TOM RANDLES, Channel 3 News (Norfolk, VA): We have seen a lot of support 
since the attack on America.  There has been blood drives, fun drives 
and banner drives, but instead, one local company is choosing to be 
the driving force behind America's Military power.  And this company 
specializes in keeping our service men and women safe.  News channel 
3's Norfolk reporter Rick Holmes toured that facility today.  He's 
live at the Norfolk Commerce Park with the rest of the story.  Rick, 
what's all this about ?

 - Rick is standing outside the W R Systems, office.

RICK: Well Tom, earlier today, I had the chance to accompany  US  
representative Joanne Davis here to WR Systems which is a Norfolk company, 
now, Of course, Joanne Davis is part of the US Armed Services committee.  
She was in town to take a look at this facility. It's based in Fairfax, 
Virginia but it's largest office is right here in Norfolk.  They do a 
lot of stuff concerning like protection, protection in security of ships 
and they are expanding as well.  They plan on adding another hundred and 
fifty jobs to the Hampton Road's workforce this year.  

- Camera shows inside of an engineering lab. Sounds of computers in background.

RICK: WR Systems is giving birth to new ideas.  They take it from concept to 
completion. Electronics technician Ed Provan who's also a former Navy says 
the company develops speed and navigation systems which will often be used 
by Sailors at Sea. 

ED PROVAN:  I was out on the water, ok, everybody needs to know which way 
is North.  That's what we do.

RICK: The company is now working on navigational systems for submarines.    

 - Camera pans in to a computer application running on a computer monitor. Camera pans to 
 Emile Husson, WRSYstems employee.

EMILE HUSSON, Training and Development, WR Systems:  When new things need 
to be done, in a lot of cases the Navy is gonna to come to us and ask us 
to do it.  And we have got the brain power, we have got the imagination 
and we've got the technology to make those things possible.  

 - Rick is walking around a computer engineering lab pointing out some of the engineering units.

RICK: WR Systems developed this control display unit which remotely controls 
and collects data.  That data is coming  from machines like this which 
are on the ships, which are able to tell sailors their exact position 
at sea.   These machines are already in use in over 75 US Navy ships 
including destroyers and aircraft carriers. 

RICK: And when the USS Cole which was attacked last year in Yemen, returns to 
active duty, this technology will be on board.  

EMILE HUSSON:  Well, it may not actually go out and fire the missile, 
it may not actually go out and get the bad guys, it is going to be an 
integral part of the technology that is used to do it.

RICK: That commitment continues when the technology is put to use.  Many times, 
employees will evaluate those systems in person.   

 - Camera moves to Dave Edwards sitting in his office.

DAVE EDWARDS, Vice President, WR Systems: A lot of times, I have got 
employees on those ships when they deploy. 

RICK: You wanna make sure they are safe ?

DAVE EDWARDS: Definitely.  And everybody else.

 - Rick is shown standing outside WRSystems office.

RICK: Now last year this office here in Norfolk rang up nine million dollars of 
revenue for WR Systems. And David Edwards, the Vice President who you just 
heard from says this year's figures are projected upward of around fourteen 
million dollars.

RICK: We are live at Commerce Park tonight.  Rick Holmes, News Channel 3.