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GICHNER NEWS
May 31, 2005
GICHNER SHELTER SYSTEMS AWARDED
$2.5 MILLION DELIVERY ORDER FOR MOBILE FACILITY SHELTERS
Dallastown, Pennsylvania – May 31, 2005 - Gichner
Shelter Systems, a division of Gichner Systems Group LLC,
and a world leader in the design, development and production
of tactical and logistic shelters and shelter systems announced
today that it has been awarded a delivery order to provide
67 additional shelters to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft
Division. This delivery order, valued at $2,524,563.03 calls
for the delivery of 17 Mobile Facility Type A, 23 Mobile
Facility Type B, 17 Side Opening Mobile Facility Type A,
5 Side Opening Mobile Facility Type B, and 5 Mobile Facility
Integration Units. Delivery will begin in November 2005
and will be complete by early 2006.
This Delivery Order is one of 13 that have been awarded
under a 5-year requirements type contract originally awarded
to Gichner in June 2000. This Delivery Order will increase
the total number of shelters ordered on the contract to
more than 300 at a total value of $17.3 million, and comes
within the last two months of the contract. Gichner Shelter
Systems has produced more than 8000 of these shelters under
numerous contracts with the US Navy and various prime contractors.
A new Navy solicitation for these shelters should be released
in the next few months.
Scott Sarine, Vice President of Sales and Marketing said,
“This order represents another important step in the
realization of our new orders goals for 2005, allows us
to maintain the production line for one of our core products,
and strengthens our position as the leader in the manufacture
of 20 foot ISO tactical shelters”
About Gichner Shelter Systems
Gichner Shelter Systems designs, manufactures and integrates
tactical and logistic shelters and related products for
military and commercial applications. Its shelters, assembled
from lightweight bonded panels fabricated using both foam
and beam and honeycomb core construction are used worldwide.
Gichner's core products include all of the US military Standard
Family of Tactical Shelters as well as numerous custom designed
shelters and derivatives.
In addition to its extensive line of standard shelters,
Gichner provides turn-key systems that are “rack ready”
for the installation of its customers electronic systems.
Gichner offers more than 35 years of engineering expertise
in the application of proven solutions and the development
of custom solutions to systems mobility and environmental
protection of electronic systems. Its customer list includes
virtually every major prime contractor as well as all of
the major military buying commands. Gichner products are
sold and serviced worldwide.
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