DRS Technologies Receives $7.1 Million Contract from the U.S. Air Force to Repair the Radar Systems on Combat Talon Airplanes.PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- DRS Technologies DRS Technologies, Inc. (commonly known as DRS; formerly known as Diagnostic/Retrieval Systems, Inc.) is a supplier of defense electronic products and systems to the United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy, aerospace and defense prime , 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 received a $7.1 million contract from the Warner Robins Warner Robins, city (1990 pop. 43,726), Houston co., central Ga., in an agricultural region; inc. 1943. The surrounding area yields peanuts, grain, fruit, and livestock. Air Logistics Center at Robins Air Force Base in Georgia, to provide depot repair services for the receiver/transmitters and antenna subsystems in APQ-170 TF/TA TF/TA Terrain Following / Terrain Avoidance radar systems. The work for this one-year award will begin immediately and be performed by the company's DRS Sustainment Systems business unit in St. Louis, Missouri. Although this award is a new contract it continues 14 years of DRS repairing the APQ-170 radar system. The AN/APQ-170 radar is a multimode, redundant, dual-band and forward-looking radar that integrates terrain-following and terrain-avoidance features, as well as ground-mapping, weather detection and avoidance, and beacon interrogation interrogation In criminal law, process of formally and systematically questioning a suspect in order to elicit incriminating responses. The process is largely outside the governance of law, though in the U.S. modes of operation. It was specifically developed for the Air Force's MC-130H Combat Talon II airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. . With this radar system and a specially trained Air Force crew the aircraft can operate at a low altitude and in night or adverse weather conditions. The radar's special navigation and aerial delivery systems are used to locate small drop zones and deliver people or equipment with greater accuracy and at higher speeds than possible on a C-130 airplane with standard systems. The mission of the MC-130H is to fly into well-defended areas even during rough weather and/or at low altitude to re-supply or extract special operations forces Those Active and Reserve Component forces of the Military Services designated by the Secretary of Defense and specifically organized, trained, and equipped to conduct and support special operations. Also called SOF. and equipment. The aircraft, along with its AN/APQ-170 radars, radomes, and computers, are supported by their own repair depots. "This type of long-term reoccurring award, in which the customer is satisfied and looks to us year after year to help them accomplish their mission, occurs frequently within the Sustainment Systems business segment, and throughout the entire company," said Thomas G. Cornwell, president of DRS' Sustainment Systems Segment. "This contract to continue maintaining the Air Force's fleet of APQ-170 radars is another example of DRS never being satisfied with its accomplishments and always striving to enhance a customer's satisfaction." 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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