DRS Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: DRS) announced today that it received a $7 million one-year contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF), to continue providing hardware components for the joint USAF and U.S. Army Deployable Power Generation and Distribution System (DPGDS) program. The contracting command is the 688th Armament Systems Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida and the work will be accomplished by the company's DRS Technical Services business unit in Alexandria, Virginia.

The contract is a follow-on award based on the original contract DRS received in March 1998. To date, the company has received approximately $311 million for its work establishing the DPGDS as the next-generation Prime Power System for airfield and field operations.

Under the contract, DRS will provide primary power and secondary distribution equipment for the DPGDS program to support numerous Air Force flight line operations, industrial support facilities, and overall garrison functions for a semi-permanent deployed force. The DRS-manufactured DPGDS equipment has been extensively deployed throughout the world.

As a Prime Power System, complete with primary, secondary, and tertiary distribution equipment, it is air transportable and can provide electrical power for military operations or humanitarian missions ranging from a small, isolated outpost to a fully operational, forward deployed U.S. airbase. The 840-Kilowatt DPGDS Power Unit was designed as a replacement for the previous 750-Kilowatt power generator. DPGDS Power Units have updated technology that provide higher power density, are 25% lighter, 15% more fuel efficient, and are more reliable and maintainable.

?The DPGDS gives Air Force and Army commanders the flexibility, reliability, and therefore, the confidence, to know they have the electrical power at their disposal that is necessary to meet a wide array of operational contingencies and missions whether they are training stateside or deployed overseas,? said Dr. Mitchell B. Rambler, president of the company's Technical Services Business Segment.

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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