Cubic wins opportunity to bid on $800 million
in NAVAIR support contracts
SAN DIEGO, Calif. – April 5, 2005 --
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded the
defense segment
of Cubic Corporation (AMEX:CUB) an opportunity to bid for
up to $800 million in contracts over the next five years
under the Fielded Training Systems Support II (FTSS II) program.
Cubic is one of 11 companies chosen to compete under the
new FTSS II ceiling-priced, indefinite delivery/indefinite
quantity (ID/IQ) multiple contract award. Starting in April
2005, the companies are eligible to supply a full range of
support services to the Navy and Marine Corps at training
sites around the world. The support can include Contractor
Operation and Maintenance Services, Contract Instruction
Services, Training Device Relocations, Training Device/Equipment
Modifications, Instructional Systems Development, Training
Systems Management, and In-Service Engineering Office and
other support, including U.S.-approved Foreign Military Sales.
Cubic’s Worldwide Technical Services Division, a unit
of the Mission Support Business Unit, is an incumbent on
the current FTSS I contract, which was awarded in 2000. That
contract has brought Cubic more than $100 million in revenues
over its five-year life. Under FTSS I, Cubic has provided
flight instructors, flight simulator instructors and operations & maintenance
(O&M) services for motion simulators and UAVs at Navy
and Marine Corps installations on the Eastern Seaboard, including
Naval Air Station Oceana, Va.; NAS Norfolk, Va; NAS Jacksonville,
Fla.; NAS Mayport, Fla.; NAS North Island, San Diego, Calif.;
Marine Corps Air Facility Quantico, Va.; Marine Corps Air
Station Cherry Point, N.C.; MCAS New River, N.C.; MCAS Beaufort,
S.C.; and Naval Outlying Field Choctaw, Fla.. The instructors
and O&M workers support training activities for Navy
and Marine Corp personnel who fly fighter, anti-submarine
warfare and reconnaissance aircraft; as well as helicopters
and unmanned aerial vehicles.
“This was an extremely important contract for my division
to win, so we can work toward retaining our Navy business
base, and also have the chance to bid for new locations,” said
Dick Koon, vice president and general manager of the Worldwide
Technical Services Division.
The Worldwide Technical Services Division is part of the
Cubic Defense Applications group, one of Cubic's two major
segments. Cubic Defense Applications, is a world leader in
realistic combat training systems, mission support services
and defense electronics. The corporation's other major segment,
Cubic Transportation Systems, designs and manufactures automatic
fare collection systems for public mass transit authorities.
For more information about Cubic, see the company's website
at www.cubic.com.