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ITT Wins Billion Dollar Deal To Modernize Military Pad Facilities
White Plains - Nov. 14, 2000 ITT Industries, Inc. has been awarded a contract to modernize the U.S. Air Force Spacelift Range System (SLRS). The SLRS contract will provide the Department of Defense, NASA and commercial customers a highly reliable, integrated system to support space missions including spacecraft launch, ballistic missile and aeronautical testing. The initial award is for $81.2 million with total contract value expected to be $1.3 billion over the 10-year contract period. Under the contract, ITT Industries' Systems Division will provide for modernization and maintenance of the Eastern Range at Cape Canaveral Air Station in Florida and the Western Range at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Work will include systems engineering, instrumentation modernization design and development, configuration and data management, software maintenance and depot level maintenance. The contract also includes support for the Multiple Object Tracking Radar at the Eastern and Western Ranges, White Sands Missile Range, N.M., and at locations in the United Kingdom. "ITT Industries has more than 40 years experience managing the Western Range at Vandenberg Air Force Base. This win further strengthens us in this market and establishes ITT as a major systems engineering and integration contractor, " said Jim Cameron, President & General Manager, ITT Industries, Systems Division. "Our integrated team, including the Boeing Company and L-3 Communications, brings world class spacelift range sustainment, modernization, and operations expertise to this program." Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links ITT Industries SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Military Space News at SpaceWar.com
Space Group To Activate New Unit
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Jan 6, 2006Air Force Reserve Command's 310th Space Group will travel deeper into the space program when it activates a new unit Jan. 7. Headquarters Reserve National Security Space Institute will be a Reserve associate unit to the National Security Space Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo. The institute is the Department of Defense's focal point for providing education about space power in joint warfighting. |
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