DRS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.JOINS U.S.-UKRAINE BUSINESS COUNCIL (USUBC)
Leading supplier of integrated products, services, & support to military forces, prime contractors, intelligence agencies

U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC)
Washington, D.C., Monday, March 2,2009

WASHINGTON, D.C.- DRS Technologies, Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, has been approved as a member of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC), the USUBC Executive Committee announced today, on behalf of the entire USUBC membership of over 100 companies and organizations.

DRS Technologies, headquartered in Parsippany, NJ, is a leading supplier of integrated products, services and support to military forces, intelligence agencies and prime contractors worldwide. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Finmeccanica S.p.A. which employs more than 73,000 people worldwide.  

JOEL LEVANSON, LEW EVANS, JIM HINSON
Joel Levanson, Col. (Retired) U.S. Army, is Vice President of International Programs, DRS Technical Services , Inc., in Herndon, VA. Joel previously represented ESSI , a  company who was a member of USUBC and USUBC is pleased to be working with Joel once again.  

Joel and his colleagues Lew Evans and Jim Hinson, attended several USUBC meetings last fall and DRS Technologies joined the USUBC Aerospace and Defense Working Group.  Joel and Lew attended the USUBC sponsored Presidential Inaugural Reception held recently in Washington at the Embassy of Ukraine to the U.S.    

 

“We look forward to working again with the USUBCleadership and other member companies to develop and promote stronger business ties with the growing Ukraine market” said Joel Levanson, Vice President of International Programs, DRS Technical Services.

DRS'S BROAD RANGE OF MISSION CRITICAL SYSTEMS AND SOLUTIONS
DRS’s broad range of mission critical systems and sustainment solutions uniquely position the  company to support the ongoing superiority of the military’s Current Force, as well as the modernization and emerging transformation initiatives of the Future Force.

DRS responds to the needs of U.S. and allied military forces, as they engage in day-to-day expeditionary activities, by providing high-tech products and systems that improve the capabilities of many key platforms. The company also provides a range of military support systems and services. DRS’s products are deployed on a wide range of high-profile military platforms and on several platforms for non-military applications.

DRS sustainment products, such as environmental control systems, power generators, water and fuel distribution systems, chemical/biological decontamination systems and heavy equipment transport systems, are used to support military forces, humanitarian efforts and peacekeeping.

SECURITY AND ASSET PROTECTION SYSTEMS
DRS also provides security and asset protection systems and services, telecommunication and information technology services, training and logistics support services for all branches of the U.S. armed forces and certain international militaries, homeland security forces, and select government and intelligence agencies.

DRS strives to provide quality products and services and stand behind them, to invest in research and development and new market opportunities, and to leverage existing core defense programs and business areas. For more information about DRS, please visit the company’s website at www.drs.com.

PLEASED TO HAVE DRS TECHNOLOGIES AS A NEW MEMBER
"USUBC is very pleased to have DRS Technologies, Inc. as a new member" said Morgan Williams, Director, Government Affairs, Washington Office, SigmaBleyzer Emerging Markets Private Equity Investment Group, www.SigmaBleyzer.com, who serves as President/CEO of the U.S.-Ukraine Business Council (USUBC).

"USUBC has increased its membership four times over the past 27 months and now has a membership base of over 100 companies and organizations which allows USUBC to provide its members such as DRS Technologies, Inc. with a full-time operation and a significantly expanded program of work," according to USUBC membership director Iryna Teluk.

NEW MEMBERS OF USUBC
The latest group of new USUBC members has included: 3M Ukraine; AeroSvit Ukrainian Airlines; AGCO Corporation; Aitken Berlin LLP/ASIA; AnaCom, Inc; Asters law firm; CEC Government Relations; ContourGlobal Ukraine; Defense Technology, Inc.; Doheny Global Group; Dunwoodie Travel Bureau, Ltd.; Edelman; Foyil Securities; IBM Ukraine; KPMG Ukraine; Kyiv Mohyla Foundation of America (KMF); Mars Ukraine; Microsoft; Pratt & Whitney - Paton; R & J Trading International; RZB Finance (Raiffeisen Group); SE Raelin/Cajo , Inc.; SoftServe, Inc.; Solid Team LLC; The Washington Group(TWG); Ukraine International Airlines (UIA); Vasil Kisil & Partners law firm; Winner Imports Ukraine (Ford, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo, Porsche); Zurich Surety, Credit, & Political Risk; and DRS Technologies, Inc.