NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2009--
L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) announced today that its MPRI division has
been awarded a $162.7 million cost plus fixed fee follow-on
contract to support the U.S. Army Central Command’s Kuwait
Observer-Controller Team program. Under this award, MPRI will be a
subcontractor to Raytheon to provide training for U.S. and Coalition
forces at the Udari Range in Kuwait. The initial contract period is for
seven months, effective September 2009, and includes two option years
that would extend it to April 2012.
“This program will enhance the skills and preparedness of our soldiers
and contribute to their operational success,” said Jim Jackson, senior
vice president and general manager of MPRI’s International Group. “We
are honored to continue to support the U.S. Army's training needs in
Kuwait.”
Currently, the MPRI team provides comprehensive 24 hour, 7 day range
support, using U.S. Army doctrine to train U.S. Army, Navy, Marine and
Air Force units in ground battlefield operations. MPRI has been
providing training services in Kuwait since 1999, including
force-on-force training at the company/team level and battalion task
force exercises and training for the associated brigade level staff for
the U.S. Army.
Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, MPRI provides comprehensive and
integrated programs that address training, education, leader
development, organizational design and implementation, simulations,
democracy transition and emergency management across a broad spectrum of
functional areas. Its customers include the Department of Defense,
Department of Justice, Department of State and selected international
government agencies.
Headquartered in New York City, L-3 Communications employs over 66,000
people worldwide and is a prime contractor in aircraft modernization and
maintenance, C3ISR (Command, Control, Communications,
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) systems and government
services. L-3 is also a leading provider of high technology products,
subsystems and systems. The company reported 2008 sales of $14.9 billion.
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