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  • Ron Silbermann: Exelis Builds Navy Jammer Tech for Contested Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ron Silbermann: Exelis Builds Navy Jammer Tech for Contested Environments

    Exelis has been awarded a $91 million contract to perform full-rate production work on the company’s jamming systems for the U.S. Navy‘s fleet of Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft. That contract is for batch 11 of ALQ-214(V)4/5 electronic jammers that work to protect F/A-18 fighters and pilots against radio frequency threats, Exelis said Wednesday. The […] More

  • Exelis Awarded $92M for Anti-Missile Electronic Jammer Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Awarded $92M for Anti-Missile Electronic Jammer Systems

    The electronic systems unit of Exelis has been awarded a $91.7 million contract to deliver 42 electronic jammer systems to the U.S. Navy for protecting aircraft from radar-guided missiles, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Friday. John Keller writes the Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md. contracted Exelis to build the AN/ALQ-214(V)4 set for the F/A-18C/D and F/A-18E/F Hornet and Super Hornet combat […] More