VSE Corp's Systems Engineering Division was awarded a $41,030,714 firm-fixed-price contract under the Tanker Ballistic Protection System (TBPS) Program for the application of a Fuel Tank Self-Sealing System and necessary Add-on Armor Panel Kits for the M978 and M1062 Fuel Dispensing Tankers. The contract makes definite the initial $12.8 million letter contract announced in April 2005. Work on the new contract will be performed primarily in Kuwait and Iraq and is expected to be completed in January 2007. The contracting activity is the United States Army Tank — Automotive and Armaments Command, based in Warren MI.
VSE's Systems Engineering Division is under the direction of Tom Dacus, senior vice-president and director of VSE's Federal Group.