GOV/MIL Ceradyne gets $2.37 billion body armor contract

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mikester

Inactive
This seems like an awful lot of body armor. I wonder where they are planning on using it. Although I see that instead of the 1.2 million plates covered in this contract you could buy nearly 8 million plates with the same money at Bulletproofme.com.

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Ceradyne gets $2.37 billion body armor contract
Associated Press 10.06.08, 7:31 AM ET

COSTA MESA, Calif. -

Ceradyne Inc., which makes ceramics for military armor, said Monday it received a five-year, $2.37 billion contract for its personal ceramic armor plates from the U.S. Army.

The contract provides for a minimum of 500 plates per year to a maximum of 240,000 plates per year.

Ceradyne (nasdaq: CRDN - news - people ) also received the first delivery order for its First-Article Testing plates for $943,000.

Ceradyne records only the part of the contract which has firm delivery orders issued against the total contract as backlog.
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Cabal

Cabal

Pissed off Patriot
Plates can only take a hand full of impacts before they are no longer safe to use.
 
J

Jumpy Frog

Browncoat sympathizer
Good plates start at $400 bucks a piece. The Blackhawk plates I sell go upwards of $600-$700. Remember you need 2 front and back, and you can also get side plates. Add on a brain bucket for $250-$400.............your seeing some real dollars laid out.

So $300 for soft armor
Say $1200 for front and back plates
plus $400 for side plates
and $300 for a helmet
........$2200 for damn near 40 pounds of defensive gear.
 
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