DHS Systems - DRASH Quick-Erect Rugged Shelters

DHS Systems manufactures, sells and services the Deployable Rapid Assembly Shelter, or DRASH, a mobile, quick-erect shelter system that integrates shelter, mobility, lighting, heating, cooling and power in one package. For more than 20 years, DRASH military shelters have been considered worldwide to be the most proven, tested and trusted infrastructures used by the military.

DRASH quick-erect / strike rugged shelters

Part of the US Army’s Standard Integrated Command Post (SICPS), DRASH Shelters are available in 45 models ranging in size from 109-1,250 square feet and can be interconnected to increase or decrease the structure’s overall footprint.

The DRASH design incorporates multiple patents with a composite frame structure fabricated from Titanite®. Titanite is 270 percent stronger than aluminum for the same diameter and cross sectional area. DRASH also features a pre-attached two cover design. This allows the user to quickly deploy the shelter without attaching or detaching the covers before or after deployment.

Additionally, there are no locking devices to remember and no centre-support poles or beams.

Generators and tactical trailers for drash shelters

A family of high-mobility tactical Utility Shelter Transport (UST) Trailers with multiple variants supports the shelters as total systems. These trailers offer mobile electric power, environmental control and transportation for the shelters.

DRASH generators meet the Tactically Quiet Generator (TQG) noise requirement and have been certified for transport on C-130, C-5A, C-17 and C-141 aircraft.

Other support equipment, including heaters, lighting, power distribution units (PDU) and hardened flooring is also available to further enhance DRASH shelters.

DHS logistics worldwide support

All products are supported by the DRASH Logistics team. Services include periodic maintenance, field support for real-world missions and training exercises.

DHS Logistics ensures rapid delivery of replacement and spare parts and runs a 24 hours a day, seven days a week technical support hotline for its customers. DHS Logistics is staffed with former military specialists that are dedicated to providing constant support. During Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, DHS Logistics supported its customers by having support personnel embedded with units in Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq.

Testing

DRASH Shelters and UST Trailers have been tested by the Aberdeen Test Centre and the Nevada Automotive Test Center (NATC) in the United States.

Use and deployment

DRASH has been used by military forces throughout the world as tactical operations centers (TOCs), medical facilities and forward operating bases. Currently, there are more than 16,000 shelters and over 5,000 trailers in service around the globe with all branches of the US Military and NATO, including in Iraq and Afghanistan. DRASH is also being used international armed forces, including Australia, Germany, Israel, Japan, Singapore, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Other customers include the FBI Hostage Rescue Team, Crisis Response Unit and Evidence Recovery Teams, the National Disaster Medical System and many Federal and State government offices in the United States.