DEW Engineering and Development awarded $29.4 Million Contract Award for Canadian M113 Long Term Support Contract.OTTAWA, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- DEW Engineering and Development ULC of Ottawa, Ontario is pleased to announce the award of a $29.4 Million contract by the Department of National Defence for the Long Term Engineering and Support Services to the M113 Fleet. This contract covers a period of four years with two one-year option periods. The scope of work provides Technical Engineering and Maintenance Services (TEMS TEMS Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites TEMS Tactical Emergency Medical Support TEMS Toyota Electronic Modulated Suspension TEMS Tactical Emergency Medical Services (EMS) TEMS Total Electronic Migration System ), Integrated Logistics Support A composite of all the support considerations necessary to assure the effective and economical support of a system for its life cycle. It is an integral part of all other aspects of system acquisition and operation. Also called ILS. (ILS ILS In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Israeli Shekel. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ), Repair and Overhaul (R&O) services and support spares, as well as Battle Damage Repair Essential repair, which may be improvised, carried out rapidly in a battle environment in order to return damaged or disabled equipment to temporary service. Also called BDR. , on an as-required-basis for the M113 Family of Vehicles (FOV). "This is the corner stone of our strategic plan to work with OEMs to provide long term support for military fleets in Canada in support of Canada First Defence Strategy and policy" says DEW President, Timothy Dear. BAE Systems Land & Armaments, the M113 vehicle OEM, and DEW have a teaming agreement that designates DEW as the exclusive representative to sell M113 FOV products and services for Canada. Both companies have been working on the M113 Life Extension Program since 1996 through the Definition Contract (1996 to 2001) and Production Support Contract (2000-2009). As part of the Production Contract, a total of 274 vehicles have been upgraded from the M113A2 version to the M113A3 FOV and MTV FOV in nine different variants. A number of these vehicles are presently deployed in Afghanistan. "BAE Systems is pleased to help DEW Engineering provide long term support for Canada's M113s and MTVL fleet, and to help meet Canada's security requirements, said Joe McCarthy, vice president and general manager, Heavy Brigade Combat Team (HBCT) Systems for BAE Systems. "The M113A3 and MTVL are proven systems in a wide variety of threat environments." DEW was established in 1978 to provide a vehicle systems engineering and manufacturing capability for DND and other government agencies. Today DEW is a growth oriented company employing more than 400 people in Ottawa, Ontario and Miramichi, New-Brunswick. In addition to providing platform ugrade/re-role services and vehicle or shelter militarization mil·i·ta·rize tr.v. mil·i·ta·rized, mil·i·ta·riz·ing, mil·i·ta·riz·es 1. To equip or train for war. 2. To imbue with militarism. 3. To adopt for use by or in the military. , DEW is respected globally for providing innovative armour designs and solutions for vehicle OEMs. /NOTE TO PHOTO EDITORS: A photo accompanying this release is available at http://photos.newswire.ca/. Images are free to accredited members of the media/ CONTACT: Guy Carrier, Director Support Programs & M113LE Program Manager, telephone (613) 736- 5100 Ext 218 or visit our website at http://www.dewengineering.com/ |
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