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Army

DRS Technologies To Support Kiowa Warrior Mast Mounted Sight

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, March 9th, 2012

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DRS Technologies Inc., a Finmeccanica company, yesterday said its Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) Group has received a $31.9 million award from the Army for program support, field service and logistics related to the DRS Mast Mounted Sight (MMS) on the OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter. The services are part of a $400 million MMS master contract for 2009-2013 that follows on a prior five-year master contract that ran from 2004 through 2008, the company said in a statement. RSTA,…

Congress

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Army

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