DRS Technologies and robotic vehicle technologies provider Autonomous Solutions Inc. have forged an agreement to build automated systems for U.S. Army route-clearance vehicles. The team will automate the High Mobility Engineering Excavator platform as part of the Army’s Route Clearance Interrogation System Type I program, DRS said Friday. Joseph Matteoni, vice president and general manager […] More

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded a contract to DRS Technologies to update the company’s ultra-small pixel infrared focal plane arrays under DARPA’s Lambda Scale program. The FPAs work to support the functions of cooled infrared sensors to address pilot situational awareness and visibility concerns, DRS said Monday. The company uses thin-film deposition technology and a high-density capacitance […] More

DRS Technologies has announced three contracts the company was awarded provide digital combat, network communication and missile launching systems to the U.S. Navy. One contract has $96 million ceiling value over five years and covers work to produce, integrate and deploy the Common Display System Technology Insertion-12 for surface vessels, DRS said Monday. The Navy also awarded the company […] More

The C4ISR group of DRS Technologies Inc. has won a supplier excellence award from Northrop Grumman, which DRS said recognized the sensitive programs support DRS has provided to Northrop’s information systems sector. Winners of the Northrop Grumman supplier excellence award, which also included Harris Corp., were judged based on five factors: schedule, management, technical acumen, […] More

DRS Technologies has chosen Comark to be the supplier of displays and computer workstations for the repair station consoles in DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. Comark has developed a 19-inch custom design for the MissionVue LCD workstations and displays with bulkhead-mount configurations and fan-less systems, Comark said Wednesday. Keith Vreeland, Comark business development manager, said the contract win establishes […] More

Doug Jankovich, a more than two-decade U.S. Air Force veteran, was appointed as vice president of international strategy and growth at HII‘s mission technologies business arm, according to a LinkedIn post on Sunday.  The executive most recently served as VP of strategy and growth at the military shipbuilding company and was a VP of business […] More

A Leonardo DRS subsidiary has secured a potential $90.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide the service branch and other allies with launch control units and associated components for the MK 41 Vertical Launch System. Laurel Technologies Partnership will produce LCU MK 235 Mod 17 and Mod 18 for delivery to the Navy […] More

Leonardo DRS' facility in Cypress, California, will operate as a center of excellence to develop artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies for the U.S. government. The facility, which has functioned as Advanced Engineering CoE under Leonardo DRS' electro-optical and infrared systems business, offers expertise in technologies applicable to multiple domains such as land and space, the company said Monday.

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Leonardo DRS CEO William Lynn told Government Matters in an interview posted Tuesday that one of the trends he sees in the defense sector is the Pentagon’s need for speed. He said the Department of Defense wants industry to deliver faster and companies should understand DoD’s priorities to know where to invest and meet the department’s requirements.

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Todd Hicks, chief technology officer at Leonardo DRS, told C4ISRNET in an interview published Monday how industry helps the military address cyber challenges.

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John Baylouny, an executive vice president and chief operating officer at Leonardo DRS, told Breaking Defense in an interview published Friday about the company’s focus on innovation and efforts to meet the needs of clients.

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Leonardo DRS has won a potential five-year, $53.7M contract to provide repair station consoles for the U.S. Navy's DDG-class guided missile destroyer modernization program.

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