Business Editors/Defense Writers

SAN DIEGO----United Defense
Industries, Inc.
The seven ships in the contract are USS MOBILE BAY (CG 53), USS
BUNKER HILL (CG 52), USS SHILOH (CG 67), USS PRINCETON (CG 59), USS
ANTIETAM (CG 54), USS LAKE CHAMPLAIN (CG 57) and USS CHANCELLORSVILLE
(CG 62).

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DRS's power equipment facilitates realization of the U.
These ships also operate as flagships of surface action groups.com

Forward -Looking Statements

Information in this release may involve guidance, expectations,
beliefs , plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future.

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Focused on defense technology,
DRS develops and manufactures a broad range of mission critical
systems. Navy
and other U.

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(NYSE: DRS) announced today that it was awarded several new
contracts with a combined value of approximately $25 million to design
and produce power conversion, distribution and machinery control
equipment for next -generation and existing classes of U.

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The contract, awarded to UDI's Southwest Marine shipyard by
Southwest Regional Maintenance Center, could reach $44 million, if the
Navy exercises all options .

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Business Editors/Defense Writers

PARSIPPANY, N.----DRS Technologies,
Inc.
The contracts were awarded to DRS by the U. The statements in this release are not
guarantees of future performance and actual results could differ
materially from our current expectations.

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J.S.

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S.S. "DRS's power systems equipment is vital to supporting
shipboard propulsion, machinery, power control, conversion and
distribution systems for current and future classes of surface and
subsurface combatants.S.com

United Defense Shipyard Wins Navy Contract for Cruiser Work

About United Defense

United Defense designs, develops and produces combat vehicles,
artillery, naval guns, missile launchers and precision munitions used
by the U.S.

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propulsion submarines

Navy and various
Navy prime contractors, including shipyards and design agents. Navy combatant ship since World War II, including
nuclear-powered and conventionally-powered ships. (NYSE:UDI) announced an advanced planning award for a
five-year, multi-ship-multi-option, cost-plus, award fee contract for
work on seven Ticonderoga-class Aegis cruisers home ported in San
Diego. All
forward looking statements included in this release are based upon
information available to United Defense Industries, Inc.

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Navy shipbuilding industry, both as a leading
force in the technology refresh of the existing fleet and as a major
participant in shaping the future of the Navy's high-performance
integrated electrical systems," said Steven T. The company employs 5,700 people worldwide.S. These
forward looking statements involve risks and uncertainties.

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Please refer to the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10K for the year ended December 31, 2004, and in
our other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission for a further discussion of the factors and risks
associated with our business.

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DRS's integrated power systems equipment will provide
increased fuel efficiency, reliability and commonality benefits in
electric ship architecture , which ultimately will lead to new,
stealthier hull forms, reduced logistics reliability, "plug-and -play"
maintainability, larger payload and mission capacity and reduced crew
sizes. Navy forces to maintain technical superiority in the 21st
century.
Guided missile cruisers are multi-mission surface combatants
capable of supporting carrier battle groups and amphibious forces. The first Tomahawk missile fired into Iraq on March 20,
2003, was launched from the USS BUNKER HILL.

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DRS is the foremost supplier of Naval shipboard propulsion plant
instrumentation, electronic and mechanical control systems , power
conversion equipment, and low- and medium-voltage power distribution
systems for nuclear and non-nuclear submarines and surface combatants.
For more information about DRS Technologies, please visit the
company's web site at http://www. Government agencies.

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For
these orders, DRS will design , manufacture and test advanced
instrumentation and control equipment, machinery and throttle control
equipment, variable and fixed-speed motor control equipment, power
distribution components and power conversion equipment for low- and
medium-voltage shipboard electric plants supporting U.
The company's equipment is integral to the monitoring and control of
main propulsion and ship auxiliaries across the electric plant and
power distribution system. The company has installed equipment on
every U. Department of Defense and allies worldwide, and provides
non-nuclear ship repair, modernization and conversion to the U.

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Navy
combatant submarines and surface ships.
"These awards reflect our position as a key supplier of power
systems to the U. Schorer, president of
DRS's C4I Group.drs .

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Navy
combatant surface ships and submarines, including new ships under the
Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program and other programs.
Tomahawk cruise missiles give them additional long range striking
capability. To learn more about United
Defense, visit http://www.

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Numerous factors could cause
or contribute to such differences.

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Navy's
vision of an electric warship utilizing a common ship power system
architecture that can transfer electric power from propulsion and ship
service systems to advanced electric weapons, sensors and
countermeasures.S. The work is scheduled to begin this year
and complete in 2009.uniteddefense., as of the
date of the release, and we assume no obligation to update any such
forward looking statements.

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DRS Technologies, headquartered in Parsippany , New Jersey,
provides leading edge products and services to defense, government
intelligence and commercial customers.
The work package includes planning, nine Selected Restricted
Availabilities , two Dry Docking Selected Restricted Availabilities,
continuous maintenance and emergent ship maintenance .

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DRS Technologies Receives $25 Million in New Contracts to Provide Power Equipment for U.S. Navy Ships and Submarines

Associated contract
work commenced in the company's fiscal 2005 fourth quarter and is
expected to be completed in fiscal 2007. A force multiplier, these technologies will provide the
electric warship with an affordable leap-ahead capability, allowing
U.

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S. Work for these contracts will
be performed by the company's DRS Power + Control Technologies unit in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin , and Danbury, Connecticut. These awards support our strategic intent to be
a comprehensive supplier of ship electric plant systems, including all
associated integration and support services.