EMS Technologies Inc. announced that its Defense and Space Systems division has been awarded a contract by an undisclosed US prime contractor to build electronics for a US Department of Defense satellite program. The contract award calls for EMS to build an undisclosed quantity of units that will find a home in national security space applications. The contract provides for engineering necessary to address parts obsolescence and manufacturing process issues and to ‘build-to-print’ the units previously manufactured by EMS Technologies for similar programs. The 24-month contract was valued at approximately $9 M. Additional quantities, valued at approximately $4 M, are expected to be ordered later this year.
“Our commitment to our nation’s war fighters is of utmost importance,” said Jay Grove, senior vice president and general manager of EMS Technologies’ Defense and Space Systems division. “We are pleased to be selected for this effort. We are poised to meet our customer’s demanding delivery and specification objectives, but more importantly to provide critical satellite subsystems during a time of increasing reliance on national security space systems.”
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