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DRS Technologies Awarded $13.6 Million Contract from the U.S. Army to Produce Electronics Test Support and Hardware Equipment for Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems.


PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE NYSE

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) announced today that it was awarded a $13.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to continue manufacturing Direct Support Electrical System Test Sets (DSESTS DSESTS Direct Support Electrical System Test Set (US DoD) ) and Test Program Sets (TPS (1) (Transactions Per Second) The number of transactions processed within one second. TPS is a better rating for the performance of hardware and software than the common MHz and GHz rating of the computer. ) for the U.S. Army's M2A M2A Message to Anywhere (mobile messaging framework) 2 and M3A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems.

The contract was awarded to DRS by the Army's Tank Automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command's (TACOM TACOM Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (US Army)
TACOM Tactical Communications
TACOM Tactical Command
TACOM Tank-Automotive and Armament Command
TACOM Theater Army Command
TACOM Tactical Army Command
TACOM Tactical Army COM
 LCMC LCMC Life Cycle Management Command (US Army)
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LCMC Life-Cycle Management Center
LCMC Lancaster Centre for Management in China
LCMC Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex
) Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center at U.S. Army Garrison, Rock Island Arsenal The Rock Island Arsenal comprises 946 acres (3.8 km²), located on Arsenal Island in the Mississippi River between Davenport, Iowa and Rock Island, Illinois. The island was originally established as a government site in 1816 - with the building of Fort Armstrong.  in Illinois. The TACOM LCMC placed the order on behalf of the office of the Army's Program Executive Office for Ground Combat Systems and its subordinate office of Program Manager for Heavy Brigade Combat Team in Warren, Michigan. The work for this contract will be performed by the company's DRS Test & Energy Management unit in Huntsville, Alabama.

As part of this contract DRS will produce Bradley A3 Test Program Sets, Bradley tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missile Test Program Sets, and components for Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems and DSESTS kits. Product deliveries are expected to start immediately with completion expected by August 2008.

"The continued manufacturing of this test equipment insures that the Army's current generation of Bradley vehicles can be fully supported and maintained while deployed around the world," said Michael J. Sheehan, president of DRS' Tactical Systems Strategic Business Unit. "The Army's commitment to the long-term sustainability of DSESTS equipment reaffirms our position as a leading supplier of electronic test systems for their family of Abrams tanks and Bradley vehicle systems."

DRS produces a variety of automatic test equipment designed to diagnose the condition of electronic components and systems installed on the Army's Abrams Main Battle Tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems and on U.S. Marine Corps Abrams Tanks and Light Armored Vehicles. The company's DSESTS are used at 89 military bases in the U.S. and are deployed internationally. The DSESTS are designed to support the Army's vehicles as part of their modular transformation from existing division-sized units into brigade-sized combat teams.

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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