16th Oct 2014 06:42
LONDON (Alliance News) - Meggitt PLC on Thursday confirmed that one of its subsidiaries has been reaffirmed as the supplier of the next generation virtual small-arms trainer programme for the US Army.
Meggitt originally won the contract in June, a USD99 million five-year Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity Contract from the US Army Program Executive Office for Simulation and Training to provide 1,000-plus new and upgraded systems and simulated weapons for US Army facilities worldwide.
The US General Accounting Office has now rejected a protest made by another bidder for the contract, Meggitt said, meaning its Meggitt Training Systems company has been affirmed as the supplier for the programme.
The first deliveries from the order are due to take place in December 2015.
"One of the US Army's objectives is to leverage technology to optimise the cost of personnel training. We made a significant investment in technology and military training expertise to provide a virtual product that will not only improve the quality of training for soldiers but the efficiency and effectiveness of training instructors," said Meggitt Chief Executive Stephen Young.
"We are immensely proud to have been selected as the provider of the US Army's next generation system of record and look forward to offering our capability to other customers," Young added.
By Sam Unsted; [email protected]; @SamUAtAlliance
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