LOS ANGELES--- Ducommun Incorporated Announces a $69 Million Award from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command

Ducommun Incorporated (NYSE: DCO) today announced that its Miltec Corporation (Miltec) subsidiary has been awarded a $69.0 million contract to develop designs and technologies in support of the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) program for the U.S. Army Space Missile and Defense Command (SMDC) in Huntsville, Alabama.

Under the terms of the contract, Miltec will examine conceptual designs for space vehicles able to further the ORS program mission employing both legacy government assets as well as new conceptual approaches.

Joseph C. Berenato, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Ducommun, stated, “We are pleased to be supporting SMDC on this important space program. Our goal is to continue to broaden our technical and engineering capabilities in order to become more important to our key customers and to be able to compete for larger programs where we have demonstrated capabilities.”

Miltec Corporation is a leading technology company with design, development, integration and test capabilities in the areas of missiles, space, sensors and simulation.

Founded in 1849, Ducommun Incorporated provides engineering and manufacturing services to the aerospace and defense industry.