Leonardo DRS and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have received a $79.6M contract to supply the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps with active protection systems designed to protect combat ground vehicles from anti-armor rockets and missiles. The industry team will provide additional TROPHY systems and the contract will bring the total funded value …

Russell Marsh, a 12-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, has been appointed vice president and general manager of Leonardo DRS’ naval power systems business. He will be based in Milwaukee, Wis., and will oversee the unit that offers power, control, heating and cooling systems, as well as oil and gas products, Leonardo DRS said …

Jerry Hathaway, a more than two-decade veteran of Leonardo DRS, has been appointed vice president and general manager of the electro-optical and infrared business at the Arlington, Va.-based defense technology contractor. The company said Wednesday Hathaway most recently held similar roles within its land electronics and network computing and test solutions businesses. Before …

John Baylouny, formerly chief technology officer for Leonardo DRS, has been promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer at the Arlington, Va.-based defense contractor. Leonardo DRS said Thursday Baylouny succeeds Terry Murphy, who is due to retire at the end of this year, and will oversee eight business units as well as supply …

Leonardo DRS has won a potential five-year, $292.1M contract to provide rugged and semi-rugged variants of an updated maintenance support device to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Friday the company’s network and imaging systems business will supply MSD version four systems to support the service’s maintenance operations for military …

Leonardo DRS’ network and imaging systems business has received two contracts worth a total of $344.3M to procure a lightweight laser designator rangefinder and provide support services for the Maintenance Support Device Version 4 Light system. The Defense Department said Friday the company will perform work under the rangefinder contract …

Leonardo DRS’ network and imaging systems business has secured a $435M hybrid contract from the U.S. Army to deliver thermal imaging systems to be integrated with multiple platforms across the service branch. The company is tasked to provide second-generation forward-looking infrared thermal receiver units, kit components and spares, as well …

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Leonardo DRS’ network and imaging systems business have each won a five-year, $79.3 million contract to provide spare parts for the U.S. Army‘s second-generation forward-looking infrared cameras. The Defense Department said Friday the two companies will produce the components for FLIR Block 1 B kits under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts from …

Leonardo DRS‘ sustainment systems division has landed a potential two-year, $192.5 million contract to support the modernization of U.S. Army main battle tanks. The fixed-price-incentive contract covers the supply of active protection systems, countermeasures and calibration and maintenance kits for version 2 of the Abrams M1A2 System Enhancement program, the Defense Department said Friday. …

A Leonardo DRS business unit has received a potential 18-month, $180.8 million task order extension from theDefense Information Systems Agency to provide telecommunications support to the U.S. Special Operations Command. DISA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday the award extends DRS Global Enterprise Solutions‘ work under the USSOCOM Deployed Operations telecommunication program. The extended order includes …