MELBOURNE, Fla., Nov. 6 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Symetrics Industries, LLC
was awarded a $67M contract for production of the AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures
Dispenser System (CMDS) for the U.S. Department of Defense. The contracting
agency for the program is Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) at
Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The award covers a five-year ordering period,
including options. If all options are exercised, the total award value will
rise to approximately $130M.
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This marks the fifth straight award to Symetrics from WR-ALC for the
AN/ALE-47 since the company won the production contract in 2001. "We are
very pleased to continue our service to the men and women in the Armed Forces
that benefit from this critical life saving self-protection system," stated
Chris Watt, Symetrics’ Vice President of Business Development. "We are also
proud and grateful to be recognized by the U.S. Government as a trusted and
responsive supplier -- one they can continually rely on for our high quality
products," Watt went on to say.
The AN/ALE-47 CMDS is an Electronic Warfare self-protection system that
provides combat aircrews with enhanced survivability against surface-to-air
and air-to-air missile threats in all environments. It can easily be
integrated with numerous complementary systems, including Missile Warning
Systems (MWS), onboard RF Jamming systems, and Radar Warning Receivers
(RWR). Symetrics has delivered thousands of components to the Department of
Defense, the US State Department, and numerous domestic and international
commercial customers as the U.S. Government’s prime supplier of the system
for the last 5 years.
Symetrics Industries, LLC, an ISO-9001-2000 registered company, has been
designing, manufacturing, testing and delivering low cost electronic
assemblies and sophisticated systems of the highest quality for DoD for over
44 years. Web: http://www.symetrics.com ; email: symetrics@symetrics.com ;
Telephone: 321-254-1500
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