DRS Technologies Receives $25.5 Million in New Contracts to Provide Engineering and Logistics Support Services for U.S. Air Force.PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : DRS) announced today that it has received two contracts with a combined value of $25.5 million to provide a range of engineering, technical and logistics services to support various types of aircraft and equipment for the U.S. Air Force. The primary areas of support will be focused on aircraft fuel accessory test equipment repair, the upgrade of Advanced Fuel Accessory Test Systems (AFATS) and associated equipment and facilities. DRS received the new contracts from the 76th Maintenance Wing, Commodities Division, at Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, Tinker Air Force Base, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma “OKC” redirects here. For the airport, see Will Rogers World Airport. Oklahoma City is the capital of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. The county seat of Oklahoma County, the city is the 30th largest city in the U.S. . For these contracts, DRS will provide repair, modification and test services for various types of aircraft and support equipment, including hardware and software engineering, quality assurance, configuration management, logistics support for industrial facilities and equipment, and reverse engineering, re-engineering or replicating out-of-production equipment. Work for these contracts will be accomplished by the company's DRS Technical Services unit in Oklahoma City and will continue for four years. "The receipt of these contracts reflects DRS's industry position as a key provider to the U.S. Air Force of a full range of comprehensive capabilities, spanning engineering, logistics, manufacturing, overhaul, repair and production planning for aircraft systems," said Mitchell B. Rambler, president of DRS's Technical Services Segment. The Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center provides and supports the industrial equipment, tooling, processes and associated facility systems required to perform the maintenance, repair and overhaul Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul or MRO is a multi-billion dollar industry which works on international authorization rules to deliver a safe airline operation and to assure reliability and availability of customer fleets. for numerous aircraft. These aircraft include, but are not limited to, the B-1, B-1B, B-2 and B-52 bombers, E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System The Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) is an aircraft system designed to carry out surveillance, and C2BM (command and control, battle management) functions. (AWACS AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) Mobile, long-range radar surveillance-and-control centre for air defense. Used by the U.S. Air Force since 1977, AWACS is mounted in a specially modified Boeing 707 aircraft, with its main radar antenna affixed to a rotating dome. ), KC-135 Stratotanker, C-135 Stratolifter and C-141 Starlifter airlift aircraft, CH-3C and CH-53 Sea Stallion The CH-53 Sea Stallion is the most common name for the Sikorsky S-65 family of heavy-lift transport helicopters. Originally developed for use by the United States Marine Corps, it is also in service with Germany, Mexico, Iran, Israel, and as the MH-53 Pave Low helicopters, F-4 Phantom II, F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle and F-16 Fighting Falcon The F-16 Fighting Falcon is an American multirole jet fighter aircraft developed by General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin for the United States Air Force. Designed as a lightweight fighter, it evolved into a successful multirole aircraft. combat aircraft, and T-37 Tweet trainer. 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. DRS is exhibiting today through Wednesday in Booth 1103 at the 2006 Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting at the Washington Convention Center The Washington Convention Center has been the name of two convention centers in Washington, D.C. The old Washington Convention Center was located at 909 H Street NW and was in use from 1983 until 2004. in Washington, D.C. For more information about DRS Technologies, please visit the company's web site at www.drs.com. |
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