ST. LOUIS, April 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Engineered Support Systems,
Inc. (Nasdaq: EASI) received a contract from the U.S. Army to provide a
scaleable, highly-available, integrated, open-standards Command and Control
Information Technology Infrastructure (C2ITI) for the Multi-National Forces --
Iraq (MNF-I), the Coalition military command providing for security in Iraq at
the request of the Iraq Interim Government. The MNF-I effort is a follow-on
to a $52 million ceiling contract with the Army to support the communications
needs of the Coalition Provisional Authority, the erstwhile governing body of
Iraq, received by TAMSCO early in 2004.
The "time and materials" contract provides an initial funding level of
$12.2 million, with a ceiling of $279 million over the 3-year performance
period, and will be performed by team led by Engineered Support's wholly-owned
subsidiary, Technical and Management Services Corporation (TAMSCO), and will
be supported by a number of subcontractors including Raytheon, Artel, AT&T,
Obron and by Engineered Support's most-recently acquired subsidiary, Spacelink
International LLC, according to Gerald A. Potthoff, Engineered Support's Vice
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
"Under this effort, the TAMSCO team provides program management,
architectural design and engineering, installation, operation and maintenance,
network management and systems administration support," Potthoff said. "Our
team's knowledge and experience along with state-of-the-art technical
engineering and support solutions offers unique capabilities to the U.S.
Army."
Engineered Support Systems, Inc. provides advanced sustainment solutions
including the design, manufacture and supply of integrated military
electronics, support equipment and technical and logistics services for all
branches of America's armed forces and certain foreign militaries, homeland
security forces and selected government and intelligence agencies. The
company also produces specialized equipment and systems for commercial and
industrial applications. For additional information, please visit the
Company's website at http://www.engineeredsupport.com .
Certain statements in this press release are forward looking in nature
and, accordingly, are subject to risks and uncertainties. The actual results
may differ materially from those described or contemplated.
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