Kilgore Gets $24.9M Project at Toone Facility

 Kilgore Flares Company, LLC (KFL) of Toone, Tennessee, a Chemring Group PLC ("Chemring") subsidiary, announces a contract award by the US Army Contracting Command at Rock Island Arsenal. The $24.9M award includes the manufacture and delivery of M206, MJU-7A/B and MJU-10/B infrared decoy flares. These flares are a key component of aircraft survivability systems that protect helicopters, fighters and transport aircraft against infrared guided missile threats known as Man Portable Air Defense systems.  All work will be performed at Kilgore’s facility in Toone, Tennessee.  KFL is a business unit within Chemring Countermeasures USA (CCM USA), which also includes Alloy Surfaces Company, Inc., located in Chester Township, PA.
Kilgore Flares’ President Tank Williams stated, “We are pleased with our long standing partnership with the warfighter and the continued confidence in our products by the Department of Defense, the Single Manager for Conventional Ammunition and PEO Ammunition. Our workforce takes great pride knowing the products we make will save the lives of our citizens and international partners that serve in harm’s way.”
Kilgore Flares, LLC and Alloy Surfaces, Inc. (CCM USA) are industry leaders in the design, development, and production of F-22, JSF and covert multi-spectral Special Material decoys.  In addition, Kilgore Flares produces other ordnance products, including naval shipboard countermeasures, marine location markers and practice bomb signal cartridges.
Chemring is a market-leading manufacturer supplying high-technology electronics and energetic products to over sixty countries around the world.  Chemring has a diverse portfolio of products that predominantly protect military personnel and platforms, providing insurance against a constantly changing threat.  These range from countermeasures that protect aircraft, to ground penetrating radar that protects troops and vehicles from improvised explosive devices.