Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that it will support the US Navy's Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) program beyond the 20-year production support contract to the year 2015. CASS is a high performance, standardized test environment that is used onboard aircraft carriers and at other locations to test and maintain Navy aircraft electronics. Agilent's seven-year support commitment extension is expected to generate an estimated $45 M in services revenue between 2009 and 2015.
The US Navy currently has an estimated installed base of 9,195 CASS-related assets that require support. That number is expected to steadily increase by 2015. During the extended support period, Agilent will leverage its hardware and service expertise in support of the CASS parts inventory, repair strategy and automated test equipment (ATE).
"The CASS support extension is a prime example of Agilent's continued focus on the aerospace and defense market," said Bill Highstreet, VP and general manager of EMG's Service Solutions Unit in the Americas. "Agilent's rich history of reliable and robust hardware solutions, coupled with its long and trusted service relationship with the US Navy, made for a straightforward decision to support CASS beyond the original contract period." "Many people depend on CASS systems as a matter of national security," said Rick Danz, the Navy's CASS program manager. "Sustaining these systems is as important to us today as building the original equipment. Agilent's leadership role in supporting the CASS program provides us the assurance we need that all deployed CASS systems will live up to the expectations of its users."
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