DRS receives $10 million DoD order for its MSTAR radar system

The city of Parsippany, New Jersey was named for an Indian word meaning “the place where the river winds through the valley,” so it is appropriate that hometown company DRS Technologies is quicky establishing itself as a go-to company in surveillance and perimeter defense. A river running through a town, in the olden days, no doubt would have been a serious security concern. Nowadays, however, DRS is more concerned about threats from abroad, and a recent series of DoD conrtracts worth $10 million shows that government procurement officials have faith in the company’s abilities.

Under the deals, which were struck with various agencies within DoD, DRS will provide a suite of Man-Portable Surveillance and Target Acquisition Radar (MSTAR) systems. Among its many abilities, MSTAR can locate moving targets, classify them as personnel or tracked or wheeled vehicles, and is ideally suited for deployable perimeter security applications. It is also distinguished by its low power consumption and its hardened ability to operate in all weather conditions. “Under these new contracts, DRS will have the potential to also provide the DoD with products for wide-area intrusion detection and tracking, to control access to military bases and remotely-operated weapons, and to detect explosives and nuclear, chemical and biological weapons,” said DRS’s Thomas Cornwell. The work for these contracts will be performed by the company’s St. Louis, Missouri-based DRS Sustainment Systems. Product deliveries are expected to begin immediately and will continue through May 2007.

Company notes: The company recently received a $14 million Army order to produce next-generation lightweight thermal weapon sights. It also claims to

have developed the smallest pixel size infrared focal plane array of its type in the infrared industry

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