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Force Protection Was Awarded A Contract For 79 JERRV, 50 Million Dollars Force Protection Industries, Inc., Ladson, S.C., is being awarded a $50,862,810 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum ordering quantity of 79 Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal Rapid Response Vehicles (JERRV) and associated manuals, spares, field support, and training. Work will be performed in Ladson, S.C. (60 percent) and Charlotte, Mich. (40 percent), and work is expected to be completed by May 2007. Contract funds will not expire by the end of the current fiscal year. This contract is a sole source award to Force Protection Industries, Inc. as they are the sole manufacturer of the JERRV. The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity (M67854-06-D-5042) Source: US DoD DRS Receives $20M Contract for U.S. Army PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: DRS) announced today that it has received a $20 million contract for continued manufacture of the Direct Support Electrical System Test Sets (DSESTS) Test Program Sets (TPS) for the M2/M3 family of Bradley Fighting Vehicles. The Bradley Fighting Vehicles are among the most formidable ground force capabilities in U.S. Army inventory and continue to be an integral part of military operations in Iraq. The contract was awarded to DRS by the U.S. Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC), Rock Island, Illinois, for the Program Manager, Heavy Brigade Combat Team in Warren, Michigan. For this award, DRS will produce digital electronic control assembly common support module rehost kits and cables, designed to support the U.S. Army's conversion to modularity, Bradley DSESTS restow kits, Bradley TOW (Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided) TPS and Bradley A3 DSESTS TPS. Work for this contract will be performed by the company's DRS Test & Energy Management unit in Huntsville, Alabama. Product deliveries will commence in December and are expected to continue through April 2008. "The continued support of this test equipment assures that the Army's current generation of Bradley Fighting Vehicles can be fully sustained around the world," said Fred L. Marion, president of DRS's Surveillance & Reconnaissance Group. "Our customer's commitment to the long-term sustainability of DSESTS equipment strengthens DRS's position as a leading supplier of operationally-proven, electronic test and diagnostics equipment for the U.S. Army's fleet of ground combat vehicles." DRS produces a variety of automatic test equipment (ATE) designed for diagnosing electronic components installed on Army M1A1, M1A2 and M1A2 SEP Abrams Main Battle Tanks and Bradley M2/M3 Fighting Vehicle Systems and U.S. Marine Corps' Abrams tanks and Light Armored Vehicles (LAVs). Utilized at 89 locations in the U.S. and deployed internationally, the DSESTS supports the U.S. Army's modularity requirements, as it transforms existing divisions into brigade combat teams. Source: DRS Technologies, Inc. |
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