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Navy awards Exelis $12.3M contract for jammer support

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The guided-missile cruiser USS Cowpens and the guided-missile destroyers USS Fitzgerald and USS Mustin are underway during the Indonesian International Fleet Review. The event commemorates the 64th anniversary of Indonesian independence.

Exelis has been awarded a $12.3 million Navy contract to support jamming systems.

Under the indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, Exelis will provide “engineering services and software support equipment products for the Advanced Self-Protection Jammer AN/ALQ-165, the Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures AN/ALQ-214, Aircraft Self Protection Optimization and the Software Improvement Project,” according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

Exelis will provide Foreign Military Sales engineering support for the governments of Australia, Kuwait, Finland, and Switzerland.

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Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.