BAE to Provide Bar-Armor Kits for 545 US Army Vehicles

(Mnanssas, Virginia, May 6, 2008) -- BAE Systems will deliver 545 lightweight bar-armor kits to the U.S. Army for installation on ground vehicles. The company received a $23.7 million contract from the Army's Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command to equip 371 RG-31 vehicles and 174 mine-protected Joint Explosive Ordnance Disposal Rapid Response Vehicles with its L-ROD(tm) aluminum armor, used widely on Army Buffalo ordnance disposal vehicles.

"The L-ROD system is a low-cost and lightweight solution that protects vehicles from rocket-propelled grenade attacks," said Dr. Jim Galambos, advanced technologies business development director for BAE Systems. "L-ROD is easily adaptable to just about any type of vehicle."

Source : BAE Systems

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