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  • Leidos, Exelis Continue Work on DARPA's Counter-Radar Program; Mitch Friedman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos, Exelis Continue Work on DARPA’s Counter-Radar Program; Mitch Friedman Comments

    Exelis will continue to provide technology development support to Leidos for the second phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Adaptive Radar Countermeasures program as part of a potential $15.6 million subcontract. Exelis said Wednesday it will integrate its electronic warfare hardware with Leidos’ software-based algorithms and demonstrate counter-radar functions in a loop test environment. “The work we’re doing […] More

  • Mitch Friedman: Exelis-L3 Team to Build Special Mission Aircraft EW System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitch Friedman: Exelis-L3 Team to Build Special Mission Aircraft EW System

    Exelis and L-3 Communications‘ platform integration unit have teamed to develop electronic countermeasures designed to integrate with special operations tanker aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. The companies aim to offer an electronic self-protection technology for integration into AC/MC-130J Commando II planes of the Air Force’s special operations command through the partnership, Exelis said Tuesday. […] More

  • Exelis to Redesign Jamming System for US Navy; Australian Gov't Places Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis to Redesign Jamming System for US Navy; Australian Gov’t Places Order

    Exelis has won a $15.3 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide sustainment and redesign support for the ALQ-99 tactical jamming system used by the service’s EA-6B Prowler and EA-18G Growler aircraft. The U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center tasked Exelis to redesign three components of the jammer’s universal exciter upgrade shop-replaceable assembly, the company said Monday. The contract includes […] More