Parsippany, NJ, July 12 -- DRS Technologies, Inc. announced today that it was awarded a $35 million contract for the continued manufacture of the Direct Support Electrical System Test Sets (DSESTS) Test Program Sets (TPS) for the M1A1, M1A2 and M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tanks System Enhancement Program (SEP) and the M2/M3 family of Bradley Fighting Vehicles.

The contract was awarded to DRS by the U.S. Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC), Rock Island, Illinois, on behalf of Program Manager Combat Systems in Warren, Michigan. Work for this contract will be performed by the company’s DRS Test & Energy Management unit in Huntsville, Alabama. For this award, DRS will produce Test Program Sets (TPS) designed to support the U.S. Army’s conversion to modularity and also will provide engineering and support to resolve parts obsolescence issues. Product deliveries are expected to commence immediately and continue through June 2007.

"Our continued support of this test equipment assures that the Army’s current generation of Abrams and Bradley vehicle fleets can be fully sustained around the world," said Fred L. Marion, president of DRS’s Surveillance & Reconnaissance Group. "Our customer’s commitment to the long-term sustainability of DSESTS equipment reaffirms our position as a leading supplier of ‘best value’ electronic test systems for the Army’s family of Abrams and Bradley ground vehicles."

DRS produces a variety of automatic test equipment (ATE) designed for diagnosing electronic components installed on Army M1A1, M1A2 and M1A2 SEP Abrams Main Battle Tanks, M2/M3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems, and U.S. Marine Corps’ Abrams tanks and Light Armored Vehicles (LAVs). Utilized at 89 locations in the U.S. and deployed internationally, the DSESTS supports the U.S. Army’s modularity requirements, as it transforms existing divisions into brigade combat teams.

DRS is developing new, state-of-the-art, third generation Army automatic test equipment, which is expected to reduce test development time, increase testing efficiency, improve data logging capability, reduce overall support costs, and improve the capability to test all Abrams and Bradley line replaceable units (LRUs).

DRS Technologies, Inc.
15.07.2005