Ceradyne to deliver armor inserts to DSCP

COSTA MESA, Calif., Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The Defense Supply Center Philadelphia has contracted Ceradyne Inc. to deliver an order of its Enhanced Small Arms Protective Inserts.

U.S. company Ceradyne, a manufacturer of advanced technical ceramic products for the defense industry among others, was awarded the contract as part of a larger Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity from 2007.

Under the $16.4 million order, Ceradyne will supply its ESAPI technology before January.

"We are very pleased to have received this order and believe we will continue to ship this ESAPI product on time with the high standards of quality required," David Reed, Ceradyne North American Operations president, said in a statement.

"Based on non-binding conversations with the government, we believe that there will be an additional delivery order against the blanket ID/IQ contract this year."