FMS Patriot customers to receive technical engineering aid
Fourteen US allies will be supported under the latest contract modification.
CAS Inc is to provide missile defence technical engineering services for 14 FMS customers, under a $24.14 million contract modification from the Lower Tier Project Office (LTPO) in the US Army Program Executive Office Missiles and Space.
Work will be performed in Huntsville, Alabama with an estimated completion date of 28 February 2022, the DoD announced on 25 February.
The FMS customers are: Bahrain, Germany, Greece, Israel, Kuwait, Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and the United Arab Emirates.
LTPO is responsible for centralised management of the Patriot missile defence system, including Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) interceptors and related components, ground support equipment and the Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor.
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