# Leonardo DRS Wins Three-Year NAVAIR Contract for DAIRCM Aircraft Survivability System

> NAVAIR awarded Leonardo DRS a three-year IDIQ contract for low-rate initial production of the AN/AAQ-45 DAIRCM aircraft survivability system.

- Published: 2026-11-10T13:57:51+00:00
- Section: Contracts & Customers
- Author: News Desk
- URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-10/leonardo-drs-navair-daircm-contract
- Source: [Stock Titan](https://www.stocktitan.net/news/DRS/leonardo-drs-awarded-navair-contract-to-produce-daircm-aircraft-26c18vych5tt.html)

## Key takeaways

- NAVAIR awarded Leonardo DRS a three-year IDIQ contract for low-rate initial production of the AN/AAQ-45 DAIRCM system.
- DAIRCM hardware will be manufactured in Dallas, Texas, and San Diego, California, with integration and logistics in Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
- Leonardo DRS reported $3.6 billion in 2025 revenue and $8.7 billion in total backlog as of Q4 2025.

Naval Air Systems Command awarded Leonardo DRS a three-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for low-rate initial production of the AN/AAQ-45 Distributed Aperture Infrared Countermeasure, or DAIRCM, aircraft survivability system. [Stock Titan](https://www.stocktitan.net/news/DRS/leonardo-drs-awarded-navair-contract-to-produce-daircm-aircraft-26c18vych5tt.html) reported the award on November 10, 2026.

## Inside the DAIRCM Production Award

[Leonardo DRS](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000dr5/leonardo-drs) is a NASDAQ-listed U.S. defense technology company that designs sensing, counter-UAS, network computing and naval propulsion systems for the U.S. Department of Defense and allied governments. It is majority-owned by Leonardo S.p.A. and reported $3.6 billion in 2025 revenue.

The DAIRCM suite is a lightweight, modular system built for small- and medium-sized aircraft with demanding size, weight and integration requirements. It combines missile warning, directed infrared countermeasures, laser warning and hostile-fire indication to protect aircraft and crews from surface-to-air threats in contested environments.

Under the contract, DRS will provide hardware production, aircraft integration, systems engineering, program management and logistics support. Hardware will be manufactured at DRS facilities in Dallas, Texas, and San Diego, California, while integration and logistics activities run from the company's Fort Walton Beach, Florida site.

DAIRCM has been deployed on aircraft operating under a Joint Urgent Operational Need Statement. The low-rate initial production award follows the program's Engineering and Manufacturing Development phase, in which DRS added capability and producibility enhancements to the system configuration.

"This award moves the DRS DAIRCM System into low-rate initial production and expands our ability to provide critical integrated aircraft survivability capabilities to our military customers," said John Baylouny, president and chief executive officer of Leonardo DRS.

## Leonardo DRS Backlog and Revenue Figures

According to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data), Leonardo DRS reported $3.6 billion in 2025 full-year revenue, up 13% year over year, and Q1 2026 revenue of $846 million, up 6% year over year. Total backlog stood at $8.7 billion as of Q4 2025, and funded backlog reached a record $4.7 billion in Q1 2026, up 8% year over year. Management raised 2026 full-year revenue guidance to $3.9-3.975 billion.

## Earlier Contract Wins for Leonardo DRS

On October 20, 2026, Leonardo DRS was awarded a three-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a $500 million ceiling from JIATF-401 for counter-UAS sensing systems, Pulse 2.0 reported. On November 2, 2026, Militaryaerospace reported that the company received a contract from the U.S. Army DEVCOM C5ISR Center to demonstrate uncooled thermal camera cores under the DUTCH initiative. On November 9, 2026, Simply Wall St reported that Leonardo DRS won AeroVironment's contract for the U.S. Army's Enduring High Energy Laser program and raised its 2026 revenue outlook.

## Leonardo DRS Dividend Date

Simply Wall St reported that Leonardo DRS is set to pay a US$0.09 per share dividend on November 25, 2026, with an ex-dividend date of November 12, 2026.

## Companies in this story

- [Leonardo DRS company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0000dr5/leonardo-drs) · website: https://drs.network

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