Leonardo DRS and Rolls-Royce want to offer the U.S. Navy new propulsion and power systems that would give new energy saving and warfare capabilities to the service’s modernized fleet of warships, National Defense Magazine reported Monday.

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Leonardo DRS’ Daylight Solutions subsidiary has built a microscope based on advanced laser technology that has potential to counter anti-aircraft missiles, detect pathogens and asses wounds, Forbes reported Thursday.

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Leonardo DRS has announced plans to establish a manufacturing and engineering facility and main offices for the company’s land systems business in Bridgeton, Mo.

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Leonardo DRS has started the development of a hybrid electric drive platform that will power a U.S. Coast Guard offshore patrol cutter vessel, Military reported Wednesday.

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Leonardo DRS has secured a one-year, $74.9M contract to develop a technology for the U.S. Army to counter adversarial unmanned aircraft systems designed to target U.S. interests within and outside the country.

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Leonardo DRS has won a potential seven-year, $67.3M contract from the U.S. Army to provide components for a second-generation, forward-looking infrared sensor technology.

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Leonardo DRS has agreed with General Electric to extend their collaboration on the development and delivery of LM2500 gas turbine for the U.S. Navy.

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Leonardo DRS has manufactured and delivered to General Electric a gas turbine package built for an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer of the U.S. Navy. The GE-designed LM2500 platform is intended for installation on the USS Louis H. Wilson Jr. (DDG 126), Leonardo DRS said Monday. Jamie McMullin, senior director of naval power systems group at Leonardo DRS, said the delivery […] More

Cubic‘s global defense unit has selected Leonardo DRS to provide over 500 internal subsystems of a combat training platform for the F-35 aircraft. The effort would globally bring the number of F-35 units equipped with the P5 Combat Training System to over a thousand, Leonardo DRS said Friday. The P5CTS is designed to record real-time mission […] More

Shawn Black, former vice president and general manager of Leonardo DRS‘ electro-optical and infrared systems business, has joined Cobham as the first chief operating officer of its advanced electronic solutions business. Jill Kale, president of Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions, said in a statement released Monday that Black will oversee profit-and-loss accounts and operational strategies at CAES’ 16 facilities. […] More

The U.S. Army has selected Leonardo DRS to demonstrate an electrical energy system designed to help the service branch meet vehicle power requirements. The company said Tuesday it will test the On-Board Vehicle Power system on the Army’s Terminal High Altitude Area Defense vehicles designed for launcher vehicles and missile battery command and control. Leonardo […] More

Leonardo DRS has been tapped to supply a mission equipment package for the U.S. Army’s Initial Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense platform. The company said Thursday its mission equipment system will be installed on the Stryker A1 vehicle to provide brigade combat units with a capability to detect, track and counter threats associated with fixed- wing, […] More