DRS Technologies' C4I Group Names Michael J. Sheehan President, Tactical Systems Business.PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DRS DRS Drives (street suffix) DRS Dispute Resolution Service DRS Doctorandus DRS Department of Rehabilitative Services DRS Direct Registration System (securities) DRS Department of Rehabilitation Services ) announced today that Michael J. Sheehan has joined the executive leadership team of its C4I C4I Command, Control, Communications, Computers, & Intelligence (US DoD) C4I Command Control Communications Computer and Intelligence Group in Gaithersburg, Maryland, as president of the Group's Tactical Systems strategic business unit. In this new position, Mr. Sheehan will be responsible for managing the strategic activities and operational management of the company's DRS Tactical Systems, Inc. unit in Palm Bay, Florida Palm Bay is a city in Brevard County, Florida, United States. The city estimated its population at 107,538 on 28 July 2007;[3]; it is the most populous city in the county. , and DRS Tactical Systems Ltd. unit in the United Kingdom. The company's Tactical Systems business is a world leader in high-performance, ultra-rugged computer systems designed to operate in harsh military environments to support the digitization of the 21st century battle space. Tactical Systems manufactures mission-critical rugged computers and workstations that support a wide variety of military modernization and command, control, communications, computer and intelligence (C4I) platform transformation applications for land, sea and air operations. It has a significant role on both the U.S. Army's Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below (FBCB FBCB Force XXI Battle Command Brigade (US Army) FBCB Fixed Bed Circulating Bioreactor 2) program and the BOWMAN program, the U.K.'s premier integrated battlefield communications program. "It is with great pleasure that we welcome Mike Sheehan to our C4I Group executive management team," said Steven T. Schorer, president of DRS's C4I Group. "Mike's successful track record in the defense industry will assist our Tactical Systems business in identifying strategic opportunities and expanding into new markets. Under his leadership, we also will focus on delivering best value to our customers through effective management and execution of our existing programs." Most recently, Mr. Sheehan was vice president, marketing and business development, for Northrop Grumman's (NYSE: NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, ) Electronic Systems sector, where he was responsible for domestic and international business development for the sector's seven business units. Earlier, he was employed for 18 years with BAE Systems' (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor : BA.L) Communications, Navigation, Identification and Reconnaissance (CNIR CNIR Centre National d'Information Routière (France) CNIR Calling Number Identification Restriction CNIR Calling/Connected Name Identification Restriction CNIR Communication Navigation Identification and Reconnaissance ) business in roles of increasing responsibility that spanned product engineering, systems engineering, program management and business development. Mr. Sheehan earned an M.B.A. degree from Columbia University, an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from Drexel University, and a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Lehigh University. DRS Technologies, headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, is a leading supplier of integrated products, services and support to military forces, intelligence agencies and prime contractors worldwide. The company employs approximately 10,000 people. For more information about DRS Technologies, please visit the company's web site at www.drs.com. |
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