DRS Technologies among Organizations Awarded $1.9 Billion Contract to Provide Engineering and Technical Services for U.S. Air Force.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 been selected as a prime contractor on a 21-company team to share the award of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ IDIQ Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (contracting/procurement) ) contract with a ceiling value of $1.9 billion to provide engineering and technical services to the U.S. Air Force. The contract will support the Design and Engineering Support Program II. The program was created to provide design, engineering and technical support services for Department of Defense (DoD) mission weapon systems, components and support equipment. DRS was selected by the Air Force Materiel Command  Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) is a major command of the United States Air Force. , Ogden Air
Logistics Center at Hill Air Force Base in Utah. Work for DRS's
share of this award will be accomplished by the company's DRS
Technical Services unit in Beltsville, Maryland. Provision of services
on this program will be completed in 2012.
The Design and Engineering Support Program II contract will be used to provide laboratory, technical documentation, courseware, systems design, engineering and software development, and environmental, health and safety services. The contract may be used by all other Air Force Commands, the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps, and other government entities, such as NASA NASA: see National Aeronautics and Space Administration. NASA in full National Aeronautics and Space Administration Independent U.S. , U.S. Departments of Homeland Security, Energy, Justice, Transportation and State, the Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), independent agency of the U.S. government, with headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1970 to reduce and control air and water pollution, noise pollution, and radiation and to ensure the safe handling and , OSHA OSHA n. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a branch of the US Department of Labor responsible for establishing and enforcing safety and health standards in the workplace. , the Coast Guard, FAA and FEMA FEMA, n.pr See Federal Emergency Management Agency. . Orders for DRS are expected to encompass a broad range of engineering related tasks, such as concept exploration, tradeoff studies, systems analysis and specification development, systems design, prototype manufacturing, system integration, testing, modeling and simulation, and engineering and technical documentation. "This new award provides DRS with an additional long-term contract opportunity to support the Department of Defense and many other government agencies," said Mitchell B. Rambler, president of DRS's Technical Services Segment. "Our selection by the Air Force to be part of the Design and Engineering Support Program II team is recognition of our demonstrated capabilities in providing superior technical and engineering services." 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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