Press Release (2005)054 27 April 2005

Signature of the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) contract On Thursday, 28th April, 2005, a contract will be signed between the NATO C3 Agency and the Transatlantic Industrial Proposed Solution (TIPS) consortium, taking forward the Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) project. This contract, valued at over 20 million euros, will address a number of key issues leading to the design and development phase of the AGS programme (valued at around 4 billion euros). At the centre of this programme is a development of a new, cutting-edge radar that will be a joint effort by six countries and ultimately integrated onto manned aircraft and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). In the presence of the Deputy Secretary General of NATO, Ambassador Minuto Rizzo, the contract will be signed by Mr. Alan Doshier, Senior Vice President Northop Grumman Integrated Systems, on behalf of TIPS and by Mr. Dag Wilhelmsen, NC3A General Manager, on behalf of NATO. Mr. Tom Enders, who is currently Executive Vice President of EADS and CIO of Defence and Security Systems, will also act as a witness. The Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, General Harald Kujat, Mr. Marshall Billingslea, Assistant Secretary General for Defence Investment and the National Armaments Directors will attend the ceremony. Media Advisory 0900 Journalists wishing to cover the ceremony assemble outside the Press Office 0915 Signing Ceremony in Room 1

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