Ceradyne Receives $8.4 M Body Armor Delivery Order

(Costa Mesa, Calif., July 28, 2008) -- Ceradyne, Inc. (NASDAQ:CRDN) announced the receipt of an $8.4 million delivery order from the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. The order is for modular supplemental armor protection as part of the family of Ballistic Plates for Body Armor Load Carriage Systems (BALCS) to be shipped beginning in August 2008 to February 2009.

David P. Reed, Ceradyne President North American Operations, commented: "This delivery order is our sixth BALCS delivery order issued by SOCOM against the maximum value $400 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract announced in January 2008. We are pleased to receive this order and believe we will meet all SOCOM delivery and quality requirements."

Source : Ceradyne Inc.

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