Exelis is set to build additional pneumatic carriage and release systems for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 Lightning II aircraft. Exelis will supply the item’s eighth lot for the F-35 fighter jet under the low rate initial production contract with Lockheed, Exelis said Wednesday. Pete Martin, vice president and general manager of Exelis’ electronic attack and release […] More

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

Exelis will continue to manufacture pneumatic carriage and release systems for the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle under a $27 million contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. The follow-on contract for 619 units of the BRU-71/A ejector rack is the third such order from the California-based aeronautics firm, with work to occur in Amityville, New […] More

Mariano Alicea Jr. serves as vice president for strategy and business development at Exelis, a role he has held since October 2014. Previously, Alicea was senior VP of corporate development at Sabre Systems and held responsibility over the company’s diversification, marketing and partnering strategies in the government and commercial sectors. He also oversaw business development […] More

Charles Carey serves as vice president and general counsel for the information systems business at Exelis, where he provides guidance on the organization’s legal activities. He joined the company in January 2014 and also oversees trade compliance, ethics, environmental safety, export and security functions. He previously served as a senior corporate counsel within Virtual Computing […] More

Exelis has won a more than $17 million contract from shipbuilder Saab to supply electronic support measures to Sweden. The company will build ES-3701 electronic warfare technology for situational awareness, targeting, self-protection and surveillance missions, Exelis said Tuesday. “Our ESM technology will equip Sweden to handle a range of emerging threats they face, now and in […] More

Dr. Pamela Drew serves as executive vice president and president of the information systems business area at Exelis. Dr. Drew leads the organization in providing system architecture, development, integration, testing, evaluation, maintenance and sustainment services to government customers. Before Exelis, she was senior VP for strategic capabilities and technology at TASC and also led that […] More

Exelis has embedded new application program interfaces into the company’s applications and systems for users to access the Helios platform. The Helios4Forecast, Helios4Apps and Helios4Enterprise APIs are designed to help weather forecasters, product managers and logistics operations managers view data on weather conditions through Helios, Exelis said Tuesday. “Our APIs… [allows] our customers to look at […] More

Exelis and live traffic video aggregator TrafficLand have partnered to deliver real-time weather information to customers across the U.S. via Exelis’ Helios platform. Exelis will apply its Helios image science to TrafficLand’s ground-based cameras and sensors across the country, Exelis said Monday. “TrafficLand offers Exelis direct access to its network of over 18,000 traffic cameras […] More

Exelis has received an order from an international customer for additional RT-1702 Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio Systems and other communications equipment, installation kits and spare parts under a $28 million direct commercial contract. The company said Monday it will perform radio production work at its facility in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Ken Harrison, vice president and general manager of Exelis’ […] More

Exelis and partner Korn Ferry are in search of military veterans who are interested in joining a program designed to help former service members transition into corporate roles. Interested participants for the fourth session of the Exelis Action Corps-hosted Leveraging Military Leadership Program can submit their applications until Monday, Exelis said Wednesday. “Veterans have invaluable […] More

The U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency has collaborated with Exelis and Iridium Communications to test a satellite-based communications service designed to connect military and intelligence personnel anywhere across the globe. Exelis, Iridium and DISA demonstrated the push-to-talk voice and data exchange service for the agency’s  Distributed Tactical Communication System, Exelis said Friday. “We remain committed […] More