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DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: DRS) announced today that it
received a $7 million contract from the McDonnell Douglas Corporation,
a wholly owned subsidiary of the Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), to
manufacture Reconfigurable Transportable Consolidated Support System
(RTCSS) subsystems for the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force.
McDonnell Douglas is the prime contractor responsible for
delivering the support systems to the U.S. Navy's Naval Air Systems
Command in Patuxent River, Maryland.
The subsystem that DRS will produce for the RTCSS consists of a
radio frequency (RF)/microwave measurement unit, RF/microwave
synthesizer, RF/microwave switch and signal conditioner, power supply
and monitor, and a computer subsystem. The manufacturing of this
equipment will begin immediately and be executed by the company's DRS
Sustainment Systems business unit in St. Louis, Missouri. The final
deliveries of the subsystems to McDonnell Douglas and completion of
the contract is expected to occur in March 2009.
The contract is the fifth award DRS has received from McDonnell
Douglass to manufacture subsystems for their RTCSS. To date, the total
value of the five contracts awarded to DRS total approximately $36
million.
The portable and rapidly deployable test station will be used by
the Marine Corps to maintain avionics equipment aboard F/A-18 Hornet
fighter and attack aircraft, AV-8B V/STOL (Vertical/Short Take-Off or
Landing) Harrier attack aircraft, MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft,
and the EA-6B Prowler electronic warfare aircraft. The test station
will be used by the Air Force for their CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor
aircraft.
"That the Navy and McDonnell Douglas have again asked the DRS
Sustainment Systems business segment to manufacture a product integral
to their aircrafts' avionics system, speaks to our performance record
and the quality of work completed by our employees," said Thomas G.
Cornwell, president of DRS' Sustainment Systems business segment.
"Quite simply, this demonstration of returning customer satisfaction
is what DRS strives for from each of its customers."
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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