BAE Receives $43.5 M for MRAP Vehicles

(York, Pennsylvania, August 26, 2008) -- BAE Systems has received a $43.5 million order from the U.S. Marine Corps for 40 RG33 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles: 36 Special Operations Command (SOCOM) variants, two RG33 MRAP Category II 6x6s, and two Category II Heavy Armored Ground Ambulances (HAGA). The maximum contract value could total $60 million once contract negotiations are complete.

The Company will work with Letterkenny Army Depot (LEAD) to deliver the vehicles. Vehicle hull production will occur at BAE Systems' York, Pennsylvania, facility while final assembly, integration, and test will occur at the depot in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in January 2009 and run through May.

"The cooperative partnership allows BAE Systems and LEAD to draw upon the strengths of both organizations to produce the highly survivable MRAP vehicles in the most efficient manner," said Matt Riddle, vice president for Wheeled Vehicle Programs at BAE Systems. "Through our combined efforts we are able to get the vehicles into the hands of those whose lives depend on them."

Source : BAE Systems

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