DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: DRS) announced today that it received a $19.6 million contract to provide rugged Appliqué Computer Systems and peripheral equipment for the U.S. Army's Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below (FBCB2) program. The order was placed by the U.S. Army's Communications-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command (CELCMC) at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.

The company's DRS Tactical Systems unit in Melbourne, Florida will produce the FBCB2 computer systems. The systems to be produced will include computer processors, display units, keyboards, hard disk drives, and mission data loaders. These systems support the Army's Blue Force Tracking requirements and are being installed on more than 40 types of U.S. Army and Marine Corps wheeled and tracked vehicles, at tactical operations centers and at other command post platforms.

?This additional order reflects the company's strong track record for providing America's military with the most innovative and reliable products of the highest quality,? said Michael J. Sheehan, president of DRS' Tactical Computing Strategic Business Unit. ?Our Appliqué computer systems have been successfully fielded for years for FBCB2 and this order is a continued testament of how well these systems have been performing in the rugged field environment.?

The objective of the FBCB2 program is to develop a digital battle command and control information system that will provide commanders and soldiers at tactical units, from the brigade level to the individual soldier, with access to real-time information, allowing for better command and control decision making and enhanced situational awareness.

This digitization program, which incorporates the rugged Appliqué computer systems, aims to give Army units information superiority, and therefore, a competitive advantage on battlefields. Information superiority is one of the cornerstones of the Army's modernization and transformation to a modular force that deploys in brigades rather than divisions.

The Appliqué computer systems that are common and interoperable will provide the tactical units with global positioning system capabilities, an ability to track and decipher between friendly and enemy combatants via a combat identification system, an ability to interface with terrestrial communication radios such as the single channel ground and airborne radio system or the enhanced position location reporting system, and the ability to access a satellite communications system.

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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