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Leonardo DRS Sees Future in Survivability Systems

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, May 29th, 2019

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Leonardo DRS Sees Future in Survivability Systems

DRS Technologies received a nearly $35 million contract last December for the installation of DAIRCM on 30 Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Leonardo DRS has developed a suite of survivability systems that the company believes represent a significant growth area. "The survivability piece is relatively fresh and growing,” Bill Lynn, the CEO of Leonardo DRS, said in a May 28 phone interview. Lynn is a former DoD controller and deputy defense secretary and a longtime industry executive who has headed Leonardo DRS since 2012. Counter unmanned aircraft systems are in the company's quiver. Since 2017, Leonardo DRS has received U.S. Army development and…

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