DRS Technologies

DRS Technologies, Inc. (DRS) is a US-based defense contractor. Previously traded on the NYSE, the company was purchased by the Italian firm Finmeccanica in October 2008. Diagnostic/Retrieval Systems, Inc (DRS) was founded in 1968 by Leonard Newman (whose son, Mark Newman, was the CEO until Jan-2012) and David Gross, two engineers working for Loral Corporation. The two were working on signal processing techniques for anti-submarine warfare. When L... More

Date founded:

  • 1968

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Also known as:

  • DIAGNOSTIC RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS INC,
  • DRS TECHNOLOGIES INC
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List Rank Year
  • 648
  • 2009
  • 707
  • 2008
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