Meggitt wins marksmanship training deal with US Marine Corps

Aerospace, defence and energy engineer Meggitt has won a $31.7m contract with the US Marine Corps (USMC) for indoor simulated marksmanship training systems.

The five-year deal covers the design, development, installation and support for some 670 systems and weapon simulators at USMC facilities at home and abroad.

Meggitt chief executive Stephen Young said: "Following our $99 million small arms trainer award for the US Army announced in 2014, this second major contract reinforces our product's system-of-record status.”

The FTSE 100 group’s relationship with USMC started 26 years back when the latter used its small arms training expertise.

Young added: “I am delighted to see Meggitt continuing to succeed with low-risk, best-value training with its latest virtual simulation systems, Bluefire wireless weaponry and the flexible system architecture needed to meet evolving training conditions."