DRS Technologies Receives $44 Million Contract to Design and Produce Environmental Control Equipment for U.S. Army.PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies, 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 $44 million contract, including options, to design and produce 60,000 BTU/hr Improved Environmental Control Units (60K IECUs) for the U.S. Army. The contract was awarded to DRS by the U.S. Army's Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM CECOM Communications Electronics Command (US Army) CECOM National Center for Communications of the Civil Protection Agency ) Acquisition Center - Washington in Alexandria, Virginia. Work for this contract will be performed by the company's DRS Sustainment Systems unit in Florence, Kentucky and includes the design, development and testing of prototype IECUs, followed by Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP LRIP Low Rate Initial Production LRIP Limited Rate Initial Production LRIP Logistics Readiness Improvement Program ) and full-rate production. The company received $1.4 million in initial funding for the system design and development phase, which is expected to last approximately 18 months. "DRS Sustainment Systems is the largest producer of MIL-A-52767 compact, lightweight, military environmental control units for the armed services The Constitution authorizes Congress to raise, support, and regulate armed services for the national defense. The President of the United States is commander in chief of all the branches of the services and has ultimate control over most military matters. and has developed and produced more than 18,000 units for various customers, including most of the existing units in U.S. Army inventory," said Daniel A. Rodrigues, president of DRS's Sustainment Systems & Services Group. "These systems and previously developed environmental control units will ensure the sustainment of our armed forces deployed worldwide." The DRS 60K IECU IECU Improved Environmental Control Unit is a field environmental control unit designed to provide temperature control in environments ranging from -50(degree)F to +125(degree)F. It will perform under adverse weather conditions and will be built to meet stringent military performance requirements in conditions that include electromagnetic interference See EMI. , vibration, shock, noise, rain, salt, fog, sand and dust. The system primarily is used in base camps for heating and cooling shelters and will be compatible with operations involving biological and chemical warfare. The DRS 60K IECUs feature an environmentally friendly refrigerant re·frig·er·ant adj. 1. Cooling or freezing; refrigerating. 2. Reducing fever. n. 1. A substance, such as air, ammonia, water, or carbon dioxide, used to provide cooling either as the working substance of , higher efficiency, substantially reduced weight, lower power consumption and acoustic noise emissions, in-rush current control, and enhanced maintainability and reliability through embedded diagnostics. 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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