United Defense Awarded Tech Development Contract to Demonstrate Combat Vehicle Integrated Survivability Applications.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif. -- United Defense Industries, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :UDI (1) (Unified Display Interface) A digital interface from the United Display Interface SIG that is designed to replace the analog VGA interface common on CRTs and flat panel monitors. UDI is expected to provide backward compatibility with DVI and HDMI interfaces. ) has been awarded a $6.2 million contract modification from the U.S. Army's Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC TARDEC Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (US Army) ) for fabrication fabrication (fab´rikā´sh  n),n the construction or making of a restoration. of an Integrated Survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. Advanced Technology Demonstrator. This technical effort is a continuation of a previous Composite Armored Vehicle - Advanced Technology Demonstrator application to Integrated Hybrid Structures contract and is part of TARDEC's ongoing effort to mature advanced vehicle structural approaches and integrate survivability technologies that can be applied to future and current vehicle systems. The award calls for structure concept development and analysis, concept selection, and fabrication and testing of structural test sections to demonstrate producibility and validate performance. The final stage in this technology development effort includes fabricating a full-scale vehicle hull that will be used to integrate and validate the latest advancements in survivability technologies from advanced armors to survivability suites. The work will be performed in Santa Clara through December 2005. About United Defense United Defense designs, develops and produces combat vehicles, artillery, naval guns List of Naval Guns, listed below by country in caliber order. France
n. War materiel, especially weapons and ammunition. Often used in the plural. tr.v. mu·ni·tioned, mu·ni·tion·ing, mu·ni·tions To supply with munitions. used by the U.S. Department of Defense and allies worldwide, and provides non-nuclear ship repair, modernization and conversion to the U.S. Navy and other U.S. Government agencies. To learn more about United Defense, visit http://www.uniteddefense.com. Forward-Looking Statements Information in this release may involve guidance, expectations, beliefs, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future. These forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties. All forward looking statements included in this release are based upon information available to United Defense Industries, Inc., as of the date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward looking statements. The statements in this release are not guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ materially from our current expectations. Numerous factors could cause or contribute to such differences. Please refer to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 K for the year ended December 31, 2003 as well as its Quarterly Report on Form 10 Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2004, and in our other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a further discussion of the factors and risks associated with our business. |
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