Engineered Support Earns Contract for Reset of Army Generators Returned From SW Asia

Engineered Support Earns Contract for Reset of Army Generators
Returned From SW Asia 


ST. LOUIS, May 20  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Engineered Support Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ:EASI) received a contract from the U.S. Army to reset an estimated
4,000 generator sets returned to the U.S. with American forces from deployment
in Southwest Asia, including Iraq and Afghanistan.

The "Time and Material" contract provides an initial funding level of $4
million, with a ceiling of $151 million over the 48-month performance period.

"The contract will be performed by a team of Engineered Support's wholly- owned
subsidiaries, lead by TAMSCO," said Gerald A. Potthoff, Vice Chairman and CEO
of Engineered Support.  "We provide an ideal capability within our organization
-- in the synergy we get from TAMSCO's overall program management experience,
Fermont's extensive generator production knowledge, and ESSIbuy's Web-based
parts and logistics support system.  We can apply this capability to help meet
the Army's immediate need to return critical generator sets to fully
operational condition, prior to the owning unit's next deployment," Potthoff
said.

The military generator sets, primarily those in the 2-kilowatt to 60-kilowatt
range, have been exposed in the area of military operations to large amounts of
fine desert dust and sand, and long periods of extreme heat. The dust and sand
contaminants eventually compromise the generator engine, alternator, fuel tank,
and most electro-mechanical parts.  The prolonged heat exposure renders hard
and brittle most of the rubber components in the generator set.

According to Potthoff, as they return from use in military operations in
Afghanistan and Iraq, the generators will be reset in a Special Test,
Inspection, and Repair (STIR) program.  Engineered Support's TAMSCO subsidiary
will support technical inspections and "Tier 1", or unit-level, repair at
multiple sites in the U.S.  Engineered Support's Fermont subsidiary will
support "Tier 2", or depot-level, repair work at the Fermont facilities.
Engineered Support's ESSIbuy subsidiary will identify, track, and order repair
parts and follow the generators through the repair process using its unique,
automated Web-based parts ordering and logistics system, Potthoff explained.

Engineered Support Systems, Inc. provides advanced sustainment solutions
including the design, manufacture and supply of integrated military
electronics, support equipment and technical and logistics services for all
branches of America's armed forces and certain foreign militaries, homeland
security forces and selected government and intelligence agencies.  The company
also produces specialized equipment and systems for commercial and industrial
applications.  For additional information, please visit the Company's website
at http://www.engineeredsupport.com/ .

Certain statements in this press release are forward looking in nature and,
accordingly, are subject to risks and uncertainties.  The actual results may
differ materially from those described or contemplated. 

DATASOURCE: Engineered Support Systems, Inc.



CONTACT:  Larry Cox, Communications Manager of Engineered Support

Systems, Inc., [phone],  



Web site:  http://www.engineeredsupport.com/ 

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