Sanmina, Lockheed Seek $3.5B Army Intercom Program Print E-mail
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Written by Mike Buetow   
Thursday, 10 July 2008 07:36
HUNTSVILLE, AL – Fresh off the sale of two PC manufacturing plants, Sanmina-SCI is going forward with its stated goals to land more military and defense contracts. The EMS firm is reportedly working with Lockheed Martin in a bid for a $3.5 billion contract to build the Army's next-generation intercom system.
 
Sanmina-SCI reportedly already provides various communications systems to the Army for helicopters. The company employs 1,000 workers in Huntsville.
 
The deal would cover some 54,000 Army vehicles worldwide, according to a report in The Huntsville Times
 
An Army announcement on the program is expected shortly.

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