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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Perimeter Protection/Intrusion Detection<br />
Battelle Wins Major Contract to Build Armored<br />
Trucks for U.S. Special Operations Command Force<br />
COLUMBUS, OH (<strong>July</strong> 19, <strong>2016</strong>)—<br />
Building on the success of a previous<br />
contract to build Non Standard<br />
Commercial Vehicles (NSCVs),<br />
Battelle has been awarded a second<br />
contract worth $170 million.<br />
The U.S. Special Operations Command<br />
(SOCOM) announced the<br />
award <strong>July</strong> 14, naming Battelle as<br />
the contract winner in a competitive<br />
procurement.<br />
Under terms of the contract, Battelle<br />
will build armored and unarmored<br />
vehicles for the next five<br />
years at its manufacturing facility in<br />
West Columbus. The contract also<br />
includes an option for two more<br />
years.<br />
For more than 11 years Battelle<br />
has been designing, building and<br />
delivering commercial-style armored<br />
vehicles. The ground vehicle<br />
team takes existing vehicles, reengineers<br />
them with protective armor<br />
and adds other durability features,<br />
such as stronger suspensions for<br />
operations in rugged terrain and<br />
enhanced alternators to withstand<br />
extreme climates. Battelle vehicles<br />
have previously completed formal<br />
durability testing and system level<br />
armor testing.<br />
“Battelle has a proven track record<br />
of performing sophisticated<br />
systems integration for military and<br />
commercial applications,” said Fred<br />
Byus, vice president of Battelle’s<br />
Mission and Defense Technologies<br />
business. “Under this contract, our<br />
vehicle systems team will execute<br />
on its custom designs and integrate<br />
complex systems to meet mission<br />
requirements—at a competitive<br />
cost.”<br />
Battelle’s armored vehicles retain<br />
the Original Equipment Manufacturer<br />
(OEM) appearance, whether<br />
Hilux, Land Cruiser and Ford<br />
platforms. The vehicles are re-engineered<br />
with crew protection, enhanced<br />
suspension for improved<br />
off-road mobility, and a reinforced<br />
chassis for durability.<br />
Battelle has a long history of helping<br />
U.S. armed forces with<br />
protected vehicles, all the<br />
way back to its work on tank<br />
armor in World War II. More<br />
recent work has included armoring<br />
High Mobility Multipurpose<br />
Wheeled Vehicles<br />
(HMMWVs) and training<br />
34<br />
military personnel and contractors<br />
to install more than 500 protective<br />
armor kits onto existing vehicles.<br />
Every day, the people of Battelle<br />
apply science and technology to<br />
solving what matters most. At major<br />
technology centers and national<br />
laboratories around the world, Battelle<br />
conducts research and development,<br />
designs and manufactures<br />
products, and delivers critical services<br />
for government and commercial<br />
customers. Headquartered in<br />
Columbus, Ohio since its founding<br />
in 1929, Battelle serves the national<br />
security, health and life sciences,<br />
and energy and environmental industries.<br />
For more information, visit<br />
www.battelle.org.
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