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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