Cubic
to Begin Five-Year Training and Education Contract
for U.S. Army Quartermaster Center and School
Company enters logistics business with potential $30 million
contract
SAN
DIEGO,
Calif., Aug. 22, 2007 – Cubic Corporation (Amex: CUB)
has achieved a strategic goal to win new defense logistics business.
The U.S. Army Quartermaster Center and School at Fort Lee, Virginia,
recently selected Cubic to design and implement training and
education support under a five-year, $30 million contract.
“Our company has aggressively pursued logistics-related
business for the past two years, and the U.S. Army Quartermaster
Center and School contract is our first prime competitive award
captured in head-to-head competition with established logistics
contractors,” said Jim Balentine, president and CEO of
Cubic Applications, Inc. (CAI). “This program will serve
as an important credential as we continue to pursue additional
logistics opportunities.”
Under the new contract, a Cubic defense subsidiary – Cubic
Applications, Inc. (CAI) – will provide field, classroom,
computer and hands-on training to the quartermaster school,
which has an annual enrollment of approximately 26,000 U.S.
and international military personnel. Cubic will provide support
in the following areas:
– Training initial-entry soldiers how to operate U.S.
Army management information systems;
– Providing culinary instruction to Army and U.S. Marine
Corps cooks;
– Teaching Army logistics personnel the safekeeping and
distribution procedures for all types of supplies, including
aerial delivery and air drops;
– Training Army personnel how to store, transport and
distribute fuel and water.
The new contract will significantly increase Cubic’s current
presence at Fort Lee, where the company is currently supporting
logistical simulation development. There is potential for future
growth for Cubic at Fort Lee as a result of the 2005 Base Realignment
and Closure (BRAC) decision to relocate U.S. Army ordnance,
transportation and munitions training facilities there.
Cubic Applications, Inc. is a major component of the Defense
segment of Cubic Corporation. Cubic Corporation is a world provider
of realistic combat training systems, mission support services
and defense electronics. Another Cubic Corporation segment,
Cubic Transportation Systems, designs and manufactures automatic
fare collection systems for public mass transit authorities.
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