Huntsville, AL., June 15, 2008 – Chandler/May has been selected to support the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane as part of the winning team for the Expeditionary Warfare Systems Division and Platform & Launch Systems Division contract, titled “Support Services for Aviation, Air and Missile Defense Systems, Missile Systems, Force Protection and Association Platforms”. This 5-year contract has a total estimated value of up to $49.9 million over the period of performance. 

The majority of the work is to be performed in Huntsville, Ala., with other efforts expected in Crane, Ind., and Texarkana, Texas. Prime contractor Kratos selected Chandler/May; a Huntsville based small business, for its Military Systems integration and manufacturing experience as well as its ten year record of proven excellence in engineering, logistic and sustainment efforts in support of Air and Missile Defense systems such as the HAWK and Chaparral.

Chandler/May was awarded this contract as a part of Kratos/Madison Research Team. The Kratos team was chosen along with CAS, Inc. to compete for task orders under this cost-plus-fixed fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The work will include engineering, logistics, research and development, and program support for a variety of customer programs and projects to include air and missile defense systems, missile systems, command and control systems, and sensor systems. This contract will provide support services to the Department of Defense; and the governments of Egypt, United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Turkey under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) Program.

About Chandler/May

Chandler/May is a System Integration and Tactical Product Development company that has delivered hundreds of C2 shelters, computing systems, and I/O solutions to the Defense and Aerospace Markets. These military systems designed and built by Chandler/May include the development and production of tactical ground control shelters, custom C2 systems on air defense control platforms, portable ground control stations, submarine tactical equipment test stations, UAV flight and payload computers, aircraft glass inspection systems, and field-rugged system simulators and trainers.

About Kratos/MRC Corporation

Kratos/MRC is a full-service engineering services and information technology company located in Huntsville, AL. Their current staff of over 500 employees is located in Huntsville, at four satellite offices, and on-site at 29 Government facilities nationwide. MRC applies its core competencies of Product Solutions, Software/IT Solutions, Systems Acquisition, Space Programs, and Advanced Telecommunications to meet the diverse needs of a growing customer base of Government agencies and leading commercial companies.