Symetrics Wins $67M Contract for AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser System
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MELBOURNE, Fla., Nov. 6 // -- 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.
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: www.symetrics.com/ email: symetrics@symetrics.com; Telephone: 321-254-1500
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Contacts: Chris Watt
Vice-President, Business Development
Symetrics Industries, LLC
321-254-1500 ext. 349 / 321-259-4122 (fax)
email: cwatt@symetrics.com
Web site: www.symetrics.com/
