VSE Receives Contract to Modernize Route Clearance Vehicles

ALEXANDRIA, Va. --- VSE Corporation will support Letterkenny Army Depot as its prime contractor on an award of approximately $194 million on the modernization program for Route Clearance Vehicles (RCVs) to improve the U.S. military's defense against roadside mines and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs).>> IEDs are the number-one source of casualties for U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the Route Clearance Vehicles are one of several tools that the warfighter is using to offset this threat. The effort will be managed by a Letterkenny Army Depot team and the facility will be operated by VSE Corporation.>> VSEs Team includes: The Boeing Company (Boeing), McLane Advanced Technologies, LLC (MAT), ManTech Telecommunications and Information Systems Corporation (MTISC); PWC Logistics Services Company, KSC(c) (Agility); and Quality Enterprise Solutions Trading and Contracting Company (QUEST). The operation is completely funded by the Program Manager Assured Mobility System (PM-AMS) and supports the Army Central Command (ARCENT) efforts to modernize all Route Clearance Vehicles being used in Iraq and Afghanistan.>> Route Clearance Vehicles are the work horses in assisting route clearance teams to detect and neutralize potentially deadly IED, protecting warfighters from Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFPs) and other explosive hazards encountered on vital supply routes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Ensuring their readiness is critical to the war effort, COL Shapiro, Commander, Letterkenny Army Depot.>> Letterkenny Army Depot and VSE Corporation will give the Army the opportunity to repair and modernize the RCVs in theater, eliminating the need to ship the vehicles out of theater and minimizing the mission operational readiness impact. All repairs and modernization will be conducted in a new facility in Kuwait that will be operational in early 2009 for assets currently being utilized by the Army and Marine Corps warfighter in Iraq and Afghanistan.