Military wins for Smiths

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Smiths Detection’s military unit has been awarded a contract to build Chemical Biological Protective Shelters for the US Department of Defense.

military unit has been awarded a contract to build Chemical Biological Protective Shelters, Model 3 (CBPS-M3) for the US Department of Defense.

CBPS-M3 is a highly mobile, self contained collective protection system that provides a contamination free, environmentally controlled working area for medical, combat services, and combat service support personnel to work freely without continuously wearing chemical-biological protective clothing.

An initial contract has been received from US Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command Rock Island, valued at more than $10 million, that includes delivery of 21 systems, along with an initial test program.

Over the five-year contract period, the program has a contract ceiling of $333 million.

Separately, SMITHS Aerospace has been selected by Raytheon to provide more than 400 North Finding Modules for the US Marine Corp (USMC) Light Armoured Vehicle (LAV-25). The contract is valued at $9 million.

The North Finding Modules (NFM) are being supplied as part of Raytheon’s Improved Thermal Sighting System (ITSS) on the USMC LAV-25 life extension and for its related M1A1 Firepower Enhancement Program (FEP).

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