Cubic Awarded $16 Million to Provide MILES
2000
Training System at Ft. Polk, La.
SAN DIEGO, Calif., April 19, 2005 – The defense segment
of Cubic Corporation (AMEX:CUB) has won a $16 million contract
to provide additional Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement
Systems, or MILES 2000, to U.S. Army troops at Fort Polk,
La. The equipment will support training rotations at the
Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) – the U.S. Army’s
premier training center for light infantry and special operations
units.
Under the contract, Cubic will provide MILES 2000 components
for dismounted and antitank weapon systems. The orders will
supplement 8,000 MILES 2000 systems that have been delivered
to Fort Polk to date.
The Army's Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training
and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) awarded the contract to Cubic
through Tec-Masters, Inc. of Huntsville, Ala.
“The additional order demonstrates our customer's
confidence in the MILES 2000 product and its tremendous training
value to troops at JRTC as they prepare for deployment to
Iraq,” said Ray Barker, senior vice president of Cubic
Defense Applications’ Training Systems Business Unit. “The
award also reinforces Cubic’s position as the leading
provider of laser-based tactical engagement simulation systems.”
Cubic has delivered more than 60,000 MILES 2000 systems
to customers worldwide since 1997. Over the past two years,
the company has received approximately $100 million in orders
for MILES 2000. The company is also supplying a next-generation
MILES Individual Weapon System (IWS) to the U.S. Army as
part of a $113 million five-year contract awarded in December.
MILES 2000 deliveries to JRTC will begin December 2005 and
continue through May 2006. The deliveries include vests and
simulators for weapons including M16A2/M4 rifles, M2 heavy
machine guns, M24 sniper rifles and AT-4 weapons.
The Cubic Defense Applications group, one
of Cubic Corporation’s
two major segments, 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 Web site at www.cubic.com.