Cubic Is Part
of Winning Team for AFRICAP Services Contract
KINGSTOWNE, Virginia – January 19, 2010 - Cubic Applications,
Inc., the mission support services subsidiary of Cubic
Corporation (NYSE: CUB), will provide military training
and strategic advisor services as a member of the AECOM
Corporation team for the Africa Peacekeeping Program (AFRICAP).
AECOM is one of four companies to win the five-year AFRICAP
contract, which has a maximum value of $375 million per
company.
AFRICAP
is the primary support services contract used by the U.S.
Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs. The indefinite
delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) program establishes
an ordering mechanism for selected contractors to provide
military training, strategic advisory services, equipment
procurement, logistical support services and construction
services consistent with U.S. Department of State peacekeeping
policies for developing countries in Africa.
Under
the contract, AECOM will work under the oversight of the
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of African Affairs, Office
of Regional and Security Affairs and the U.S. Sudan Special
Envoy, and in close coordination with the department’s
organizational elements. Cubic Applications, Inc.’s Defense
Modernization Division in Kingstowne, Virginia, is the
lead for this new program.
With
this latest contract win, Cubic Applications, Inc. holds
three separate contracts related to U.S. efforts to enhance
regional security in Africa. In 2009, the subsidiary’s
San Diego-based Information Operations Division received
a $30 million contract to provide joint training and exercise
support to the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM).
Under another contract with AFRICOM, Cubic Applications
provides media analysis support to the Combined Joint
Task Force - Horn of Africa.
Cubic
Applications, Inc. is part of the Mission Support Services
business of Cubic Corporation. Cubic Corporation is the
parent company of three major business segments: Defense
Systems, Mission Support Services and Transportation Systems.
Cubic Defense Systems is a leading provider of realistic
combat training systems and defense electronics. Mission
Support Services is a leading provider of training, operations,
maintenance, technical and other support services. Cubic
Transportation Systems is the world’s leading provider
of automated fare collection systems and services for
public transit authorities. For more information about
Cubic, see the company's Web site at www.cubic.com.