WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia will obtain telemetry kits for the Patriot
anti-aircraft system.The United States has approved a plan to supply support systems and
components for the kingdom's arsenal of Patriot batteries. The plan will
maintain the Patriot systems in procurement by the Saudis that will last
until 2007.The Pentagon has awarded Symetrics Industries a $34.4 million contract
for the procurement of 204 Patriot Missile single and dual-frequency
telemetry kits for the U.S. Army and allied governments. They include
Greece, Japan and Saudi Arabia.Saudi Arabia has 29 percent of the contract awarded to Symetrics, based
in Melbourne, Fla. A Pentagon statement said the production of the kits will
take place in Florida and will be completed in November 2007.
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