EXHIBIT 99.1

         DRS Technologies to Offer Senior Subordinated Notes

    PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 6, 2003--DRS Technologies,
Inc. (NYSE: DRS) announced today that it is planning to offer $200
million of senior subordinated notes due 2013, subject to market and
other customary conditions. The company intends to use the net
proceeds from the offering, together with a portion of its available
cash and initial borrowings under an amended and restated credit
facility, to fund the merger of Integrated Defense Technologies, Inc.
(NYSE: IDE) into a wholly-owned subsidiary of DRS, repay certain of
its and Integrated Defense Technologies' outstanding indebtedness, and
pay related fees and expenses.
    The notes will be offered in the United States to qualified
institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, and outside the United States in reliance on
Regulation S under the Securities Act. The notes have not been
registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in
the United States without registration or an applicable exemption from
the registration requirements.
    DRS Technologies provides leading edge products and services to
government and commercial customers worldwide. Focused on defense
electronics, the company develops and manufactures a broad range of
mission critical systems and components in the areas of
communications, combat systems, battlefield digitization,
electro-optics, power systems, data storage, digital imaging, flight
safety and space.
    For more information about DRS Technologies, please visit the
company's web site at www.drs.com.

    CONTACT: DRS Technologies, Inc.
             Patricia M. Williamson, 973-898-1500