DRS reduces workforce

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. - Defense contractor DRS Technologies has laid off 38 people from its Fort Walton Beach location in the wake of a staff reassessment. Like with other defense companies, the size of the workforce ebbs and flows based on contracts. The Fort Walton Beach operation specializes in communications, unmanned aircraft and border security products. DRS, based in New Jersey, still has 850 workers in Fort Walton Beach. (Source: Northwest Florida Daily News, 02/14/11)