DRS Technologies Awarded New $8.3 Million Contract to Provide Infrared Sighting Modules For U.S. Army Bradley Fighting Vehicles.PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies DRS Technologies, Inc. (commonly known as DRS; formerly known as Diagnostic/Retrieval Systems, Inc.) is a supplier of defense electronic products and systems to the United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, aerospace and defense prime , 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 it has received a new $8.3 million contract to manufacture TOW Visual Modules for the Integrated Sight Unit used in the TOW 2 tracking system on U.S. Army and National Guard Bradley Fighting Vehicles. The TOW (Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided) 2 Heavy Anti-Tank weapon is a missile system used in anti-armor, anti-bunker, anti-fortification and anti-amphibious landing roles. TOW is in service with over 45 armed forces and is integrated on over 15,000 ground, vehicle and helicopter platforms worldwide. The contract was awarded to DRS by the U.S. Army Aviation & Missile Command Missile Command is a 1980 arcade game by Atari Inc. that was also licensed to Sega for European release. The plot of Missile Command is simple: the player's six cities are being attacked by an endless hail of ballistic missiles, some of them even splitting like , Redstone Arsenal Redstone Arsenal, U.S. rocket research and development center, 38,781 acres (15,694 hectares), N Ala., W of Huntsville; est. 1941. One of the state's largest industrial enterprises, it includes the Army Missile Command, responsible for the army's rocket and guided , Alabama. Work for this award will be performed by the company's DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems - Optronics Division 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. . Product deliveries are expected to commence in November of this year and continue through April 2008. "The TOW Visual Module has been and continues to be a very important component of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle sighting system," said Fred L. Marion, president of DRS's Surveillance & Reconnaissance Group. "These systems are being fielded in current ground combat operations, thereby allowing our military to achieve a high degree of readiness with maximum effectiveness, resulting in increased survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. of our troops." The TOW Visual Module is one of five line replaceable units (LRUs) of the Integrated Sight Unit used in the TOW 2 subsystem. It detects and acquires armored targets, guiding BGM-71D TOW 2 series Heavy Anti-Tank Missiles to their targets. 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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