DRS Technologies announced that its DRS Laurel Technologies business unit, a subcontractor to Lockheed Martin, received an award for a US Navy Submarine technology insertion hardware (TIH) contract that will provide submarine combat and sonar systems designed around commercially available hardware and software.

DRS has been awarded a five-year indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a ceiling value of $691 million from Lockheed Martin to provide the production hardware.

“We have worked very closely with the Lockheed Martin team to meet a very aggressive schedule for the production hardware to support the US Navy’s TIH Upgrade,” says Patrick Marion, Vice President and General Manager of DRS Laurel Technologies.

The Navy’s TIH programme includes design, development and production of hardware for the next two submarine technology insertions planned for Seawolf, SSGN, 688/688i, Virginia class, and future submarine systems and platforms. The US Navy will provide the Royal Australian Navy with similar technology insertions for the Collins class submarines through the foreign military sales programme.