[Premium-Rx] WJ / DRS Gaithersburg is closed

[Peter Gottlieb]

That's a shame, end of an era.


On 1/26/2015 2:29 PM, Steve Pappin via Premium-Rx wrote:
> It's official: DRS / Watkins-Johnson Gaithersburg MD is closed. Everything is 
> gone. According to Chris Biddix they scrapped everything, hardware, 
> replacement parts, demo units, chassis, and all of the printed material. If it 
> was physical it was either crushed or incinerated. Chris is going to ask if 
> any of it went to surplus dealers but we doubt it. I placed a bid on the demo 
> units last year but management decided that the liability was too great. All 
> that remains of WJ is intellectual property. The building is up for sale. 
> There will be no more new factory replacement parts for WJ radios.
>
> DRS will continue to build the new radios for UAV's and Command Centers. None 
> of them have front panels! So any new radios offered will be:
> a. Expensive
> b. Network Appliances controlled by host computers
> c. Require system integration
>
> Best Regards,
> Steve
>
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