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Thu, 02/24/2011 - 13:15
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EMIRAJE Systems wins US$550 million contract for UAE army's ECCS

Abu Dhabi, Feb 24, 2011 (WAM) - EMIRAJE Systems LLC has been awarded by the GHQ of the UAE Armed Forces the contract for the United Arab Emirates Command and Control System (ECCS), for a value of US$550 million for the first phase.
ECCS is a major Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Program, which will federate, integrate, coordinate and maximise the combined efficiency of the UAE Armed Forces assets.
As prime contractor of ECCS, EMIRAJE Systems LLC carries out in Abu Dhabi all system design and system integration activities, as well as the development of critical components. EMIRAJE also drives the solid industrial organisation it has built, based on worldwide defence suppliers and subcontractors from Spain, France, UK, Canada, UAE and Switzerland.
EMIRAJE Systems opens a long term partnership between the two groups EAI/C4AS and CASSIDIAN, and specifically aims at building an efficient and lasting advanced industrial capability within the UAE, offering recognised experience and expertise in the field of Large Systems Integration (LSI) and of Defence and Governmental C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) systems.
EMIRAJE builds this UAE industrial capability through : extensive transfer of expertise, knowledge and technology, foremost from its strategic partner CASSIDIAN but also from its key subcontractors world-wide ; a strong Emiratisation policy, attracting and building on the finest UAE talents, from software engineering to program management, through all the competencies required for large systems development and integration.
A UAE company, backed by a strong European technological partner, EMIRAJE Systems has all the assets to deliver to the UAE Armed Forces the strategic ECCS Program, which is a key asset for the protection of the United Arab Emirates.
"EMIRAJE Systems has the experience and expertise to deliver such a sophisticated system, based on modern warfare concepts and battle-proven information technology", states Staff Brigadier Pilot Faris Khalaf Al Mazrouei, Head of the ECCS Project Committee.
"We are proud to protect the future security of the UAE citizens, not only through the ECCS Program, but beyond that through establishing a solid and recognised Defence integrator company in the UAE." - Emirates News Agency, WAM

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