Armor Holdings, Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of safety and survivability systems, tactical wheeled vehicles and vehicle armor systems serving military and homeland security announced that the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command had awarded a new three year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity contract having a maximum value of $172 million.
The Company advised that the initial delivery order is for $35.8 million to supply new Outer Tactical Vests components for use in the Interceptor Body Armor ensemble. The Company also advised that these new components are conversion kits which provide ballistic protection as well as support the transition to the Army's new camouflage patterns for Outer Tactical Vests. Work will begin in 2006 at the Armor Holdings Aerospace and Defense Group facilities located in Tennessee and Alabama.
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08.08.2006