PARSIPPANY, N.J., 14 Feb. 2008.DRS Technologies Inc. has received two contracts totaling approximately $69 million from BAE Systems' Plc, U.S. subsidiary, BAE Systems Inc., to manufacture, test, and deliver Improved Bradley Acquisition Systems (IBAS) for U.S. Army M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicles.
To date, DRS has received approximately $180 million in contracts from BAE to support these systems aboard the Bradley vehicle.
One contract was for approximately $23 million and the second was for approximately $45 million. The manufacturing and product deliveries have already begun and are being accomplished by the company's DRS Sensors & Targeting Systems unit – Optronics Division in Melbourne, Fla.
Final deliveries are scheduled for November 2009.
The IBAS provides target acquisition, tracking, and engagement, and fire control for the Bradley vehicle's tube-launched, optically tracked, wire-guided (TOW) missile system, as well as its 25- and 7.65-millimeter weapon systems.
Using second-generation forward looking infrared technology and eye-safe laser rangefinder capabilities, the system enables the vehicle's commander and gunners to detect, identify, and acquire targets at greater ranges thus maximizing the effectiveness of the vehicle's weapons. As a result, these systems give warfighters major battlefield advantages at night and in visually obscured environments.
