EASI Engineered Support Systems (MM)

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Engineered Support Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:EASI) has received a $2.4 million order from General Dynamics Land Systems - Canada for power assisted cupolas. Engineered Support's wholly- owned subsidiary Systems & Electronics Inc. (SEI) will produce 55 cupolas for the reconnaissance and fire support variants of the Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT) in their St. Louis and West Plains, Missouri facilities, according to Gerald A. Potthoff, Vice Chairman and CEO. To date, SEI has produced more than 335 cupolas for GDLS-C and the U.S. Army's SBCT. This order procures the equipment for the 5th of a planned 7 SBCTs for the U.S. Army. The second SBCT is currently deployed in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Deliveries are scheduled to begin in April 2006 and be completed by November 2006. Engineered Support Systems, Inc. provides advanced sustainment solutions including the design, manufacture and supply of integrated military electronics, support equipment and technical and logistics services for all branches of America's armed forces and certain foreign militaries, homeland security forces and selected government and intelligence agencies. The company also produces specialized equipment and systems for commercial and industrial applications. For additional information, please visit the Company's website at http://www.engineeredsupport.com/ . DATASOURCE: Engineered Support Systems, Inc. CONTACT: Larry Cox, Communications Mgr of Engineered Support Systems, Inc., +1-314-553-4960, Web site: http://www.engineeredsupport.com/

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