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2006 Press Releases
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 17, 2006─ Westar Aerospace
& Defense Group, Inc., will provide test support services to the U.S.
Army Aviation Technical Test Center (ATTC) at Ft. Rucker, Ala., under a
five-year contract valued at more than $21 million.
“Westar’s 20-plus years of experience in flight testing, evaluation and
analysis fully supports the ATTC’s mission to optimize aviation war
fighting capabilities to ensure full spectrum dominance of the
battlefield for the soldier,” said Westar’s Joe Townsend, vice
president, Aviation Technical Services.
The ATTC is the Army’s premier aviation developmental flight test
organization, internationally recognized as a center of excellence in
the test and evaluation of both rotary and fixed-wing aircraft and
associated aviation systems and equipment.
Westar has been the prime contractor for the ATTC’s Test Support
Services, and for its Reliability, Availability and Maintainability
(RAM) Data Services since 1995. Under these contracts Westar helps the
ATTC in planning, conducting, analyzing and reporting on the development
and airworthiness qualifications of aircraft, aviation systems, and
associated equipment throughout their life-cycles.
Under the new five-year contract, Westar will provide the ATTC with
various overlapping, but unique services for effective testing. These
include RAM Data Services, IT Services, Multi-Media Support &
Preparation, and Administrative and Logistic Tasks.
“We are extremely proud of the opportunity to continue our support of
the ATTC,” said Townsend. “It underscores the confidence our customers
have in the outstanding performance of Westar personnel.”
Headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., Westar Aerospace and Defense Group,
Inc. is a systems engineering contractor with more than $200 million in
annual sales and 1100 professionals around the world dedicated to
providing high-value engineering, software solutions, logistics and IT
support services to the U.S. Department of Defense, allied governments
and select commercial customers. Westar is a wholly owned subsidiary of
UK-based QinetiQ (London: QQ.), an international defense and security
technology company with approximately 2,500 employees in the U.S.
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For more information about Westar Aerospace & Defense Group:
www.westar.com
Media
Contact:
Mike Ruggeri
Vice President, Communications
Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc.
636-300-5151
Ruggeri@westar.com