Symetrics Wins $67M Contract for AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser System

Symetrics Wins $67M Contract for AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser System

November 08, 2006

    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:
[e-mail] ; Telephone: [phone]

    Symetrics:  Small business Agility ... Big business
Ability

    For more information, please contact:

     Chris Watt
     Vice-President, 
     Business Development,
     Symetrics Industries, LLC
     Tel:   [phone] x349 
     Fax:   [phone]
     Email: [e-mail]

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