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Ron Silbermann: Exelis Builds Navy Jammer Tech for Contested Environments

Ron Silbermann: Exelis Builds Navy Jammer Tech for Contested Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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Exelis-logo, ExecutiveMosaicExelis 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 new contract brings the company’s total award value under the program to more than $287 million.

“Airborne self-protection jammers like the ALQ-214 will allow U.S. and allied forces to maintain a strategic edge in contested environments,” said Ron Silbermann, Exelis IDECM program director.

ALQ-214s are manufactured at a facility run by Exelis’ electronic systems unit in Clifton, N.J.

The company says it expects to begin shipping lot 11 jamming technology in November 2016.

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Written by Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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