US Army orders further IR weapons sights
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Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Feb 11, 2005
BAE Systems has been awarded a second-year production contract for the Thermal Weapon Sight II by the US Army's Communication and Electronics Command.
BAE Systems has been awarded a second-year production contract for the Thermal Weapon Sight II (TWS II) by the US Army's Communication and Electronics Command (CECOM).
CECOM recently issued a modification to the existing Program Year One (PY-1), multiyear TWS contract, calling for 4028 weapon sights with options for an additional 2500 sights.
This $33 million PY-2 production contract raises the total contract value to $53 million.
"The BAE Systems' TWS team has made great strides successfully bringing hardware into qualification testing just eight months after original award",said Barry Yeadon, BAE Systems' TWS II Programme Manager.
"This PY-2 production award reflects Army and Marine Corps confidence in BAE Systems ability to meet war fighters' requirements".The TWS II is being developed and qualified in partnership with Program Executive Office (PEO) Soldier at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, to provide the Army infantry and US Marine Corps with the ability to detect and engage targets day or night, in all weather and battlefield obscurant conditions.
The TWS II enables individual and crew-served weapon gunners to see deep into the battlefield, increasing their surveillance and target acquisition range.
The TWS II weapons sights will be produced at BAE Systems' infra-red imaging systems facility in Lexington, Massachusetts.
BAE Systems' TWS family of sights, produced under this contract, complement current and future infantry armament - from light, to medium and heavy weapons.
The light-weapon thermal sight weighs less than 900g and mounts primarily to M4 carbines and M16 rifles.
The medium- and heavy-weapon thermal sights weigh less than 1.4 and 1.8kg, respectively.
The latter provide airborne, air assault, Ranger and mechanised infantry forces with long-range target detection to engage their crew-served armaments.
All three TWS variants use state-of-the-art MicroI microbolometer sensor-engine technology, produced in volume by BAE Systems.
Similar MicroI technology is also being used in cameras serving homeland security customers in public safety, industrial and security sectors.
The base five-year contract is worth $111 million and could be valued at more than $250 million, if all options are exercised.
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