DRS Technologies Receives New Orders to Produce Flight Control Computers and Power Supplies.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 7, 2003 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 has received new orders to produce Flight Control Computers and power supplies for use on AgustaWestland EH-101 helicopters. The contracts, with a combined value of $3.2 million, were awarded to the company's DRS Flight Safety and Communications unit, located in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada. Product deliveries are expected to commence in 2004 and continue through 2006. One contract was awarded to DRS by Smiths Aerospace in Cheltenham, England, a part of Smiths Group plc (FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. : SMIN). The contract follows an agreement signed in June 1997 between DRS and Smiths for the company to manufacture the Flight Control Computers for all future EH-101 helicopter sales. This latest order builds on DRS's long-term association with Smiths and the related world product mandate, which established DRS as the manufacturer for the Flight Control Computer on this platform. A second order was received by DRS from Galileo Avionica's Avionic Systems Business, a unit of Galileo Avionica SpA, a Finmeccanica SpA (Milan: SIFI SIFI Science Fiction (less common than SciFi) SIFI Seismic Induced Frame Instability .MI) company, located in Pomezia, Italy. For this order, DRS will manufacture power supplies and cases to be used in conjunction with Smiths' Flight Control Computer for all EH-101 helicopters. "With more than 30 years of experience in advanced electronic manufacturing, DRS is an important world supplier of mission critical equipment and components," said David W. Stapley, president of DRS's Flight Safety and Communications Group. "With this successful long-term customer relationship with Smiths Aerospace and its customer AgustaWestland, we are pleased to continue our support of the important missions and special requirements of the EH-101, one of the most widely used military helicopters Military helicopters are helicopters used by military forces. They can be found in a variety of roles in diffferent militaries of which the tactical airlift mission is the most common. in the world, and look forward to expanding our association with Galileo Avionica." Two DRS-produced Flight Control Computers will be installed on each helicopter, providing redundant computational and aircraft control functions for a duplex automatic flight control system. The EH-101 family of helicopters is designed for maritime and land-based multi-mission military and commercial applications. The EH-101 frequently is used for assault, antisubmarine warfare, search and rescue, reconnaissance, casualty evacuation and troop transportation missions. DRS also provides Emergency Avionics Systems (EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) A security system for preventing theft in retail stores that uses disposable label tags or reusable hard tags attached to the merchandise. ) 3000 for this helicopter and its variants, including the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force Support helicopters, Canada's Cormorant cormorant (kôr`mərənt), common name for large aquatic birds, related to the gannet and the pelican, and found chiefly in temperate and tropical regions, usually on the sea but also on inland waters. Search and Rescue helicopters, Italy's MMI (Man Machine Interface) See HMI. 1. MMI - Man-Machine Interface. 2. (company) MMI - The company which developed the first Programmable Array Logic devices. MMI was bought by AMD. helicopters and Japan's Tokyo Metropolitan Police helicopters. 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, battlefield digitization, electro-optics, power conversion, data storage, digital imaging, flight safety and space. For more information about DRS Technologies, please visit the company's web site at www.drs.com. |
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