Loral awarded $276.5 million contract to integrate electronic sensors on U.S. Army vehicles and helicopters for the digital battlefield of the future.

OWEGO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 6, 1996--Loral Federal Systems-Owego, a division of Loral Corporation (NYSE:LOR), has been awarded a $276.5 million U.S. Army contract to integrate electronic warfare equipment on helicopters and vehicles, giving battlefield commanders new tools that will be important in fighting the digital war of the future.

The five-year contract positions Loral as an important electronic warfare and intelligence systems integrator for the Army, which has undertaken a major Defense Department initiative to send its land combat elements into the field with intelligence-gathering sensors and subsystems.

Once integrated and deployed universally, these sensors will provide tactical commanders with tools to electronically map the entire battlefield and to identify, locate and determine the intentions of enemy forces.

The program, known as the Intelligence and Electronic Warfare Common Sensor system, or IEWCS, is an indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity production and integration program that will enable the Army to strengthen its intelligence assets by placing common sensors on common platforms. It is being managed by U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command (C4IEW), Project Manager Signals Warfare, Warrenton, Va.

As prime contractor, Loral will initially manufacture, procure and integrate sensor subsystems on the High Mobility Multi-purpose Wheeled Vehicle, or HMMWV, used by the Army's light divisions and on the Army's EH-60L Blackhawk helicopters.

Later on, Loral will integrate additional platforms, including the XM5 Electronic Fighting Vehicle (EFVS) and the U.S. Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle (LAV), with similar electronic sensors.

Loral's major subcontractors on IEWCS include Sanders, Nashua, N.H., which has experience with the AN/MSR-3 and and other RF systems; Condor Systems, Inc., San Jose, Calif., which will supply Electronic Intelligence Systems (ELINT); Statistica Inc., Orlando, Fla., which will supply training devices and courseware; and Southwest Research Inc., San Antonio, Texas, which has expertise in RF systems and antennas.

Loral Federal Systems-Owego provides solutions in systems integration, program management, hardware and software development, manufacturing and logistics support for a variety of government, commercial and international customers.

Loral Corporation, headquartered in New York, is a high- technology company that primarily concentrates in defense electronics, communications, space and systems integration.

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