United Defense Receives Two Delivery Orders Worth $15.2 Million for Bradley Training Systems

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SANTA CLARA, CA, June 21, 2005 - United Defense Industries, Inc. (NYSE:UDI) has received two delivery orders worth up to $15.2 million from the Program Executive Office, U.S. Army Simulation, Training and Instrumentation. The orders cover Conduct of Fire Trainers (COFT) and Bradley Advanced Training Systems (BATS).

United Defense will upgrade the Army's Bradley A2 and A2 ODS COFT in its Orlando, Fla. facility. The COFT contract, worth $4.8 million, calls for upgrading 66 of the trainers to add Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) digital communications, providing the auxiliary sighting system with an active virtual imagery displays, as well as new image generation capability that will allow the Army's Close Combat Tactical Trainer terrain databases to be used. The upgraded COFT configuration is designed to train or sustain gunnery proficiency so crews are accurate and effective in combat.

In a separate delivery order worth $10.4 million, United Defense contracted to design, develop and retrofit 24 BATS with enhancements and provide 10 new BATS to the Army. The contract provides a new image generation capability that will allow the Army's Close Combat Tactical Trainer terrain databases to be used in the BATS trainer.

The new image generation capabilities in both trainers better align the gunnery trainers with the Army's strategy to use common components to reduce life-cycle costs.

This work follows a $6.5 million contract awarded to United Defense in January 2004 by the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command to provide COFT recapitalization kits to upgrade the training system. In February 2004, United Defense began delivering and installing the kits at Fort Benning, Ga., Ft. Hood, Tx, and Ft. Carson, Co.

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