Contract puts enemy in sight

has received two US Army orders totalling $80m for the production of thermal weapon sights. The orders expedite production to meet army fielding requirements and exercise remaining options under a five-year contract that calls for 29,000 of the day/night, all-weather sights.

The army also awarded BAE Systems funding for advanced technology development that will continue to reduce the size, weight, and cost of future weapon sights.

The company received a $35m contract modification to its Thermal Weapon Sight II (TWS II) contract to accelerate deliveries to meet army requirements driven by ongoing activities around the world.

Separately, it received a $45m order, also under the TWS II effort, to exercise all remaining base and option quantities on the five-year contract, originally awarded in March 2004.

The two awards bring the total value of the TWS II contract to $285m. To date, the company has delivered more than 4,500 of the 29,000 weapon sights. The contract is managed by the army’s Program Executive Office-Soldier at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and administered by the Army Communications-Electronics Command at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.