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U.S. ARMY EXTENDING $150 MILLION SICPS
CONTRACT
ORANGEBURG, NY – Military
contractors DHS Technologies LLC and Northrop Grumman Corporation have been
awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to provide nearly 350 high mobility
tactical operations centers that can be rapidly deployed for command, control
and communications on the battlefield.
The
contract, worth approximately $35 million, is an extension of the Army’s $150
million Standardized Integrated Command
Post Systems (SICPS) Family of Trailer Mounted Support Systems (TMSS)
contract that was initially awarded to the companies in 2008. Under the
agreement, Northrop Grumman and DHS Technologies’ subsidiary DHS Systems LLC
have already provided more than 1,300 command post suites of shelters and
trailers, complete with climate control and power for lighting, computers and
other equipment, for use by Army combat brigades from across the country.
Each
SICPS/TMSS suite is comprised of one of DHS Systems’ Deployable Rapid Assembly
Shelters (DRASH) and accompanying utility support trailers. The suites are
completed with a command post platform produced by Northrop Grumman.
As
part of the Army’s recent request for additional SICPS/TMSS systems, DHS and
Northrop Grumman will be providing 349 SICPS/TMSS Medium command posts. The
systems, which have been designed to tow behind Heavy HMMWV vehicles, provide
442 square feet of usable space, include a 5-ton environmental control unit and
allow for the use of up to 18kW of power.
Expected
to be delivered from July 2010 to August 2011, the systems will be fielded to
units through Redstone Arsenal in Alabama.
DHS
Technologies has provided military forces from around the world with quick
erect/strike DRASH shelters and trailers for more than 25 years. Currently,
more than 17,000 DRASH shelters are in use with U.S. Military and NATO forces
across the globe.
Northrop
Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose 120,000
employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in aerospace,
electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical services to
government and commercial customers worldwide
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About
DHS Systems LLC
DHS
Systems LLC manufactures, sells and services the Deployable Rapid Assembly
Shelter, or DRASH, a mobile, quick-erect shelter system that integrates
shelter, mobility, lighting, heating, cooling and power in one package. DHS
Systems also offers a full line of emergency medical products and accessories
through its Reeves EMS brand, including fully stocked emergency medical
facilities, command and control shelters, decontamination systems, patient
movement equipment and gear bags.
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