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DRS Wins $462 Million US Navy Contract for Shipboard Consoles

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DRS Wins $462 Million US Navy Contract for Shipboard Consoles

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DRS Laurel Technologies, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $62,556,567 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-only contract for consoles, displays, and peripherals (CDP) Technology Insertion 16, Modification 1 (MOD 1) production equipment, to support the Navy’s future surface ship combat systems. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ; the government of Australia ; and the government of Spain (1%). Work will be performed in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and expected to be completed by August 2021. This contract includes options, which if exercised, will bring the cumulative value of this contract to $462,261,449 and work will continue through April 2025.

The CDP program consists of a suite of Technology Insertion (TI) 16 MOD 1 Common Display System (CDS) consoles, thin client displays (TCDs), multi-mission displays (MMDs), and peripheral equipment. The CDS consoles are a set of open-architecture watch station, three-eyed horizontal display consoles comprised of three different console variants: water cooled CDS and air cooled CDS. The CDP hardware provides the Human Machine Interface (HMI) between the sailor and the ship’s combat systems. This contract includes options, which if exercised, will bring the cumulative value of this contract to $462,261,449 and work will continue through April 2025.

DRS Laurel Technologies consoles, displays, and peripherals
DRS Laurel Technologies consoles, displays, and peripherals

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