Cummins Power Generation, Fridley, Minn., a division of Cummins Inc., and Fermont, Bridgeport, Conn., a subsidiary of Engineered Support Systems Inc.,

Cummins Power Generation, Fridley, Minn., a division of Cummins Inc., and Fermont, Bridgeport, Conn., a subsidiary of Engineered Support Systems Inc., have been selected by the U.S. Army as the two companies to design a new generation of mobile power generation units.

The award is for the first phase of the AMMPS (Advance Medium-sized Mobile Power Sources) program, the next generation of Tactical Quiet Generators which will begin in the fourth quarter of 2004 with both companies submitting prototypes. The new generator sets will range in size from 5 to 60 kW. Phase I is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract worth $2.2 million with a period of performance through the end of 2005.