BAE SYSTEMS Awarded U.S. Army Explosives Contract.Business Editors/Defense Writers ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2003 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. has been awarded a contract to supply explosives to the U.S. Army Joint Munitions mu·ni·tion n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. Command (JMC JMC Joint Military Commission JMC Jefferson Medical College JMC Jax Money Crew (computer gaming) JMC Joint Munitions Command (US Army; Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island IL) JMC James Madison College ), the Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition (SIMCA SIMCA Soft Independent Modeling of Class Analogy (principal component analysis) SIMCA Société Industrielle de Mécanique et Carrosserie Automobile (French car maker) ). The contract has a ceiling value of $141 million. Under this five-year, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity Noun 1. indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity quantity, measure, amount - how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify contract, BAE SYSTEMS Ordnance Systems, operating contractor of the Holston Army Ammunition Plant, will manufacture high explosives for integration into a variety of military weapon systems. Work will be performed by BAE SYSTEMS Ordnance Systems employees in Kingsport, Tenn., and will be completed by Sept. 2007. "With this award, and the projected levels of production, we will continue to demonstrate the rapid response capability that was a cornerstone of our successful bid for the 25-year facility use contract at Holston Army Ammunition Plant," said Bruce Hamilton, president, BAE SYSTEMS Technology Solutions Sector. "Holston has a strategic role to play in the Army's industrial base. No single plant in the western world could produce these projected quantities in the timeframe, other than Holston and we are proud to be making our contribution to the ongoing defense of this nation." About BAE SYSTEMS BAE SYSTEMS is a systems company, innovating for a safer world. BAE SYSTEMS employs nearly 100,000 people including joint ventures, 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, manufactures and supports military aircraft, surface ships, submarines, 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 is dedicated to making the intelligent connections needed to deliver innovative solutions. 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. is a high-technology U.S. company with more than 25,000 employees who live and work in some 30 states, the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). and the United Kingdom. The company is dedicated to solving its customers' needs with both highly innovative and leading-edge solutions across the defense electronics, systems, information technology and services arenas. BAE SYSTEMS Ordnance Systems is a leading ordnance company working on the cutting edge of technology. The company operates the Holston Army Ammunition Plant in Kingsport, TN, and has about 200 people providing total management of all site activities involved in the production, handling, and supply of high explosives to meet the requirements of the U.S. Department of Defense. |
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