JPEO JTRS Awards Thales Two Delivery Orders Under CISCHR

Almost 40,000 Additional AN/PRC-148 Handheld Radios to be Fielded

(Clarcksburg, Md., October 29, 2007) -- Thales Communications, Inc., announces two awards for its AN/PRC-148 JTRS handheld radio by the Joint Program Executive Office Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) under the Consolidated, Interim, Single-channel, Handheld Radio (CISCHR) contract. These delivery orders will field almost 40,000 AN/PRC-148 JTRS Enhanced MBITRs (JEMs), as well as ancillaries, with an aggregate total contract value exceeding $128 million. The most recent JPEO award was on behalf of the U.S. Army and was the first delivery order for the U.S. Army under the CISCHR contract.

"The AN/PRC-148 JEM provides warfighters with the proven outstanding performance and features of the MBITR they have come to expect, combined with the advanced capabilities and upgrade potential of the JTRS Program," said Walt Hepker, vice president of business development for Thales Communications. "The AN/PRC-148 radio continues to be the standard dismounted Type 1 portable radio for the U.S. Army."

Source : Thales Communications Inc.

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