Cubic Wins $3.6 Million Contract for Joint STARS Ground Station Spare Equipment.Business Editors SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 5, 2002 The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM CECOM Communications Electronics Command (US Army) CECOM National Center for Communications of the Civil Protection Agency ) has awarded the Cubic Defense Applications group, a unit of San Diego-based Cubic Corp. (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :CUB), a $3.6 million contract to provide spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. for Cubic-built Ground Data Terminals provided under the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) program. Army personnel use Ground Data Terminals (GDTs) from Common Ground Stations to send and receive images and troop movement information collected by surveillance aircraft. Cubic's spares will allow the Army to field additional mobile Common Ground Stations because it will be easier to "remove and replace" inoperable inoperable /in·op·er·a·ble/ (in-op´er-ah-b'l) not susceptible to treatment by surgery. in·op·er·a·ble adj. Unsuitable for a surgical procedure. equipment in the ground stations as necessary. The Army has deployed a number of Cubic GDTs in the Middle East for potential use in Operation Enduring Freedom. To date, CECOM has ordered nine lots of Cubic's GDTs, which along with Air Data Terminals are key components of Cubic's Joint STARS data link. GDTs have been delivered previously to Fort Bragg Fort Bragg, U.S. army base, 11,136 acres (4,507 hectares), E N.C., N of Fayetteville; est. 1918. Originally an artillery post, it is now the principal U.S. army airborne-training center and the site of the Special Warfare School. , N.C.; Fort Campbell Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located between Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee and is home to the 101st Airborne Division. The fort is named in honor of BG William Bowen Campbell, the last Whig Governor of Tennessee. , Ky.; Fort Stewart, Ga.; Fort Carson, Colo.; Fort Lewis, Wash.; Fort Sill, Okla.; Fort Hood, Texas; and to U.S. Army units in the Republic of Korea and Germany. Additional GDT GDT Global Descriptor Table GDT Geographic Data Technology Inc. GDT Gas Discharge Tube (energy, electrotechinical and electronics) GDT Getting Things Done GDT Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing GDT Ground Data Terminal deliveries are planned for Fort Polk, La.; Fort Drum, N.Y.; and Army National Guard units in Tennessee and Indiana. Delivery of the $3.6 million order for spare equipment is scheduled for February 2003. Cubic's Defense Applications group produces instrumented air and ground combat training systems, battle command training, simulations and simulation support for U. S. and allied military forces. The group also produces high technology avionics, data links and communications products for government and commercial customers, and a wide range of technical and logistics services. Cubic Corporation's other major business segment, Cubic Transportation Systems, designs and manufactures automatic fare collection systems for public mass transit authorities. Visit Cubic on the Web at http://www.cubic.com./ |
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