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Press Release
For Release: IMMEDIATE
Media Contact:
Gayle Manculich
Phone: (412) 967-7477
Email:
gayle.manculich@l-3com.com
BRASHEAR LP AWARDED
$8.1 Million for LSEOS Mk IV PRODUCTION
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, June 26, 2002:
Brashear LP has been
awarded $8.1 million contract to build an additional
35 Lightweight Shipboard Electro Optics Systems (LSEOS)
Mk IV On-Gun Electro-Optics directors for the U.S.
Navy Mk-15 Phalanx Close-In-Weapon-System (CIWS)
upgrade found on most US and many international
warships. The Raytheon Company of Tucson, AZ made the
award. The Phalanx CIWS is a rapid-fire,
computer-controlled radar and 20-mm gun system that
automatically acquires, tracks and destroys enemy
threats that have penetrated all other ship defense
systems. The LSEOS Mk IV manufactured by Brashear LP
is the tracking pedestal for the Raytheon Mk-15
Phalanx CIWS upgrade that adds a Forward Looking
Infrared (FLIR) sensor to the Phalanx CIWS. The FLIR
integrates passive thermal tracking capability into
Phalanx software, significantly increasing the gun
systems performance against small boats, surface craft
and anti-ship missile (ASM) threats. This is the 4th
award Brashear LP has received for the Phalanx
Block-1B Upgrade program. There is a high probability
that over the next five years Brashear LP will build
as many as 300 systems for the Upgrade.
"We are proud to be a
member of the Phalanx team," says Dawn Rucker,
Brashear LP's Chief Operating Officer, "and to provide
the protection absolutely necessary to defend against
threats to our Navy."
The LSEOS Mk IV offers
superior close-in fire control performance in a small,
reliable, lightweight, easy to maintain system. The
Brashear LP LSEOS combines high precision
electro-optical performance with proven marine
ruggedness and reliability. It was designed and proven
to withstand continuous gun shock in a full naval
environment. Its high performance isolation and
decoupling system allows tracking with heavy gun shock
and the lightweight pedestal minimizes impact on the
gun servo performance. The LSEOS Mk IV is available as
part of a fully integrated fire control system or as a
component for OEM applications.
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Recognized for world-class optics technology,
L-3 Brashear designs and produces complex electro-optical and
electro-mechanical systems and instrumentation for the
commercial and defense markets. The company delivers
proven, accurate, and reliable products from concept
through design, manufacture, test and life cycle
support. These systems are based on core skills in
precision motion systems, advanced design, analysis
and fabrication technology.
L-3 Brashear has six
distinct and complementary capabilities leveraged in
national defense, scientific research, and strategic
intelligence gathering. These product areas are:
Telescope Systems, Optical Components, Stabilized
Tracking Systems, Test Range Instrumentation, Small
Arms Fire Control Systems and Laser Beam Directors.
Headquartered in Pittsburgh PA, L-3 Brashear employs
over 160 scientists, engineers, opticians and support
staff.
Brashear is proud to be
a team member of many current U. S. defense programs.
Some of these programs are:
- U. S. Navy Phalanx
Block 1B upgrade. As mentioned earlier, The LSEOS
Mk-IV is part of the Blk-1B surface mode upgrade
program for the Raytheon MK-15 CIWS.
- U. S. Army Small
Arms Fire Control Systems. Brashear is responsible
for the development and manufacture of the fire
control system - considered to be the heart of the
weapon system for the Objective Individual Combat
Weapon (OICW), the next generation military rifle
system. Brashear is also developing and producing a
precision, full-ballistic fire control system -
SAFCS II - that will be used on the MK-19 (40mm)
grenade gun for Picatinny Arsenal.
- U. S. A. F. Airborne
Laser Program. As a subcontractor to Lockheed
Martin, Brashear is designing and producing the
high-precision optics for the beam director. They
also polished the aircraft's 1.7-m diameter
conformal window.
- U. S. Army Tactical
High Energy Laser (THEL). Brashear supplied the
optical system the world's first laser-based defense
system which is capable of destroying rockets in
flight. For more information about L-3 Brashear, visit www.L-3Com.com
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