PARSIPPANY, N.J., Jan. 11 (UPI) -- DRS Technologies has won a U.S. Army combat service support contract worth up to $150 million.
DRS Technologies Inc. said in a statement Thursday that it had "received an Omnibus III contract from the U.S. Army's Program Executive Office for Combat Support & Combat Service Support -- PEO CS&CSS -- in Warren, Michigan. The contract is worth up to $150 million during the next five years."
"This marks the third Omnibus contract awarded to DRS by PEO CS&CSS. In January 1997 the PEO named DRS to its list of companies for the Omnibus I contract, and in January 2003, it was selected for an Omnibus II contract. Under the Omnibus III contract DRS will provide logistics, programmatic and technical services for the PEO," DRS Technologies said.
"The work for all orders under this contract will be executed by the company's DRS Technical Services business unit in Herndon, Virginia and the land systems division of the unit's engineering and logistics line of business," the company said.
"Although PEO CS&CSS will be the primary user of the contract, every organization within the Army's Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command Life Cycle Management Command -- TACOM LCMC -- will be able to use DRS to accomplish a wide variety of important tasks and objectives," said Mitchell B. Rambler, president of DRS' Technical Services business segment.
"The DRS-led team is composed of 25 unique companies which have been selected to ensure that the TACOM LCMC has the most proficient and specialized personnel and capabilities available to them at a moment's notice," Rambler said.
"The Technical Services business segment is a leading provider of worldwide engineering, and technical and logistics services with core capabilities in modeling and simulation, integrated logistics support, systems acquisition, configuration, and life-cycle management," the company said.
DRS Technologies is based in Parsippany, N.J. The company describes itself as "a leading supplier of integrated products, services and support to military forces, intelligence agencies and prime contractors worldwide. The company employs approximately 9,500 people."
