PPG Industries Wins Contract with BAE Systems

The transparent armor and specialty products group of PPG Industries’ PPG aerospace business has won a contract with BAE Systems, Inc., for specialty transparencies that afford ballistics protection for gunners on U.S. Marine Corps tactical vehicles. The $1.2 million contract calls for PPG to supply Marine Corps Transparent Armor Gun Shields (MCTAGS). PPG Aerospace has begun production of the units at its Sylmar aerospace transparencies and specialty products facility. Deliveries have begun to the BAE Systems U.S. Combat Systems plant in Louisville, Ky.