06 Oct 2008
Chester Township, PA - Alloy Surfaces Company,
Inc. (ASC) of Chester Township, Pennsylvania, announces the award
of both a $13.1 million basic order and option for an additional
$9.8 million, United States Navy contract to supply MJU-64/B
Special Material Decoys (SMD) for United States Air Force (USAF)
aircraft. The USAF will start receiving these decoys in the first
quarter of 2009.
Dr. John LaFemina, President, ASC, "We are very pleased to
receive this follow-on contract to Navy procurements of the same
MJU-64/B. Further, the USAF selection of the ASC MJU-64/B is a
positive endorsement and recognition of the effectiveness of our
decoys to protect United States troops who are in harm's way."
A subsidiary of Chemring Group PLC, UK, ASC is the world's only
manufacturer of Special Material Decoys. ASC decoys are on the
leading edge of IR countermeasure technology and are currently
being used to protect a wide variety of United States and allied
military aircraft.
CONTACT: For more information on the contract
signing or IR Countermeasures please contact Michael Shoemaker, VP
Sales and Marketing, and 610-859-3680.