HAWTHORNE, Calif., Aug. 13 (UPI) -- ITT Corp. has contracted OSI Systems Inc. to supply electronic sub-assemblies in support of a U.S. Defense Department deal.
California-based OSI Systems was awarded an approximately $10 million follow-on contract for the continued supply of its electronic sub-assemblies technologies. Company officials say their Optoelectronics and Manufacturing division will perform the work on the ITT deal.
The electronic sub-assemblies will go to support the Department of Defense's mine resistant ambush protected vehicle program. The MRAPs are an effort to provide soldiers additional protection from shrapnel and other ballistics threats associated with improvised explosive devices in the Iraq and Afghanistan combat zones.
