DRS Technologies to develop prototype refueling system for the U.S.M.C.

PARSIPPANY, N.J., 26 May 2007.DRS Technologies Inc. won a $3 million contract from the U.S. Army's Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) in Warren, Mich., to build a prototype Flatrack Refueling Capability (FRC) system for the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC).

TACOM is placing the order on behalf of the USMC through the Army's Program Executive Office for Combat Support & Combat Service Support and its subordinate office of Product Manager for Petroleum and Water Systems.

The work for this contract will start immediately; delivery of the prototype is expected in December. The delivery will be followed by three months of testing at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. The FRC program will be managed by the company's DRS Sustainment Systems unit in St. Louis, Missouri.