Engineered Support Receives $7.2 Million Order for U.S. Army's Knight Precision Targeting System

Engineered Support Receives $7.2 Million Order for U.S. Army's
Knight Precision Targeting System 


ST. LOUIS, July 26  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Engineered Support Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ:EASI) received a $7.2 million order for the Knight Precision Targeting
System from the U.S. Army's Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) in
Warren, Michigan.  Engineered Support's wholly-owned subsidiary Systems &
Electronics Inc. (SEI) will produce 31 Fire Support Sensor System (FS3)
equipped Mission Equipment Packages (MEPs) and miscellaneous spares at its St.
Louis and West Plains, MO facilities.  Deliveries are scheduled to occur
between November 2006 and July 2007.

This Knight production award, which involves HMMVW-mounted MEPs, is provided
from Fiscal Year 2005 military supplemental funding and supports the Army's
continued transformation to modular brigades and its ability to prosecute the
Global War on Terror.  To date, SEI has produced more than 160 Knight targeting
systems for the U.S. Army and Army National Guard.  Knights are currently
deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq as part of Operation Enduring Freedom and
Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to Engineered Support Vice Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, Gerald A. Potthoff.

"The commitment by the DoD of supplemental spending for this order demonstrates
the priority our military places on the advanced technology in fire support
solutions that Engineered Support, through SEI, provides to our nation's
deployed warfighters," Potthoff said.

About Knight

The Knight MEP is a precision targeting system consisting of a laser
designator/rangefinder, thermal imager, digital command and control, blended
inertial/Global Positioning System navigation and targeting, and a self defense
weapon.  Its mission is to provide precision far target location and laser
target designation for both artillery and air-delivered general purpose and
precision-guided munitions.

The FS3 is a high performance sensor system consisting of a thermal imager/day
camera and rangefinder produced by Raytheon.  In addition, FS3 has the ability
to mount a laser designation module for use with laser guided munitions.

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/ . 

DATASOURCE: Engineered Support Systems, Inc.



CONTACT: Larry Cox, Communications Mgr of Engineered Support Systems,

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