DAYTON, Ohio, Nov. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ball Aerospace
& Technologies Corp. has been awarded four task order contracts
worth more than $17 million to
develop and integrate enhanced operational capabilities for the
U.S. Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS).
Under the task orders, Ball Aerospace will spend 18 months
integrating data streams from enhanced sensors on the Global Hawk
and Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) into the Air Force
DCGS. This work ensures the data from the newest UAV sensors can be
fully exploited to meet critical warfighter needs.
"To improve effectiveness in the field and assist in keeping
military personnel safe, Ball Aerospace is providing new
net-centric situational awareness, radar, moving target indicators,
and spectral capabilities for the intelligence community and the
war fighter," said Dan Gibson, vice
president and general manager of Ball's Systems Engineering
Solutions business unit.
The wins expand Ball's current offerings through the Advanced
Technical Exploitation Program (ATEP) contract for the National Air
and Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in
Dayton, Ohio. ATEP continues
Ball Aerospace's prime contractor role since 1983 in providing
NASIC with Measurement and Signature Intelligence and Advanced
Geospatial Intelligence (MASINT/AGI) solutions to meet requirements
for DOD and the intelligence community.
Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. supports critical
missions of important national agencies such as the Department of
Defense, NASA, NOAA and other U.S. government and commercial
entities. The company develops and manufactures spacecraft,
advanced instruments and sensors, components, data exploitation
systems and RF solutions for strategic, tactical and scientific
applications. For more information visit www.ballaerospace.com.
Ball Corporation (NYSE:BLL) is a supplier of high quality
packaging for beverage, food and household products customers, and
of aerospace and other technologies and services, primarily for the
U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ more
than 14,500 people worldwide and reported 2010 sales of more than
$7.6 billion. For the latest Ball
news and for other company information, please visit
http://www.ball.com.
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risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed or implied. The company undertakes
no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise. Key risks and uncertainties are summarized in filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Exhibit 99.2
in our Form 10-K, which are available on our website and at
www.sec.gov. Factors that might affect our packaging segments
include fluctuation in product demand and preferences; availability
and cost of raw materials; competitive packaging availability,
pricing and substitution; changes in climate and weather; crop
yields; competitive activity; failure to achieve anticipated
productivity improvements or production cost reductions; mandatory
deposit or other restrictive packaging laws; changes in major
customer or supplier contracts or loss of a major customer or
supplier; political instability and sanctions; and changes in
foreign exchange rates or tax rates. Factors that might affect our
aerospace segment include: funding, authorization, availability and
returns of government and commercial contracts; and delays,
extensions and technical uncertainties affecting segment contracts.
Factors that might affect the company as a whole include those
listed plus: accounting changes; changes in senior management; the
recent global recession and its effects on liquidity, credit risk,
asset values and the economy; successful or unsuccessful
acquisitions; regulatory action or laws including tax,
environmental, health and workplace safety, including U.S. FDA and
other actions affecting products filled in our containers, or
chemicals or substances used in raw materials or in the
manufacturing process; governmental investigations; technological
developments and innovations; goodwill impairment; antitrust,
patent and other litigation; strikes; labor cost changes; rates of
return projected and earned on assets of the company's defined
benefit retirement plans; pension changes; uncertainties
surrounding the U.S. government budget and debt limit; reduced cash
flow; interest rates affecting our debt; and changes to unaudited
results due to statutory audits or other effects.
SOURCE Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp.