Government Security News July 2016 Digital Edition
Government Security News, founded in 2001 shortly after 9/11, is a news and feature publication covering Homeland Security and Defense. It is read by government executives in federal, state, county, municipal agencies as well as technology vendors and service personnel in Law Enforcement, Airport and Aviation Security, Border Security and Immigration, Maritime and Port Security, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Counter-Terrorism, IT and Cybersecurity and all other branches of Government and the Military. In addition to its daily, weekly and monthly publications and newsletters, Government Security News also operates two awards programs that are well-respected in the U.S. and Internationally.
Government Security News, founded in 2001 shortly after 9/11, is a news and feature publication covering Homeland Security and Defense. It is read by government executives in federal, state, county, municipal agencies as well as technology vendors and service personnel in Law Enforcement, Airport and Aviation Security, Border Security and Immigration, Maritime and Port Security, Disaster Preparedness and Response, Counter-Terrorism, IT and Cybersecurity and all other branches of Government and the Military. In addition to its daily, weekly and monthly publications and newsletters, Government Security News also operates two awards programs that are well-respected in the U.S. and Internationally.
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Chemring Countermeasures USA’s Kilgore<br />
Flares awarded $24.9 million US Army and<br />
Air Force contract for M206,<br />
MJU-7A/B and MJU-10/B Flares<br />
TOONE, TN – June 8,<strong>2016</strong>, Kilgore<br />
Flares Company, LLC (KFL)<br />
of Toone, Tennessee, a Chemring<br />
Group PLC (“Chemring”) subsidiary,<br />
announces a contract award<br />
by the US Army Contracting Command<br />
at Rock Island Arsenal. The<br />
$24.9M award includes the manufacture<br />
and delivery of M206,<br />
MJU-7A/B and MJU-10/B infrared<br />
decoy flares. These flares are a key<br />
component of aircraft survivability<br />
systems that protect helicopters,<br />
fighters and transport aircraft<br />
against infrared guided missile<br />
threats known as Man Portable<br />
Air Defense systems. All work<br />
will be performed at Kilgore’s<br />
facility in Toone, Tennessee.<br />
KFL is a business unit within<br />
Chemring Countermeasures<br />
USA (CCM USA), which also includes<br />
Alloy Surfaces Company,<br />
Inc., located in Chester Township,<br />
18<br />
PA.<br />
K i l g o r e<br />
Flares’ President Tank<br />
Williams stated, “We are pleased<br />
with our long standing partnership<br />
with the warfighter and the continued<br />
confidence in our products by<br />
the Department of Defense, the Single<br />
Manager for Conventional Ammunition<br />
and PEO Ammunition.<br />
Our workforce takes great pride<br />
knowing the products we make will<br />
save the lives of our citizens and international<br />
partners that serve in<br />
harm’s way.”<br />
About Kilgore Flares<br />
Kilgore Flares, LLC and Alloy Surfaces,<br />
Inc. (CCM USA) are industry
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