KBR Selected to Construct Europe’s First Land-Based Missile Defense System Facilities in Romania
KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced that it has been awarded a $134 million
contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District to
construct the facilities necessary to support Europe’s first land-based
ballistic missile defense system at Romania’s Deveselu Air Base.
The Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System, located on a 269-acre site,
will make a substantial contribution to provide protection for NATO
European territories, including Romania. This will be the world’s first
operational Aegis Ashore installation, which is a land-based variant of
the Navy’s shipboard Aegis Air and Ballistic Missile Defense System.
Under this contract, KBR will re-locate a four-story radar deckhouse
structure from the East Coast of the United States to Romania. In
Romania, KBR will build all of the various facilities and infrastructure
required to support the Aegis Ashore weapon system including roads,
support buildings, communications, security and utilities.
“This award demonstrates KBR’s strong technical and project management
capabilities, as well as our proven history of performing large,
technically challenging projects around the world,” said Andy Summers,
Group President, KBR Infrastructure, Government and Power. “KBR is
honored to have been selected to provide support of vital services to
the U.S. Department of Defense and we look forward to the successful and
safe completion of this project.”
KBR is a global engineering, construction and services company
supporting the energy, hydrocarbon, power, industrial, civil
infrastructure, minerals, government services and commercial markets.
For more information, visit www.kbr.com.
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