FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                          4 August 2015

Meggitt PLC

Contract win

Meggitt awarded £10.2 million UK Ministry of Defence contract

Meggitt PLC ("Meggitt" or "the Group"), a leading international company specialising in high performance components and sub-systems for the aerospace, defence and energy markets, has been awarded £10.2 million in contracts from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to upgrade British Army small arms training systems known as Dismounted Close Combat Trainers (DCCTs).  

The upgrade supports next-generation virtual military training systems and Meggitt's growing inventory of simulated weapons.  

The three contracts upgrade existing trainers with flexible system architecture, enable portability and add new fire control system simulation training to complement next generation live-fire equipment. 

Two contracts include Forward Air Controller (FAC) and Indirect Fire training upgrades.  

The simulation elements and enhanced software applications are being designed and produced by Meggitt Training Systems in Suwanee, Georgia, USA.

Meggitt Target Systems (formerly Meggitt Defence Systems) in Ashford, UK, will provide logistics support. 

Meggitt Training Systems' Vice President of Virtual Systems, Larry Raines commented: "Meggitt is committed to a continued, long-term partnership with the UK MoD, one of our most important virtual training system customers.  As combat training requirements change and the consolidation of resources and manpower grow in importance, the UK MoD's investment in our system validates its cost-effectiveness and flexibility."

Meggitt Training Systems' small arms trainer has been the UK MoD's primary small arms training system since 2003, delivering the first small arms trainers to the British Army in 1992.  Similar systems are in service with US forces, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and various countries throughout Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

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ENDS

For further information please contact:

Meggitt PLC
Richard Cashin, Investor Relations                                     Tel: 01202 597597

Fiona Greig, Corporate Communications

Buchanan Communications
Charles Ryland, Richard Oldworth and Helen Chan              Tel: 0207 466 5000

Editor's notes

About Meggitt Training Systems

Meggitt Training Systems, makers of FATS® and Caswell technologies, a division of Meggitt PLC, is the leading supplier of integrated live fire and virtual weapons training systems, unmanned land and sea vehicles, aerial targets and electronic scoring systems.  Over 13,000 Meggitt live fire ranges and 5,100 virtual systems are fielded internationally, providing judgmental, situational awareness and marksmanship training to the armed forces, law enforcement and security organisations.

Meggitt Training Systems employs more than 400 people at its headquarters in Atlanta and at facilities in Orlando, Canada, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, UAE, Australia and Singapore.  It can deploy service personnel anywhere in the world for instructor training, system installation and maintenance.

About Meggitt Target Systems

Meggitt Target Systems (MTAS), a division of Meggitt PLC, is a global provider of unmanned air, land and surface vehicle targets for live-fire training and weapon system test and evaluation.  MTAS designs and develops threat-representative targets and special mission platforms at manufacturing facilities in Ashford, UK and Alberta, Canada.  Meggitt Defence Systems in Ashford and Meggitt Training Systems in Alberta combined in 2015 to form Meggitt Target Systems.  Together, MTAS has manufactured over 10,000 targets, and is in service in more than 40 countries, including 15 NATO customers. 


About Meggitt PLC

Headquartered in the United Kingdom, Meggitt PLC is an international group operating in North America, Europe and Asia.  Known for its specialised extreme environment engineering, Meggitt is a world leader in aerospace, defence and energy. Meggitt employs nearly 11,000 people at over 40 manufacturing facilities and regional offices worldwide.

www.meggitt.com