NIITEK awarded $5.9 million contract

29 November 2012 chemring.co.uk

Dulles, VA – NIITEK®, Inc., a subsidiary of the Chemring Group PLC ("Chemring"), has been awarded a $5.9 million Firm Fixed Price contract from MBDA Italia S.p.A for the supply of the "Mine Buster" Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Systems and logistics support to the CALIFE 3 Italian Army Program for the Italian Ministry of Defense. Deliveries under the contract will be made by October 2013 and will support the Italian Army's Route Clearance Mission.

“NIITEK’s Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) will provide the Italian Army significant capability to mitigate both traditional mine and unconventional IED threats, thereby saving soldiers' and civilians' lives," stated Juan Navarro, NIITEK President. "We are honored to be working with MBDA Italia S.p.A and a key NATO ally on the CALIFE 3 program. This opportunity further validates NIITEK's standing as the premier provider of combat tested, Vehicle Mounted Ground Penetrating Radar Systems.”

Chemring is a market leading manufacturing business supplying high technology electronics and energetic products to over 80 countries around the world. Chemring has a diverse portfolio of products that predominantly protect military people and platforms, providing insurance against a constantly changing threat. These range from countermeasures to protect aircraft, to ground penetrating radar to protect troops and vehicles from improvised explosive devices. NIITEK, a Chemring company since 2008, is the world leader in the design, development and production of Advanced GPR systems. The NIITEK GPR is at the leading edge of mine detection technology with over 250 systems successfully being used by US and Coalition forces in Afghanistan.