DRS Technologies Receives $44 Million in Orders for Advanced Intelligence Equipment.

PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: DRS) announced today that it has received orders with a combined value of approximately $44 million to provide advanced intelligence equipment supporting all installation types used in the collection of communications intelligence (COMINT) and signal intelligence (SIGINT) data. These products will be used in man-portable, fixed-site and mobile applications supporting the intelligence community.

The contracts were awarded to DRS by various intelligence agencies and U.S. government organizations, as well as domestic and international defense prime contractors. For these orders, the company's DRS Signal Solutions unit in Gaithersburg, Maryland, will provide various high-performance tuners, receivers, demodulators and direction finding equipment. Product deliveries are expected to be completed in approximately six months.

"Enhancing our role as a major contributor of advanced intelligence technology solutions, DRS's products offer superior radio frequency (RF) performance, a high degree of reliability and unparalleled overall performance for the intelligence community," said Steven T. Schorer, president of DRS's C4I Group. "These orders reflect our support as a key supplier of intelligence equipment for the global war on terror."

DRS's receivers, tuners, demodulators and signal analyzers perform signal intercept, including cellular intercept, identification, direction finding, location and analysis functions within the 5 kHz to 40 GHz frequency spectrum. The equipment can be deployed on board surveillance aircraft, helicopters, surface and sub-surface vessels, and vehicles, as well as at fixed sites. The company's product lines range from miniature, single-function components to integrated assemblies and systems, and are supported by DRS's custom software development.

DRS Signal Solutions provides advanced military and space communications technologies to achieve information superiority on the 21st century battlefield. It offers a wide range of solutions for gathering, exploiting and protecting critical Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (C3I) information, including microwave products with unmatched signal purity for increased surveillance and compact satellite communication (SATCOM) converters at half the physical size of any other available, with low-phase noise and low distortion.

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 http://www.drs.com.