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ADS to procure US Army's Gen III extended cold weather clothing system
06 Jan '07
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ADS Inc announced that the company has been awarded a $220 million contract to manage and procure the U.S. Army's new Generation III Extended Cold Weather Clothing System (ECWCS).
As the lead integrator, ADS will capitalize on its unparalleled product expertise and cutting edge distribution operations to lead a team of over ten U.S. technical garment manufacturers and technical textile companies to produce and supply the versatile 7-layer, 12-component system for fielding next winter to Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“ADS is extremely proud to have been selected as the integrator fulfilling the Army's cold weather clothing requirements,” said ADS, Inc.'s CEO Luke Hillier. “Our company has worked closely with the Army and the best garment manufacturers and textile mills in the United States to create this technologically advanced clothing system. The Generation III ECWCS program will ensure our soldiers are the best equipped warfighters in the world and this program will change the way the fight can be brought to the enemy.”
This third generation of the Extended Cold Weather Clothing System is a radical re-design of the cold weather clothing system for the U.S. Army. With the goal of enhancing soldier survivability through the development of technologically advanced environmental protective clothing, the Army's Project Manager CIE sought significant feedback from industry and Soldiers to develop this fully integrated cold weather layering system.
The U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division field tested 18,000 of the Generation III ECWCS systems in Afghanistan last fall and gave the system a very strong review. LTC Christopher Cavoli of the 10th Mountain Division said, “During Operation Mountain Lion I found myself praying for bad weather, the first time in my military career I was actually begging for a cold front to come through."
"I knew my soldiers could handle it and the enemy couldn't. ECWCS allowed my men to outlast the enemy on their own terrain. When the enemy was forced out of the mountains due to the bitter cold to take shelter, that's when we got them.”
As the lead integrator, ADS will capitalize on its unparalleled product expertise and cutting edge distribution operations to lead a team of over ten U.S. technical garment manufacturers and technical textile companies to produce and supply the versatile 7-layer, 12-component system for fielding next winter to Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“ADS is extremely proud to have been selected as the integrator fulfilling the Army's cold weather clothing requirements,” said ADS, Inc.'s CEO Luke Hillier. “Our company has worked closely with the Army and the best garment manufacturers and textile mills in the United States to create this technologically advanced clothing system. The Generation III ECWCS program will ensure our soldiers are the best equipped warfighters in the world and this program will change the way the fight can be brought to the enemy.”
This third generation of the Extended Cold Weather Clothing System is a radical re-design of the cold weather clothing system for the U.S. Army. With the goal of enhancing soldier survivability through the development of technologically advanced environmental protective clothing, the Army's Project Manager CIE sought significant feedback from industry and Soldiers to develop this fully integrated cold weather layering system.
The U.S. Army's 10th Mountain Division field tested 18,000 of the Generation III ECWCS systems in Afghanistan last fall and gave the system a very strong review. LTC Christopher Cavoli of the 10th Mountain Division said, “During Operation Mountain Lion I found myself praying for bad weather, the first time in my military career I was actually begging for a cold front to come through."
"I knew my soldiers could handle it and the enemy couldn't. ECWCS allowed my men to outlast the enemy on their own terrain. When the enemy was forced out of the mountains due to the bitter cold to take shelter, that's when we got them.”
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