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Ceradyne Receives $8.8 Million Order for Ceramic Body Armor

Apr 5 2006

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Ceradyne has received a sole-source contract from the United States Special Operations Command not to exceed $8.8 million for next-generation ceramic body armor components.

These new components, developed by Ceradyne's research and development team to meet the Special Operations' unusual and compelling urgency, are scheduled to be shipped in the second and third quarters of 2006.

Joel Moskowitz, Ceradyne chief executive officer, stated that this order represents the first of what may be a new series of lightweight ceramic armor components to be used initially by the Special Operations Command and that he is proud of the level of effort and results that had been obtained by Ceradyne's in-house ballistic development team. He anticipates that these new components may become standard issue and, if that becomes the case, the next series of orders might be placed on an open and competitive basis. Moskowitz added that Ceradyne will be competing for future orders for this new-generation armor.

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