SYLMAR, Calif., July 20 (UPI) -- PPG Aerospace has been contracted by BAE Systems, Inc. for specialty transparencies to protect to gunners on U.S. Marine Corps tactical vehicles.
The contract for Marine Corps Transparent Armor Gun Shields is worth $1.2 million, the company said Monday.
"As a previous supplier to BAE Systems, PPG Aerospace is pleased to have this additional opportunity to demonstrate its manufacturing excellence for transparent armor," said Duke Montague, PPG Aerospace segment manager, transparent armor and specialty products. "We value the confidence BAE Systems has shown in us and our product."
BAE Systems provides MCTAGS kits for Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement units, High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles and Logistics Vehicle Systems under contract with the Marine Corps.
MCTAGS kits further enhance survivability for Marines by providing a gunner's protection system that enables direct vision, situational awareness and target acquisition while providing enhanced protection from small arms fire and fragments from improvised explosive devices.
Production of the units has begun at PPG's aerospace transparencies and specialty products facility in California. Deliveries are being made to BAE Systems' U.S. Combat Systems plant in Louisville, Ky.
