Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
SCHNEIDER RICHARD A
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
DRS TECHNOLOGIES INC [DRS] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Exec VP, CFO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
DRS TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 5 SYLVAN WAY		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
10/22/2008
(Street)

PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 10/22/2008   D   23,548 D $ 81 (1) 0 D  

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 33.96 10/22/2008   D     30,000   (2) 11/15/2011 Common Stock 30,000 $ 47.04 0 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 32.08 10/22/2008   D     30,000   (3) 11/05/2012 Common Stock 30,000 $ 48.92 0 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 28.53 10/22/2008   D     13,000   (4) 01/21/2014 Common Stock 13,000 $ 52.47 0 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 37.29 10/22/2008   D     17,400   (5) 11/03/2014 Common Stock 17,400 $ 43.71 0 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 50.23 10/22/2008   D     12,500   (6) 07/05/2015 Common Stock 12,500 $ 30.77 0 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 49.91 10/22/2008   D     10,316   (7) 06/15/2016 Common Stock 10,316 $ 31.09 0 D  
Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 54.3 10/22/2008   D     13,510   (8) 06/14/2017 Common Stock 13,510 $ 26.7 0 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
SCHNEIDER RICHARD A
DRS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
5 SYLVAN WAY
PARSIPPANY, NJ 07054		       Exec VP, CFO  

Signatures

 Richard A. Schneider   12/09/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Disposed of pursuant to merger agreement among Issuer, Finmeccanica S.p.A. and Dragon Merger Sub for the merger consideration of $81.00 per share.
(2) Pursuant to the merger agreement, option to buy granted on November 16, 2001 and exercisable on the first four anniversaries of the date of grant at 25% per year, was converted into the right to receive an amount of cash equal to the excess of the merger consideration over the exercise price multiplied by the number of unexercised options.
(3) Pursuant to the merger agreement, option to buy granted on November 6, 2002 and exercisable on the first four anniversaries of the date of grant at 25% per year, was converted into the right to receive an amount of cash equal to the excess of the merger consideration over the exercise price multiplied by the number of unexercised options.
(4) Pursuant to the merger agreement, option to buy granted on January 22, 2004 and exercisable on the first four anniversaries of the date of grant at 25% per year, was converted into the right to receive an amount of cash equal to the excess of the merger consideration over the exercise price multiplied by the number of unexercised options.
(5) Pursuant to the merger agreement, option to buy granted on November 4, 2004 and exercisable on the first four anniversaries of the date of grant at 25% per year, was converted into the right to receive an amount of cash equal to the excess of the merger consideration over the exercise price multiplied by the number of unexercised options.
(6) Pursuant to the merger agreement, option to buy granted on July 6, 2005 and exercisable on March 31, 2006, was converted into the right to receive an amount of cash equal to the excess of the merger consideration over the exercise price multiplied by the number of unexercised options.
(7) Pursuant to the merger agreement, option to buy granted on June 16, 2006 and exercisable on the first four anniversaries of the date of grant at 25% per year, was converted into the right to receive an amount of cash equal to the excess of the merger consideration over the exercise price multiplied by the number of unexercised options.
(8) Pursuant to the merger agreement, option to buy granted June 15, 2007 and exercisable on the first four anniversaries of the date of grant at 25% per year, was converted into the right to receive an amount of cash equal to the excess of the merger consideration over the exercise price multiplied by the number of unexercised options.

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