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Article: United Kingdom: BAE Systems Awarded $8.7 Million Contract for T-11 Parachutes.
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- November 4, 2009
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Byline: kusumv03
In the not so distant future, when paratroopers deploy their parachutes, the canopy that ll unfurl overhead may well be one of the new T-11 Personnel Parachute Systems manufactured by BAE Systems.
BAE Systems Security & Survivability business received the contract in connection with a $220 million program the US Army established to phase out existing T-10 parachutes, replacing them with new T-11 Personnel Parachute Systems. BAE Systems is one of three companies which qualified for and received an initial contract to produce the T-11 parachutes. The five year contract allows for future orders, which will be awarded based on performance.
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