DRS Technologies Receives $20 Million Contract to Provide Electronics Test Support for U.S. Army Ground Vehicles.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: DRS) announced today that it has received a $20 million contract for continued manufacture of the Direct Support Electrical System Test Sets (DSESTS) Test Program Sets (TPS) for the M2/M3 family of Bradley Fighting Vehicles. The Bradley Fighting Vehicles are among the most formidable ground force capabilities in U.S. Army inventory and continue to be an integral part of military operations in Iraq.

The contract was awarded to DRS by the U.S. Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC), Rock Island, Illinois, for the Program Manager, Heavy Brigade Combat Team in Warren, Michigan. For this award, DRS will produce digital electronic control assembly common support module rehost kits and cables, designed to support the U.S. Army's conversion to modularity, Bradley DSESTS restow kits, Bradley TOW (Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided) TPS and Bradley A3 DSESTS TPS. Work for this contract will be performed by the company's DRS Test & Energy Management unit in Huntsville, Alabama. Product deliveries will commence in December and are expected to continue through April 2008.

"The continued support of this test equipment assures that the Army's current generation of Bradley Fighting Vehicles can be fully sustained around the world," said Fred L. Marion, president of DRS's Surveillance & Reconnaissance Group. "Our customer's commitment to the long-term sustainability of DSESTS equipment strengthens DRS's position as a leading supplier of operationally-proven, electronic test and diagnostics equipment for the U.S. Army's fleet of ground combat vehicles."

DRS produces a variety of automatic test equipment (ATE) designed for diagnosing electronic components installed on Army M1A1, M1A2 and M1A2 SEP Abrams Main Battle Tanks and Bradley M2/M3 Fighting Vehicle Systems and U.S. Marine Corps' Abrams tanks and Light Armored Vehicles (LAVs). Utilized at 89 locations in the U.S. and deployed internationally, the DSESTS supports the U.S. Army's modularity requirements, as it transforms existing divisions into brigade 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 http://www.drs.com.