Chester Township, PA-- Alloy Surfaces Company, Inc. of Chester Township, Pennsylvania, a Chemring Group PLC ("Chemring") subsidiary, announces a $22.2 Million award from the US Navy as part of the first production of a three year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract for the MJU-66 infrared decoy for US Navy and US Air Force. The MJU-66 Special Material Decoy is the latest advanced IR Countermeasure that will protect C-130’s from infrared missile threats. The MJU-66 dramatically increases aircraft protection levels against the most advanced IR missiles (Air/Air and Surfaces/Air). All work will be performed at Alloy Surfaces’ facility in Chester Township, Pa. The Chemring Countermeasures USA Division is comprised of Alloy Surfaces Co., Inc. and Kilgore Flares Company, LLC of Toone TN.
Alloy Surfaces President, Joseph Verbitski, stated, “We are extremely pleased with the confidence and trust the US Navy and Air Force continue to express in our Special Material Decoys (SMD).” Our Special Material Decoys are used to protect air crews and aircraft against Man Portable Air Defense Systems all around the world.
Chemring is a market-leading manufacturer supplying high-technology electronics and energetic products to over sixty countries around the world. Chemring has a diverse portfolio of products that predominantly protect military people and platforms, providing insurance against a constantly changing threat. These range from countermeasures to protect aircraft, to ground penetrating radar that protect troops and vehicles from improvised explosive devices. For more information about Chemring, please go to:
www.chemring.co.uk.
Alloy Surfaces is an industry leader in the design, development, and production of Covert Multi-Spectral Special Material Decoys. Alloy Surfaces’ decoys have unique properties of day and night covertness and are on the leading edge of IR countermeasure technology. Alloy Surfaces’ decoys are currently being used to protect a wide variety of United States and allied (NATO) military aircraft.
If you need more information on this release or Special Material Decoys please contact:
John Fleitz
VP Sales and Marketing
+1 484 467 3791