DRS Technologies Names Michael W. Hansen as Vice President, Technology for Operations.

Business Editors

PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 2004

DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: DRS) announced today that Michael W. Hansen has joined the company as vice president, technology for operations in the company's corporate office.

In this new position, Mr. Hansen will assist the corporate staff with the coordination of company-wide efforts to develop new, high-value technologies by leveraging extensive resources within the company. He also will oversee internal research and development, assist with the development of strategic technical roadmaps for the company and advise on asset management.

"Michael brings extensive knowledge and experience of mission-critical technologies to DRS," said Paul G. Casner, the company's executive vice president and chief operating officer. "He will be instrumental in helping to expand the technical leadership of DRS across a broad set of applications, including unmanned vehicle systems, night vision, precision targeting, surveillance and data interpretation."

Prior to joining DRS, Mr. Hansen was the head of the advanced video processing research group at Sarnoff Corporation in Princeton, New Jersey, where he provided oversight for the development of world leading digital image and video processing technologies, chipsets and embedded systems supporting a wide array of government, defense, security and other commercial customers. In this capacity, his project experience included technology and system development for aerial video surveillance supporting intelligence, reconnaissance and target acquisition; ground-based video surveillance for security and force protection; systems for night vision applications; precision targeting and mapping for time critical operations; video-based navigation and surveillance for autonomous ground vehicles; and command, control and visualization using three-dimensional immersion environments.

Earlier, Mr. Hansen was a research assistant at the Multidimensional Image Processing Lab of Pennsylvania State University, where he developed novel techniques for image analysis and incorporated them into software analysis packages.

Mr. Hansen is recognized as a leader in innovation and technology. He was selected as one of the world's Top 100 Young Innovators in 2002 by Technology Review, Massachusetts Institute of Technology's magazine of innovation. The award recognized young individuals whose work in business and technology was expected to have a profound impact on the future. He also was a finalist for the Young Engineer of the Year award in 2000 from Eta Kappa Nu, the electrical engineering honor society. Mr. Hansen has published over 15 technical papers and is an inventor on 12 U.S. patents, with other patents pending.

Mr. Hansen earned Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in electrical engineering from Pennsylvania State University. He also earned a Master of Business Administration degree with honors from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

DRS Technologies, headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, provides leading edge products and services to defense, government intelligence and commercial customers. Focused on defense technology, DRS develops and manufactures a broad range of mission critical systems. The company employs 5,700 people worldwide.

For more information about DRS Technologies, please visit the company's web site at www.drs.com.