CONTRACT AWARD

RNS Number : 1967A

Chemring Group PLC

05 October 2009

 



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                             5 OCTOBER 2009

CHEMRING GROUP PLC

 KILGORE FLARES AWARDED MULTI-YEAR FLARE CONTRACT

Chemring Group PLC ('Chemring') is pleased to announce that its US subsidiary, Kilgore Flares Company LLC ('Kilgore'), based in Toone, Tennessee, has been awarded an IDIQ (indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity) contract for the supply of M206, MJU-7A/B, and MJU-10/B infra-red (IR) decoy flares to the US Department of Defense. The flares are used by the US Army and US Air Force to protect both fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft from the threat of IR guided missiles. The contract extends over a five year period, and has a maximum potential value of $804 million. A first delivery order at a value of $42 million, for delivery in 2010 and the first quarter of 2011, has already been placed on Kilgore.

Dr David Price, Chief Executive of Chemring, commented 'This contract is the largest ever IDIQ award received by Chemring from the US Department of Defense and underpins our countermeasures business at Kilgore over the next five years.'  

Chemring is an international leader in defensive countermeasures and energetic materials. The countermeasures division comprises Alloy Surfaces Company, Inc. and Kilgore Flares Company LLC in the US, and Chemring Countermeasures Limited in the UK.

For further information:

Dr David Price                               Chief Executive, Chemring Group PLC                                  01489 881880

Paul Rayner                                    Finance Director, Chemring Group PLC                                01489 881880

Rupert Pitman                                 Cardew Group                                                                     0207 930 0777

 

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