DRS Technologies Receives New Orders for Government Computer Systems.Business Editors PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2001 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. (AMEX AMEX See: American 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 new orders from the U.S. Government to provide UltraSPARC(TM) II computer network servers and workstations for worldwide field deployment. DRS Technologies, a leading supplier of TEMPEST computer equipment, is teamed with Sun Microelectronics, a division of Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : SUNW SUNW Sun Microsystems, Inc (former stock symbol; now JAVA) SUNW Stanford University Network Workstation (Sun Microsystems, Inc) ), Mountainview, California, to supply systems incorporating Sun(R) UltraSPARC(TM) II microprocessor technology. For these new orders valued at $3.4 million, the company's DRS Advanced Programs unit in Columbia, Maryland Columbia is a census-designated place and planned community in Howard County, Maryland, United States. It is a suburb of Baltimore, and, to a lesser degree, Washington, DC. It began with the idea that a city could enhance its residents' quality of life. , will design, integrate, test and deliver fourth-generation TEMPEST rack-mounted servers and computer workstations. The company's strategic teaming arrangement with Sun Microelectronics has provided DRS with the ability to integrate the latest commercial computing technology in cost-effective, reliable, field-deployable system solutions for customers. Through enhancements and upgrades, DRS has reduced product costs while improving portability, processing power, speed, data capacity and display performance to meet critical requirements for a variety of government missions around the world. "DRS is a recognized leader in TEMPEST computer systems for a variety of special government applications," said Mark S. Newman, chairman, president and chief executive officer of DRS Technologies. "These and other recent new orders reflect our customers' confidence in our ability to continue to provide high-performance, high-capacity computer processing, display and network equipment." DRS has delivered over 3,000 SPARC (Scalable Performance ARChitecture) A family of RISC CPUs from Sun that runs mostly under Sun's Solaris, but also under Linux and BSD operating systems. After development began in the mid-1980s by David Patterson of the University of California at Berkeley and Bill (TM)-based computer workstations, servers and other peripheral equipment to this customer under separate programs for more than five years and have been a systems integrator for the government for over 30 years. These high-performance systems are designed specifically for a variety of unique government applications. The new rack-mounted servers produced for this award will include the Sun(R) Solaris(TM) operating system and a SPARC(TM) engine Ultra AXmp motherboard. They will utilize four high-speed UltraSPARC(TM) II processors operating at 450 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. with 18 GB each of data storage and 2 GB of memory. Designed for scalability from mainstream computer workstations to supercomputing servers, the UltraSPARC(TM) II meets the demands of today's intensive, network-centric, multimedia-rich applications. All systems supplied are equipped with removable disk drives and are certified to TEMPEST Level 1 system standards. DRS Technologies provides leading edge products and services to government and commercial customers worldwide. Focused on defense electronics, the company develops and manufactures a broad range of mission critical systems and components in the areas of communications, combat systems, rugged computers, electro-optics, data storage, digital imaging, flight safety and space. Additional information is available on the company's web site at www.drs.com. |
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