New Contracts Awarded by MoD

Hunting PLC
17 December 1999


SUCCESS FOR HUNTING DEFENCE

Hunting PLC announces the following news from it Defence Division:

IRVIN AEROSPACE
Irvin Aerospace has been awarded a 5 year contact valued at around £15M by
the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MoD) for the provision of Logistics Support
Services for Airborne Forces Equipment.  The company will be responsible
for the maintenance, repair, re-packing, storage and transportation to and
from service users of all man-carrying and supply dropping parachutes in
use with the United Kingdom's Airborne Forces.

HUNTING ENGINEERING
The UK MoD has awarded Shorts Missile Systems (SMS) a contract worth £200M
for the supply of high velocity Starstreak missiles to the British Army
over a five year period.  Hunting Engineering (HEL) will manufacture the
launch tubes for Starstreak in a contract worth over £7M.

The assembly of the first Hellfire II and Longbow Hellfire missiles has
been completed, under HEL's £300M prime contract from UK MoD for the
supply, procurement and certification of munitions for the Apache attack
helicopter.  The Hellfire missile components and sub-assemblies have been
supplied by Lockheed Martin in Orlando and assembled at Shorts Missile
Systems facility in Belfast.  After testing in the USA. They will be
delivered to the British Army in June 2000, with completion of deliveries
at the end of 2003.

For further information, contact Hunting PLC:
Ken Miller                  Chief Executive              0171 321 0123
Richard Hunting             Chairman