Engineered Support to Refurbish Military Trailers Returning From Operation Iraqi Freedom

Engineered Support to Refurbish Military Trailers Returning From
Operation Iraqi Freedom 


ST. LOUIS, March 9  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Engineered Support Systems, Inc.
(NASDAQ:EASI) received an additional $7.4 million order under its firm- fixed
price contract with the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM)
at Warren, Michigan to remanufacture M1000 Heavy Equipment Transport (HET)
trailers. The current order involves refurbishment of 32 M1000 HET systems
previously deployed during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Southwest Asia, bringing
the funded value of the contract to $56.2 million for a total of 288 trailers
ordered to date, according to Gerald A. Potthoff, Vice Chairman, CEO and
President of Engineered Support.

The M1000 HET refurbishment contract calls for the company's wholly-owned
subsidiary, Systems & Electronics Inc. (SEI), to remanufacture up to 1,063
M1000 HET trailers to "like new" condition at its West Plains, Missouri
manufacturing facility over the next five years. The contract includes options
for up to 775 additional units over this period. All funded orders to date are
included within the Company's current revenue and earnings forecast for fiscal
2005.

The M1000 HET, designed and manufactured exclusively by SEI, is widely
recognized as the best tank and heavy equipment transporter in the world. With
its high degree of flexibility, it can carry all types of tracked and wheeled
vehicles, containers and large bulk cargo weighing as much as 80 tons on or
off-road. Specifically, the M1000 is engineered to transport the M1 Series main
battle tank over primary and secondary roads or cross-country over rough
unimproved surfaces. Over the past decade, SEI has manufactured more than 2,300
M1000 HET trailers deployed with the U.S. Army worldwide.

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 of Engineered Support Systems, Inc., [phone]



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

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