Alloy Surfaces Company, Inc. announces $7.2M U.S. Army Special Material Decoys Order

Chester Township, PA-- Alloy Surfaces Company, Inc. (ASC) of Chester Township, Pennsylvania, a Chemring Group PLC ("Chemring") subsidiary, announces a $7.2M delivery order on an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to manufacture M211 decoy devices for United States Army (USA) aircraft. Delivery of these units is scheduled to begin in April 2012 and will continue through November 2012. All work will be performed at Alloy Surfaces’ plant in Chester Township, Pa.

ASC’s President, Lawrence D’Andrea, stated, “We are very pleased to receive this contract order as the United States Army continues to express its confidence and trust in Special Material Decoys (SMDs). We are very proud to deliver the highest quality infrared decoys to all our armed forces. The US army will use the M211 decoys to protect all of its helicopters.”

Chemring is a global group of companies that specializes in the manufacture of high technology electronic and energetic products that protect military people and platforms against a constantly changing threat. Supplying over 80 countries worldwide, the group has more than 4,500 employees with 21 facilities in the UK, US, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain and Australia. ASC is an industry leader in the design, development, and production of Covert Multi-Spectral Special Material Decoys. ASC decoys have unique properties of day and night covertness that are on the leading edge of IR countermeasure technology and are currently being used to protect a wide variety of United States and allied military aircraft in combat.

If you need more information on this release or Special Material Decoys please contact:

John Fleitz,

VP Sales and Marketing

johnf@alloysurfaces.com

610-859-3680