Orbit International’s Power Group Announces Receipt of Follow-On Purchase Order for Approximately $4,100,000 for Production of Common Aircraft Armament Test Sets
Production Orders Now Total Approximately $20,000,000 Against $21,709,300 IDIQ Contract Received in September 2017
HAUPPAUGE, N.Y., April 16, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Orbit International Corp. (OTC PINK:ORBT), an electronics manufacturer and software solution provider, today announced that its Power Group (OPG), through its Behlman Electronics, Inc. subsidiary, has been awarded an approximately $4,100,000 follow-on purchase order for the production and delivery of 31 Common Aircraft Armament Test Sets (CAATS) for the U.S. Navy. Deliveries under this purchase order are expected to commence in the first quarter of 2020 and continue through the second quarter of 2020.
This follow-on award is the third production order received under a $21,709,300 fixed price indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract received by the Company in September 2017. If the remainder of the orders against the IDIQ are received, deliveries are expected to be completed in the second half of 2020.
Mitchell Binder, President and CEO of Orbit International commented, “The IDIQ contract received in September 2017, the largest ever received by our Power Group, was awarded as a small business set aside. This follow-on award brings the total production awards under the IDIQ contract to approximately $20,000,000. Deliveries on the first and second production awards commenced in the second quarter of 2018 and are expected to continue through the end of 2019. As previously stated, the shipment and delivery of these units will require many aspects of production and testing to be offloaded to subcontractors and, as a result, our expected gross margins for this contract will be considerably lower than our historical margins. However, no additional engineering, selling and administrative personnel will be needed; therefore, this contract should have a positive impact on profitability during the delivery period.”
Binder added, “This follow-on award is a firm addition to our backlog and forms a solid foundation of business for our Power Group through the first half of 2020. In addition to this award, our OPG is continuing to expand its bid pipeline utilizing its VPX technology and we expect bookings for this product line to continue to grow. We continue to book pre-production awards for this product line and expect the value of these awards to increase as our new products and programs enter the production stage.”
Orbit International Corp., through its Electronics Group, is involved in the development and manufacture of custom electronic device and subsystem solutions for military and nonmilitary government applications through its production facility in Hauppauge, New York. Orbit’s Power Group, also located in Hauppauge, NY, designs and manufactures a wide array of power products including AC power supplies, frequency converters, inverters, uninterruptible power supplies, VME/VPX power supplies as well as various COTS power sources. The Company also has a sales office in Thousand Oaks, CA.
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