DRS Advanced ISR LLC

DRS Advanced ISR LLC, a Leonardo SPA subsidiary doing business as DRS Icas LLC, manufactures defense electronics, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance systems, and tactical communication platforms as a prime contractor on full-and-open federal defense work, holding no set-aside certifications. Headquartered in Beavercreek, Ohio, the company competes predominantly without socioeconomic restrictions across 387 recent federal awards carrying combined potential value of $47.09 billion, with 96% prime and 4% subcontract work concentrated in radio and television broadcasting equipment manufacturing, aircraft parts, and airborne sensor systems.

DRS Advanced ISR delivers concrete capabilities in Joint Tactical Terminal-Next Generation (JTT-NG) production and sustainment, Intelligence Broadcast Receiver-Receiver 3 (IBR-R3) repair and technical support, tactical data link equipment manufacturing, radio receiver repair and modification, circuit card assembly and electronic component integration, and crypto modernization services. Representative recent work includes a $13.27 million firm fixed-price delivery order from the Department of the Army for JTT-NG Block 1 sustainment through April 2028, a $23.7 million delivery order from the Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors for JTT-NG Limited Full-Rate Production TX/RX units through June 2027, a $33.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order for JTT-NG Block 2 production and services through March 2027, and a $9 million firm fixed-price definitive contract from Army Communications Electronics Command for Jordan Military Electronic Warfare System upgrades in support of Foreign Military Sales Case JO-B-YDP through August 2027.

Customer concentration reflects heavy Navy and Army reliance. By award count, the top five customers account for 59% of awards: Naval Supply Systems Command (65 awards, $14.5 million), Naval Information Warfare Systems Command (49 awards, $147.1 million), Air Force Sustainment Center (48 awards, $48.1 million), Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (39 awards, $4.4 million), and Army PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors (26 awards, $114.8 million). By potential value, the split diverges: Department of the Army dominates with $304.3 million across five awards (primarily the JTT-NG production portfolio), followed by Naval Information Warfare Systems Command ($147.1 million), Army Communications Electronics Command ($121.1 million), Army PEO Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors ($114.8 million), and Air Force Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex ($95.5 million). Navy work skews high-frequency, small-dollar purchase orders for parts and repair services; Army work concentrates in large production and sustainment vehicles.

DRS Advanced ISR holds positions on four named parent vehicles. The top vehicle by task order count and value is Indefinite Delivery Contract W56KGY20D0013, a Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors vehicle supporting JTT-NG production with 12 task orders valued at $131.3 million. Indefinite Delivery Contract W15P7T05DS015, another PEO IEW&S vehicle, carries 20 task orders for $52.3 million. The Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC), a $46 billion Air Force Life Cycle Management Center multiple-award vehicle, holds DRS as a contractor and received an on-ramp task order valued at $1,000 in April 2025, positioning the company to pursue future Air Force ISR and communication system work. A $6.3 million single-award indefinite delivery contract with Air Education and Training Command for IBR-R3 repair and sustainment through July 2029, and a newly awarded $9.4 million Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex contract for crypto header bypass modernization through August 2028, round out the active vehicle portfolio. DRS also received a $151 billion initial placement on the Missile Defense Agency's Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award IDIQ in December 2025, with a $500 firm fixed-price initial delivery order and performance through December 2035.

Activity has grown moderately. Award volume increased from 22 in 2022 to 29 in 2025, with five awards through April 2026 in this snapshot. The next twenty-four months expose $97.8 million in combined potential value across 21 awards reaching ultimate completion, presenting significant recompete exposure in JTT-NG sustainment and IBR-R3 repair vehicles.

As a subcontractor, DRS Advanced ISR engages with large defense primes. Recent sub work includes Northrop Grumman contracts for E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft manufacturing (multiple 2025 and 2024 awards), Sierra Nevada Company contracts for MC-130J airborne mission networking kits and antenna support (2025), The Boeing Company contracts for KC-46 engineering, manufacturing, and production support (2024), and Laurel Technologies Partnership contracts for technical insertion hardware engineering and labor services (multiple 2025 and 2024 awards). DRS also holds sub positions on Serco Inc. (ship acquisition program management and submarine support, 2022) and Kratos S2 Inc. (SBIR Phase III COSMIC AES development, 2022) primes.

Parent company Leonardo DRS Inc. (UEI UP54BEGGMGV5, Arlington, Virginia) is the holding entity and parent-child relationship conduit. DRS Advanced ISR operates as a subsidiary within Leonardo's U.S. defense industrial portfolio, leveraging parent company backing and access to Leonardo SPA's global aerospace and defense capabilities while maintaining operational autonomy over tactical communication, ISR, and electronic manufacturing programs.