Exhibit 2

0173-EX-ST-2016 Text Documents

DRS Sustainment Systems, Inc.

2016-02-09ELS_172592

                                                                       "Public‘" Exhibit 2

                          CONFIDENTIALITY REQUEST
                       Request for Special Temporary Authority
                                       DRS SSI
                            FILE NO. XXXX—EX—ST—2016

        By the above—referenced application ("Application"), DRS Sustainment Systems,
Inc. ("DRS SST") requests that the Commission grant Special Temporary Authority for
the operation of the facilities ("‘Facilities") specified in the instant Application.

       Pursuant to 47 C.F.R. §0.459, confidential treatment of the information
contained in Exhibit 3 to the instant Application ("Exhibit 3") is requested.

       In accordance with 47 C.F.R. §0.459(b), confidential treatment of Exhibit 3 is
requested for the following reasons:

        1.      Confidential treatment is requested for the entirety of the information
contained in DRS SSI‘s Exhibit 3. For the sake of clarity, this is to confirm that
confidentiality is requested for Exhibit 3 to the Application, but the technical data present
in the Form itself, as well as the information contained in Exhibit 1, can be made publicly
available. This Confidentiality Request itself does not contain any confidential
information and, therefore, can also be made publicly available.

       2.      The submission in connection with which the subject information is being
submitted is the instant Application submitted by DRS SSI under File No. XXXX-EX—
ST—2016.

       3.      The information contained in Exhibit 3 constitutes confidential,
proprietary trade secret or other commercial information concerning the services and
operations that DRS SSI provides or hopes to provide to current and potential customers,
and the company‘s strategic research and development strategies. Disclosure of such
information would cause irreparable injury and substantial harm to DRS SSI‘s ongoing
business operations and competitive position. The information is extremely sensitive and
is not available to the public in any substantially similar form. The information in Exhibit
3 is an integral part of the design and engineering process associated with DRS SSI‘s
implementation of the research program with which the Application is associated. —

        4.      The information contained herein includes information of a highly
confidential and proprietary nature, as the development and creation of invention and
technology is the backbone of the defense and government contractor industry. As DRS
SSI seeks to achieve an edge over its competitors, it is the development of its proprietary
information that will dictate to what extent the company may maintain such edge. The
industry is a most competitive one, and the inadvertent release of any proprietary
information would have a severe negative impact on DRS SSI‘s position in the
marketplace.

        5.     DRS SSI‘s competitive position could be particularly negatively affected
by a disclosure of confidential information to the public, which, of course, includes DRS


SSI‘s larger competitors. Due to DRS SSI‘s relative size and power in the marketplace,
disclosure of the information in Exhibit 3 would cause irreparable injury and substantial
harm to DRS SSI‘s ongoing business operations and competitive position. At the core of
DRS SSI‘s operations is its development of proprietary information, which it uses as the
basis to obtain a competitive edge over other government contractors. Improper
disclosure of proprietary information, and the release of such disclosure could have an
extremely negative impact on the ability of DRS SSI and its operations. Also, certain
proprietary information developed by DRS SSI is used as the basis for development of
systems and functions used in the defense of the United States. Due to the unique nature
of DRS SSI‘s prime customer, the United States government, confidentiality of our
proprietary information must be the company‘s priotrity.

        6.      The information in Exhibit 3, when combined with the information in the
Form itself, is not currently available to the public in any substantially similar form.
DRS SSI takes all commercially necessary steps to prevent this information from being
disclosed to the public. DRS SSI requires, prior to the release of any ofits proprietary
information, that any suchreceiving party execute a fully negotiated non—disclosure
agreement to restrict the use and potential redisclosure DRS SSI proprietary information.
All proprietary information released by DRS SSI, whether it is to a competitor or to the
United States government, is appropriately marked as proprietary prior to delivery, along
with cautionary statements regarding the use of such information.

        7.      The information in Exhibit 3 is not currently available to the public in any
substantially similar form. DRS SSI takes all commercially necessary steps to prevent
the information in the Exhibit from being disclosed to the public. As mentioned above,
only those persons or entities such as subcontractors, joint venturers and the United States
government, are privy to the company‘s proprietary information, and only after any such
party has executed a non—disclosure agreement.

        8.      DRS SSI requests that Exhibit 3 be kept confidential indefinitely. Such a
time period is justifiable in light of the substantial and continuing competitive concerns
inherent in the defense contracting industry that are discussed above in paragraph 4. As
additional rationale for the confidentiality of the information, due to the sensitive nature
of the information and the potential for its use in military applications, DRS SSI requests
that the information be kept confidential for an indefinite period.               >

        Giventhe substantial public policy reasons provided by DRS SSI in support of
maintaining the confidentiality of Exhibit 3, and the lack of any compelling reason to
make Exhibit 3 available to the public, DRS SSI hereby respectfully requests that Exhibit
3 be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to 47 C.F.R. §0.459.

        Pursuant to 47 C.EF.R. §0.459(e), DRS SSI hereby reserves the right— in the
unlikely event that the instant Confidentiality Request is denied by the Commission — to
withdraw Exhibit 3 in its entirety prior to Exhibit 3 being placed in the Commission‘s
public files.



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