Exelis will build composite missile structures for Lockheed Martin‘s two batches of the Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile under a $20 million contract. Exelis will manufacture the structures for more than 400 baseline and extended-range JASSM versions by composite braiding and resin-transfer mold technologies, Exelis said Wednesday. “We believe this contract is a reflection of our customer’s confidence in Exelis as a […] More

Exelis has licensed patented manufacturing technology from Belgium-based Bodair S.A. to produce a new product line and expand upon the company’s aerostructures offerings in the aerospace industry, Exelis said Tuesday. The new Exelis STaR product line is a selection of technologies that are intended to help with development and reconfigurations of product design that can achieve […] More

Exelis has received a processor qualification designation from Boeing for a composite design and manufacturing center in Salt Lake City, Utah. Exelis said it went through a  technical review through Boeing specifications and had to demonstrate both process controls and manufacturing capabilities. Mike Blair, vice president and general manager of Exelis Aerostructures, said his company finished the qualification process in less than a year. […] More

Exelis has delivered the first of four meteorological payloads for a future U.S. weather satellite of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, moving the program forward toward the planned satellite launch in 2016, Exelis said Tuesday Eric Webster, Exelis Geospatial Systems vice president for weather systems, said, “Delivery . . . is an important milestone because it […] More