Ira Albom
Retired Senior Vice President, Teleflex, Inc.

Mr. Albom, age 78, became a director in February 1997. He was employed from 1977 to 2003 by Teleflex, Inc., a defense and aerospace company, and was Senior Vice President of Teleflex from 1987 until his retirement in 2003. Mr. Albom has over 40 years of operations and management experience in the defense and aerospace industry. At Teleflex, he was actively involved in leading diligence teams and negotiating terms of mergers and acquisitions, as well as negotiating major contracts for Teleflex's Defense/Aerospace Group.

General Charles G. Boyd, USAF (Ret.)
President and Chief Executive Officer, Business Executives for National Security (BENS)

General Boyd, age 69, is President and Chief Executive Officer of Business Executives for National Security (BENS) and has served in that position since May 2002. Following his retirement from active duty with the United States Air Force in August 1995, General Boyd served as the Director, 21st Century International Legislators Project for the Congressional Institute, Inc. and as a strategy consultant to former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich. In July 1998, he was named Executive Director, U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century (Hart-Rudman Commission). In August 2001, he was named Senior Vice President and Washington Program Director, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C. Prior to his military retirement, General Boyd was Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. European Command (USEUCOM), Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany. Before assuming his position at USEUCOM, he was Vice Commander of Strategic Air Command's 8th Air Force, Director of Plans at Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., and Commander of the Air University, with headquarters at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. General Boyd also is a member of the board of directors of the Nixon Center, Forterra Systems, Inc. and In-Q-Tel. He is a member of the USAF Air University Board of Visitors, is Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Air University Foundation, and serves on the Transformation Advisory Group for U.S. Joint Forces Command, as well as the USEUCOM Senior Advisory Group.

The Honorable Dr. Donald C. Fraser
Retired Professor, Boston University

Dr. Fraser, age 66, became a director in 1993. He was the founder and Director of the Boston University Photonics Center and a Professor of Engineering and Physics at that university until he retired in January 2006. From 1991 to 1993, Dr. Fraser was the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Acquisition, with primary responsibility for managing the Department of Defense acquisition process, including setting policy and executing programs. He served as Deputy Director of Operational Test and Evaluation for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence from 1990 to 1991, a position which included top level management and oversight of the operational test and evaluation of all major Department of Defense communications, command and control, intelligence, electronic warfare, space and information management system programs. From 1981 to 1988, Dr. Fraser was employed as Vice President, Technical Operations at Charles Stark Draper Laboratory and from 1988 to 1990, as its Executive Vice President. Dr. Fraser is a director of Aurora Flight Sciences and the Center for Technology Commercialization.

William F. Heitmann
Senior Vice President - Finance, Verizon Communications, Inc.

Mr. Heitmann, age 58, became a director in February 1997. He has served as Senior Vice President – Finance of Verizon Communications, Inc. since January 2005 and has been employed by Verizon Communications, Inc. since its formation in June 2000 through the merger of Bell Atlantic Corp. and GTE Corp. He was employed by Bell Atlantic Corp. and its predecessors since 1971, serving as a Vice President from 1996 and as Treasurer from June 2000 to December 2004. Previously, he was President and Chief Investment Officer of Nynex Asset Management Company and President of Nynex Credit Company. Mr. Heitmann serves as Chairman of Verizon Capital Corp. He is a member of the Real Estate Advisory Board of the Pension Real Estate Association, the Pension Fund Managers Advisory Committee of the New York Stock Exchange and The Financial Executives Institute.

The Honorable Steven S. Honigman
Partner, Fox Horan & Camerini LLP

Mr. Honigman, age 59, became a director in 1998. Mr. Honigman has been a partner of the law firm of Fox Horan & Camerini LLP since January 2006. He was a member of the law firm of Thelen Reid & Priest LLP from 1998 through 2005. Previously, he served as General Counsel to the Department of the Navy for five years. As chief legal officer of the Department of the Navy and the principal legal advisor to the Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Honigman was recognized as a leader in acquisition reform, procurement-related litigation and the accomplishment of national security objectives in the context of environmental compliance. He also exercised Secretariat oversight of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and served as the Department's Designated Agency Ethics Officer and Contractor Suspension and Debarment Official. For his service, Mr. Honigman received the Department of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award. Prior to his tenure with the Department of the Navy, he was a partner of the law firm of Miller, Singer, Raives & Brandes. Mr. Honigman was a director of The Wornick Company, a producer of combat and humanitarian rations for the Department of Defense, until the sale of the company in 2004. He currently is a member of the board of directors of EWA Information & Infrastructure Technologies, Inc. and the board of directors of Harbor Wing Technologies, Inc.

C. Shelton James
President, C.S. James and Associates

Mr. James, age 67, became a director in February 1999 and is President of C.S. James and Associates, business advisors, serving in that position since May 2000. From December 2001 to July 2002, he was CEO of Technisource, Inc., a provider of information technology staffing, outsourced solutions and computer systems. Mr. James was Chairman of the Board of Elcotel, Inc., a public communications company, until February 2000. He was President of Fundamental Management Corporation, an investment management company, from 1993 to 1998. He also was Chairman and CEO of Cyberguard Corp. from August 1998 to March 1999. Mr. James serves as a director of Concurrent Computer Corporation, Inc. and CSPI, Inc.

Mark N. Kaplan
Of Counsel, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP

Mr. Kaplan, age 77, became a director in 1986 and is the board’s Lead Director. Mr. Kaplan was a member of the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP from 1979 to 1998 and is now of counsel to the firm. He also serves as a director of American Biltrite Inc., Autobytel, Inc., Congoleum Corporation and Volt Information Sciences, Inc. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, Inc. and also served as chairman and is now a member of the New York City Audit Committee. He previously served as co-chairperson of the New York City Board of Education Audit Advisory Committee. Mr. Kaplan is a Trustee of Bard College, New York Academy of Medicine, WNET/Channel 13, New Alternatives for Children and New York Hall of Science.

Mark S. Newman
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of DRS

Mr. Newman, age 57, became a director in 1988. Mr. Newman, who has been employed by us since 1973, was named Vice President, Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in 1980 and Executive Vice President in 1987. In May 1994, Mr. Newman became our President and Chief Executive Officer, and in August 1995, became Chairman of the Board. Mr. Newman is a director of Congoleum Corporation and EFJ, Inc. and a director of Business Executives for National Security (BENS). He also is a member of the Board of Governors of the Aerospace Industries Association. Mr. Newman and Mr. Rosen, a director of DRS, are first cousins.

RADM Stuart F. Platt, USN (Ret.)
Chairman, Harbor Wing Technologies, Inc.

Admiral Platt, age 73, became a director in 1991. Since 2004, Admiral Platt has served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Harbor Wing Technologies, Inc., a company with operations in Honolulu, Hawaii and Seattle, Washington that develops autonomous unmanned surface vessels for the U.S. Navy and other government agencies for homeland defense and surveillance missions. He is the former Chairman of The Wornick Company, a producer of combat and humanitarian rations for the Department of Defense, and served in that position from 2000 until the sale of the company in 2004. From May 1994 until 1998, he served as a Vice President of DRS and President of our Data Systems Group. Admiral Platt also served as President of our wholly-owned subsidiary, DRS Precision Echo, Inc. (now known as DRS Data & Imaging Systems, Inc.), from July 1992 to July 1998. From 1998 to 2000, he was President and Chief Executive Officer of Western Marine Electronics Company, a supplier of commercial sonar systems and underwater protection systems. Admiral Platt held various high level positions as a military officer in the Department of the Navy, retiring as Competition Advocate General of the Navy in 1987. He is Chairman of The Historic Battleship Society. Admiral Platt is the author of "The Armament Tide" and "Letters from the Front Lines." Admiral Platt is also Chairman of the board of directors of Manakoa Services Corporation.

General Dennis J. Reimer, USA (Ret.)
President, DeticaDFI, Inc.

General Reimer, age 67, became a director in 2000. Since April 2007, General Reimer has been President of DeticaDFI Inc., formerly known as DFI International, Inc., a provider of defense, homeland security and intelligence consulting services to the U.S. government. Prior to its acquisition in April 2007 by Detica Group plc, a U.K.-based technology and consulting company that is publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange, General Reimer served as President of DFI International, Inc. From April 2000 until May 2005, he served as Director of the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism, located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. General Reimer served as the 33rd Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, from June 1995 until June 1999. Prior to that, he was Commanding General of United States Army Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Georgia. From August 1999 until March 2000, General Reimer served as Distinguished Fellow of the Association of the U.S. Army. General Reimer also serves as a director of SI-International and Mutual of America.

Eric J. Rosen
Partner, MSD Capital, LP

Mr. Rosen, age 46, became a director in August 1998. Since March 2005, he has been a partner of MSD Capital, LP, a private investment firm that exclusively manages the capital of Michael S. Dell and his family. Mr. Rosen has responsibility for the private equity activities of MSD. Prior to his tenure at MSD, Mr. Rosen was a Managing Director of Onex Corporation, where he worked since May 1989. Previously, he was employed by Kidder, Peabody & Co. in both the Mergers and Acquisitions and Merchant Banking Groups. Mr. Rosen and Mark S. Newman, the Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of DRS, are first cousins.