Litton Awarded Contract For Special Operations Night Vision Sights.

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 1998--Litton's Electro-Optical Systems Division (LEOSD) received a multi-year, Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract from the U.S. Navy's Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) - Crane Division to design, develop and produce a maximum quantity of 5,300 Mini-Night Vision Sights for the U.S. Special Operations Command SOPMOD Kit program.

The contract also calls for associated equipment and data requirements with first order delivery scheduled for March 1999. The total potential value of the contract to Litton is approximately $24 million.

Under the NSWC contract, LEOSD will produce a very small, high-performance Image Intensified Night Vision Weapon Sight specifically tailored for the M4A1 Carbine, with dual use as a head/helmet mounted monocular goggle. The new night vision weapon sight is for use by U.S. Special Operations Command forces and employs Omnibus V GEN III Image Intensified tubes.

"This contract is significant to Litton and the U.S. military because the Mini-Night Vision Sight program will serve as a platform to implement new technologies that will be incorporated into future high-performance versions of night vision weapon sights and goggles," said Harry Halamandaris, Litton senior vice president and group executive of the Electronic Warfare Group. LEOSD is a division of the Litton Electronic Warfare Group.

LEOSD, with headquarters in Garland, TX, is the world's leading manufacturer of Image Intensified night vision tubes and systems. Products designed and produced by LEOSD range from tubes through goggles, weapon sights, and driver's viewers for armored vehicle periscopes.

Litton is a leader in worldwide technology markets for advanced electronics, defense and information systems, and is a major designer and builder of surface combatant ships for the U.S. Navy and allied nations.