EDO announces receipt of $1.4 million Command and Control contract from another NATO nation.COLLEGE POINT, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 1996--EDO Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :EDO Edo: see Tokyo, Japan. ) announced today that it has received a contract valued at approximately $1.4 million from another NATO NATO: see North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO in full North Atlantic Treaty Organization International military alliance created to defend western Europe against a possible Soviet invasion. nation for Data Handling and Display Systems for the NATO Air Defense Ground Environment (NADGE NADGE NATO Air Defense Ground Environment ) COTS-configured Ship-Shore-Ship Buffer (SSSB SSSB Small Solar-System Body (International Astronomical Union Resolution 5A) SSSB Society for the Study of Social Biology SSSB Ship Shore Ship Buffer SSSB Super Smash Brothers Brawl (game) ) Command, Control and Communications (C3) System Program. The contract is the second in a series of the NATO-wide NADGE command center upgrades for selected NATO countries. The SSSB's Data Handling and Display Systems will provide C3 capabilities to NADGE's command centers with state-of-the-art software systems, commercial workstations, and communications systems. The SSSB's Data Handling and Display Systems will be manufactured by EDO Defense and Space Systems Division's Combat Systems business unit, based in Chesapeake, Virginia Chesapeake is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads region of eastern Virginia in the United States. One of the Seven Cities of Hampton Roads, Chesapeake was formed in 1963 by a political consolidation of the City of South Norfolk with the former Norfolk County, . Deliveries are scheduled to be completed in early 1998. Frank A. Fariello, President and Chief Executive Officer of EDO Corporation stated: "This NATO contract, the second for our Combat Systems business unit, underscores our strong commitment to the growth of our international command-and-control team. We look forward to adding these capabilities to the other NATO countries and we will continue to aggressively pursue additional NATO business opportunities and apply the full breadth of our advanced technology to building business in this new and exciting market." EDO is principally a supplier of proprietary advanced electro-optical, electronic, mechanical, acoustic and composite products to major prime defense contractors and commercial original equipment manufactures. EDO also serves the domestic and international defense markets as a prime contractor for military systems. NOTE: Press releases and other EDO information are available on the EDO Corporation World Wide Web site: http://www.edocorp.com. CONTACT: Kehoe, White, Savage & Company, Inc., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Van Negris, 212/888-1616 |
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