beltsville, Maryland and DRS Spacelink International unit in Dulles, Virginia, along with a number of subcontractors, including Raytheon Company, Artel Inc., Information Management Group (IMG) and Oberon Associates. This most recent funding is a follow-on order to previously awarded contracts received in 2005 and 2004 to support the communications needs of the MNF-I and the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), the former governing body of Iraq. The program has been managed by the company`s Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, Program Management Office since its inception. "This new award draws upon our team`s extensive track record in the design and operation of communications systems, network management and support for the U.S. military to provide vital stabilization and rebuilding of Iraq`s governmental infrastructure," said Daniel A. Rodrigues, president of DRS`s Sustainment Systems & Services Group. "Our state-of-the-art technical engineering and support solutions, in combination with the depth of our team`s experience, provide a reliable, proven and unique resource to the U.S. Army." The company`s DRS TAMSCO unit is a leader in information technology (IT) with expertise in telecommunications and IT services, integrated logistics support services, systems integration and electronics manufacturing. Source : DRS Technologies, Inc. |
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