DRS Technologies wins $11 million contract from U.S. Army to manufacture tactical quiet generators

PARSIPPANY, N.J., 21 Sept. 2007.DRS Technologies Inc. has received an $11 million contract from the U.S. Army's Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) at Fort Monmouth, N.J., to manufacture Tactical Quiet Generators (TQG).

CECOM placed the order on behalf of various Army, Navy, and Air Force units through the Army's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, and Communications Tactical, and its subordinate office of Project Manager for Mobile Electric Power at Fort Belvoir, Va.

The award is part of an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with CECOM, and part of a long-term production program for the Army, which initially began as a development program in 1997. After the company's success in producing such a dependable and useful power source as the TQG, the program moved into full production.

The manufacturing and delivery of the TQGs will be accomplished by the company's DRS Fermont unit in Bridgeport, Conn. The work is scheduled to start immediately with completion expected by April 2009.

DRS manufactures the TQG in 3-, 5-, 10-, 15-, 100-, and 200-kilowatt versions. This current contract is for its next-generation 100- and 200-kilowatt versions.

Whether for training missions or real-world peacekeeping and combat operations, the company's suite of TQGs is engineered and manufactured to meet stringent U.S. military requirements for an efficient, rugged, and portable source of electrical power. The TQGs give military forces a reliable power source that is lightweight, operates at a low noise, and can be used in remote field locations wherever electrical power is needed.

DRS' next-generation 100- and 200-kilowatt TQGs feature an advanced electronic diagnostics and prognostics package, and a state-of-the-art digital control panel.