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Thursday, March 20, 2014

DRS Technologies Awarded Contract To Supply Its Hybrid Electric Drive System To Korean Navy's New Class Of Frigates

Incheon class frigateDRS Technologies Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, announced today a contract award to design and produce a Hybrid Electric Drive (HED) propulsion system for the Republic of Korea Navy’s future Incheon-class multipurpose frigate known as FFX Batch II (FFX-II).

The contract, valued at more than $9 million USD, was awarded to DRS’s Maritime and Combat Support Systems group by Korea’s Hyosung Corporation and will include the design, testing, and production of hybrid electric drive (HED) permanent magnet motors and associated motor drives for the first ship-set to be delivered in 2015.

The Incheon-class frigates are coastal defense frigates of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy.

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