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Visit marks five-year working relationship between U.S. Marine Corps, Plasan

Sasa, Israel (September 24, 2009) – Plasan, a global leader in survivability and combat-proven armor solutions for vehicles, airborne platforms and personal protection, welcomed Brigadier General Michael M. Brogan, Commander, Marine Corps Systems Command, to its world headquarters.

Mr. Dan Ziv, President and CEO of Plasan, said: “Plasan is proud of our long relationship with the USMC, and we are pleased to update General Brogan on our progress delivering M-ATV armor kits to Oshkosh in order to support the American warfighters. Plasan’s designers and engineers are combat veterans, using our hands-on experience to deliver survivability solutions.”

General Brogan said: "I appreciate the opportunity to visit Plasan and on behalf of the servicemen who will be protected by the M-ATV, thank you for all that you are doing. We have a long, excellent relationship with the Plasan/Oshkosh team and we look forward to the success of this program."

Since 2004, Plasan has partnered with fellow defense contractors to deliver armor and survivability solutions to the U.S. Marine Corps. This includes delivery of crew cab and cargo armor for the USMC Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) Standard Cargo vehicles. Furthermore, the Marine Armor System (MAS) is 100 percent manufactured by Plasan.

Plasan North America, headquartered in Bennington, Vermont, is currently assembling armor kits for MRAP All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATVs) that will transport and protect warfighters serving in Afghanistan. Last July, Gen. Brogan announced that Oshkosh Corporation, with Plasan as its subcontractor, had been awarded a nearly $1.1 billion contract for 2,244 M-ATVs. The Army and Marine Corps subsequently increased that order to 5,244 vehicles. Upon announcing the award, Gen. Brogan noted to the news media that the Oshkosh-Plasan collaboration was the “clear winner” in the “hard-fought” competition.

“The Oshkosh vehicle proved to be the most survivable platform,” Gen. Brogan told the news media in July. “It also, in all of the mobility sub-criteria, was either the best or equal to every other offering. At the end of the day, Oshkosh was superior in technical, it was superior in the production and it was the number two in cost, so it was clearly the winning vehicle.”

Gen. Brogan added that the source-selection advisory committee unanimously recommended Oshkosh to the source-selection authority. The authority's decision was then evaluated by a peer review team led by senior DOD contracting officials who deemed the decision “one of the best source selections they had ever seen,” according to Brogan.

General Brogan’s visit marks the second high-level visit to Plasan in recent months. Last month, Plasan North America welcomed Senator Patrick Leahy to its Bennington, Vermont facility to highlight its continued success in delivering armor kits for the U.S. Army’s MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV).

Speaking to the Plasan North America employees on August 19, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said “this is a patriotic mission for all of you. This is going to save our sons and daughters, our friends, our family overseas. You are going to save American lives. How many people can go to work each day and say, ‘I’m doing something that’s going to save my fellow Americans’.”

Plasan North America is assembling armor kits for M-ATVs that will transport and protect the Vermont National Guard during its upcoming deployment to Afghanistan, the largest such deployment by the Vermont National Guard since World War II.

About Plasan
Plasan provides customized survivability solutions for tactical wheeled vehicles, aircraft, naval platforms, civilian armored vehicles and personal protection. A recognized global leader and industry veteran, Plasan’s survivability solutions offer the optimal combination of protection, payload, and cost by combining in-house R&D, design, prototyping and manufacturing capabilities.

Plasan combines innovative survivability engineering and design with advanced armor materials development. Its unique development process is based on continuous interaction between the R&D and the Design & Prototyping departments. During this process, Plasan combines computer-generated analysis and simulations with real-time calibration and ballistic test data. The effective combination of test and simulation data enables improved simulation accuracy and performance, resulting in the optimal survivability solution.

Plasan’s engineers are unique in terms of their military backgrounds and hands-on experience. As veterans of the Israel Defense Forces they are familiar with soldiers' behavior during combat and share a common language with the end user. This often contributes to the development of life saving solutions.

Plasan's success is a combination of innovation, a high level of commitment and a full range of in-house capabilities. As a preferred supplier to the Israel Defense Forces and an approved supplier to ministries of defense around the world, Plasan’s solutions have been tried and tested by dozens of armed forces in the most demanding battlefields such as Lebanon, Iraq and Afghanistan.

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