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March 20, 10:20 EST ROCK ISLAND, Ill. -- Officials at the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM) recently chose experts at Lau Defense Systems in Littleton, Mass., a Curtiss-Wright Flight Systems division to provide electronic controls and subsystems for the A2 version of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle.
The work is part of a five-year, requirements' agreement to supply systems for power management and gun turret control functions, Curtiss-Wright officials say. Lau Defense Systems has manufactured power management, turret stabilization, and transmission control products for the Bradley Fighting Vehicle for more than 18 years, company officials say
The work will be performed at the company's Littleton, Mass., facility.
Lau Defense Systems focuses on the design and manufacture of defense hardware components, security system sensors and applications of facial recognition products for the U.S. Department of Defense. The company makes fire controls, flight controls, and several line replaceable units and subsystems for many ground, air, ship, and submarine combat systems, company officials say.
For more information on Lau Defense Systems contact Phil Hamilton by phone at 978-952-2024, by fax at 978-952-2001, by mail at 30 Porter Road, Littleton, Mass. 01460, or on the World Wide Web at http://www.curtisswright.com.
Military & Aerospace Electronics
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