BAE SYSTEMS RECEIVES $8.1 MILLION CONTRACT TO OVERHAUL M113A3 VEHICLES
09-24-2007
ANNISTON, Alabama -- BAE Systems was awarded an $8.1 million contract from Anniston Army Depot, to overhaul 65 M113A3 armored personnel carriers.
"This order continues BAE Systems' long standing partnership with Anniston Army Depot in which the public and private industrial base work together to provide a quality system to meet fielding schedules," said Andy Hove, vice president of Combat Systems for BAE Systems.
The 65 M113 tracked vehicles will be overhauled to a zero miles, zero hours condition, will have the latest engineering changes to include Armor protection and Nuclear Biological and Chemical equipment and will be delivered by December 2007.
BAE Systems is the original manufacturer of the M113 family of vehicles (FOV), with 14,500 currently in the active Army's fleet. The M113 FOVs is an integral component of the Army's Heavy Brigade Combat Team.
About BAE Systems
BAE Systems is the premier global defense and aerospace company delivering a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, information technology solutions and customer support services. BAE Systems, with 96,000 employees worldwide, had 2006 sales that exceeded $27 billion on a pro forma basis, assuming BAE Systems had owned Armor Holdings, Inc. for the whole of 2006.
For further information, please contact:
Cindy Garrison, BAE Systems
Tel: +1 256 235 9848 Mobile: +1 256 453 5322
cindy.garrison@baesystems.com
Susan Lenover, BAE Systems
Tel:+1 703 907 8259 Mobile:+1 703 850 1621
susan.lenover@baesystems.com
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