22 July 2002

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Decontamination equipment decision offers Smiths $75 millionopportunity

Farnborough – 22 July 2002 – Smiths Detection has received a contract for the Joint Service Sensitive Equipment Decontamination (JSSED) from the U.S. Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command. JSSED will be used on small sensitive

battlefield equipment. The base contract award is valued over $2 million, including an initial $1 million in funding for a prototype development and demonstration.

Three anticipated follow-on contract options would include system development, demonstration and production. Overall, the 8-year program is expected to be valued at $75 million. Prototype delivery is schedule for January 2003 with production units following in 2003.

The U S Army Soldier and Biological Chemical Command, Edgewood Biological Chemical Center located in Edgewood, Maryland is the lead acquisition agency for this program.

The equipment is produced at Smiths’ Edgewood, MD facility. JSSED requirements include integrating previous industry findings and government technology assessments to produce a transportable, re-circulating solvent wash ultrasonic bath system for chemical/biological (CB) agent decontamination of small sensitive battlefield equipment.

Smiths Aerospace is the leading transatlantic aerospace equipment company, with half its 12,000 staff and $2 billion revenues in North America. Smiths Aerospace, a part of Smiths Group plc, holds key positions in the supply chains of all major military and civil aircraft and engine manufacturers and are world-leaders in electronic systems, actuation