BAE SYSTEMS Awarded $38 Million Contract for Radar Support.Business Editors FT. WALTON BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2001 BAE SYSTEMS BAE Systems British manufacturer of aircraft, missiles, avionics, naval vessels, and other aerospace and defense products. BAE Systems was formed (1999) from the merger of British Aerospace (BAe) with Marconi Electronic Systems. Technical Services, part of BAE SYSTEMS North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , was awarded a contract valued at $37,962,441 for continued support of the Instrumentation Radar Support Program (IRSP IRSP Irish Republican Socialist Party IRSP Infrared Scene Projector IRSP Instrumentation Radar Support Program ). The contract value is expected to exceed $90M, with six years of options and expected follow-on work. The IRSP contract supports a unique multiple agency, multi-service, and international program providing logistics and technical support for 156 instrumentation radar systems located on 28 test ranges worldwide. The 45th Contracting Squadron, Patrick Air Force Base Patrick Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base located between Satellite Beach and Cocoa Beach, Florida, USA. Patrick Air Force Base is home to the 45th Space Wing and the Air Force Technical Applications Center. , Florida, is the contracting activity. Support will be provided to each participant test range in the areas of program management, component repair, on-site overhaul and refurbishment re·fur·bish tr.v. re·fur·bished, re·fur·bish·ing, re·fur·bish·es To make clean, bright, or fresh again; renovate. re·fur , engineering and technical support, and system and subsystem A unit or device that is part of a larger system. For example, a disk subsystem is a part of a computer system. A bus is a part of the computer. A subsystem usually refers to hardware, but it may be used to describe software. upgrades. Support will be provided to U.S. national agencies including the U.S. Air Force, Army, and Navy, in addition to Department of Energy, the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control , NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , and the defense and space establishments of the United Kingdom, Germany, The Republic of Korea, and Taiwan. BAE SYSTEMS has provided continuous support for the IRSP contract since 1985, having won subsequent re-competitions in 1990 and 1995. The new contract will begin on October 1, 2001, and continue through September 30, 2007. BAE SYSTEMS Technical Services is an operating element of the BAE SYSTEMS Technologies Services Sector. "The Air Force and IRSP program participants have recognized BAE SYSTEMS as a leading source for test range instrumentation for over 15 years," said Bruce Hamilton, president of the BAE SYSTEMS Technologies Services Sector. We look forward to continuing our solid relationship and providing quality test range instrumentation support for another 6 years." About BAE SYSTEMS: BAE SYSTEMS is a truly global systems, defense and aerospace company. BAE SYSTEMS employs some 100,000 people, in eight home markets around the world and has annual sales of around $18 billion. The company offers a global capability in air, sea, land and space with a world-class prime contracting ability supported by a range of key skills. BAE SYSTEMS designs and manufactures civil and military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, space systems, radar, avionics avionics (ā'vēŏn`ĭks), electronic instruments used in air or space flight; also the design and production of such instruments. Early planes had few instruments, but as aviation and aircraft became more complex, so did instrumentation. , communications, electronics, guided weapon systems and a range of other defense products. BAE SYSTEMS North America employs 22,000 people in the design, development, integration, manufacture and support of a wide range of advanced aerospace products and intelligent electronic systems for government and commercial customers. BAE SYSTEMS Technical Services is a recognized leader in test and training range operations and maintenance and instrumentation radar manufacture with over forty years of range and radar design and range O&M experience. www.na.baeystems.com |
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