[Premium-Rx] WJ / DRS Gaithersburg is closed

[jlchapman2 at juno.com]

That's a shame.  I had hoped to eventually obtain one.  But such is not the case now. John C

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From: Steve Pappin via Premium-Rx <premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>
To: <premium-rx at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [Premium-Rx] WJ / DRS Gaithersburg is closed
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 11:29:54 -0800

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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