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VSE-WESTAR TEAM TO TRAIN NEW IRAQI AIR FORCE PILOTS
WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 31, 2008─ The team of VSE Corporation
of Arlington, Va., and Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ North America, has been awarded a
three-year, $62 million CECOM Rapid Response Task Order from the
U.S. Army Security Assistance Management Organization. The Task
Order is in direct support of the Coalition Air Force Transition
Team’s mission to establish a Flight Training School in support the
new Iraqi Air Force.
VSE is the CECOM (Communications Electronic Command) task leader.
Westar is the primary subcontractor and will serve as the team’s
lead performer, training selected members of the Iraqi Armed Forces
on both fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft.
“The VSE-Westar Team possesses the knowledge, experience and
leadership necessary for the successful execution of this task. Our
personnel have been in Iraq and Afghanistan, have commanded aviation
units, and are experienced aviators of military aircraft,” said
Westar Executive Vice President & COO Randall Tieszen, a retired
Master Aviator and Army Aviation Brigadier General.
The VSE-Westar Team will be led by Westar Flight Commander Guy
Rogers, a retired Army Colonel with more than 30 years of aviation
management and training experience.
Fixed-wing training will include classroom academic instruction and
flight simulator training, as well as potential undergraduate-level
flight training in Cessna aircraft.
Rotary-wing training will include classroom academic instruction,
flight simulator training, and flight training in Jet Ranger, Huey
II and Mi-17 (Russian) helicopters.
The goal of the program, which began Nov. 9, 2007, is to train to
U.S. Army/U.S. Air Force standards, 50 students per year in
rotary-wing and 50 students per year in fixed-wing aircraft.
About VSE:
VSE Corporation (Nasdaq:VSEC) provides diversified services to the
engineering, energy and environment, defense, and homeland security
markets from locations across the United States and around the
world.
About Westar:
Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc. is a leading defense
contractor with more than 1300 professionals around the world
delivering high-value engineering, software solutions, logistics
information management, flight training, and IT technical support
services to the U.S. Department of Defense, allied governments and
select commercial customers. Westar is a member of the QinetiQ North
America family of companies, which has more than 5,500 engineers,
scientists and professionals working in partnership with customers
to develop innovative technology solutions to meet the challenges of
national defense, homeland security and information access. QinetiQ
North America is part of QinetiQ Group plc, (QQ.LSE) one of the
world’s leading defense and security technology companies.
For more information on VSE Corporation:
www.vsecorp.com
For more information on Westar:
www.westar.com
Media Contacts:
Mike Ruggeri
VP, Communications
Westar Aerospace & Defense Group, Inc.
636-300-5151
Ruggeri@Westar.com
Craig Weber
Chief Administrative Officer
Corporate & Investor Information
VSE Corporation
703-329-4263