BELLEVUE, Wash., March 31, 2003--Esterline (NYSE/ESL www.esterline.com) today announced that it has secured a $103 million dollar contract—the largest in company history—from the U.S. Army to manufacture and deliver state-of-the-art 155mm Modular Artillery Charge System (MACS) Combustible Cases over the next five years. In addition to the base amount, the Army could exercise options bringing the total award to $270 million. As anticipated, the first year of the contract is fully-funded at $28 million; production will begin immediately at Esterline’s Armtec Defense Products subsidiary in Coachella, Calif.

BELLEVUE, Wash., January 25, 2001--Esterline Technologies (NYSE/ESL http://www.esterline.com) today announced that it has been awarded a firm-fixed-price, multi-year contract to produce the modular combustible case for 155mm artillery rounds.  Production will be completed at the company’s Armtec Defense Products subsidiary in Coachella, Calif.  (Combustible cases act as rigid propellant containers, and also ignite when fired, improving ammunition performance.)

BELLEVUE, Wash., September 27--Esterline Technologies (NYSE/ESL http://www.esterline.com) today announced that it has been awarded a $3 million contract by the U.S. Army to produce combustible cases for new generation 155mm artillery rounds. The amount is in addition to an $11.7 million contract awarded in May. Manufacture of the cases is being carried out at the company’s Armtec Defense Products subsidiary in Coachella, Calif., and is expected to be completed by June 2001. (Combustible cases act as rigid propellant containers, and also ignite when fired, improving ammunition performance.)