Statement re Contract

Smiths Group PLC
25 April 2006

    Smiths wins five year Department of Defense contract to provide Chemical
                         Biological Protective Shelters

Multi-million Dollar Revenues Expected from CBPS-M3, Designed to Provide
Contamination Free, Environmentally Controlled Working Area for Medical, Combat
Services and Combat Service Support Personnel

Smiths Detection, part of the global engineering business Smiths Group, today
announced its Military unit has been awarded a contract to build Chemical
Biological Protective Shelters, Model 3 (CBPS-M3) for the U.S. Department of
Defense. CBPS-M3 is a highly mobile, self contained collective protection system
that provides a contamination free, environmentally controlled working area for
medical, combat services, and combat service support personnel to work freely
without continuously wearing chemical-biological protective clothing.

An initial contract has been received from U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management
Command, Rock Island, valued at more than $10 million, that includes delivery of
21 systems, along with an initial test program. Annual revenue expectations are
around $25 million for Smiths Detection, dependant on Department of Defense
budget approvals, with additional revenue expected for global defence markets.
Over the 5-year contract period, the program has a total maximum contract
ceiling of $333 million.

'These Chemical Biological Protective Shelters are unique systems integrating
multiple levels of chemical-biological security in order to protect and equip
committed U.S. troops,' said Stephen Phipson, Group Managing Director of Smiths
Detection. 'The CBPS program represents a large-scale U.S. military
chemical-biological defence opportunity and will allow Smiths to continue
expansion of its presence beyond its sensor-centric markets to a vehicle system
integration program within Smiths' field of expertise.'

Smiths Group

Smiths is a global engineering business, listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Smiths focuses on high performance applications, building and sustaining
market-leading businesses in growth sectors. It reaches deep into global markets
taking its manufacturing closer to its customers. Smiths has four divisions:
Aerospace, Detection, Medical and Specialty. It employs 32,000 people and has
over 250 major facilities in 50 countries. For more information visit
www.smiths-group.com

Smiths Detection

Smiths Detection is one of four operating divisions of Smiths Group. Smiths
Detection offers technologically advanced security solutions to detect and
identify explosives, chemical and biological agents, weapons and contraband.
Employing trace detection technology together with Smiths-Heimann x-ray imaging,
Smiths Detection provides security solutions for customers in homeland security
and defence markets worldwide. For more information visit:
www.smithsdetection.com

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