LEXINGTON, Mass., April 25 (UPI) -- BAE Systems will provide more thermal weapon sights to the U.S. Army under a $56 million contract that continues production of the widely used system.
The second-generation thermal sights give soldiers a day/night advantage to detect, observe and engage the enemy on the battlefield by providing imagery independent of darkness, smoke and other common battlefield obscurants.
Under the contract, BAE Systems will provide light, medium and heavy variants for use on individual and crew-served weapons.
The new order is the most recent under a five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract administered by the Army's Research and Development Command Acquisition Center. A previous award increased BAE Systems' total thermal weapon sight contract value to more than $1 billion since 2004.
BAE Systems has delivered more than 94,000 sights to meet Army fielding requirements to support operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. BAE Systems provides thermal weapon sights to the United States and several other countries.
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