ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has won a $9.4 million contract to build radio frequency transmitters for the F-16 fighter jet, built byBudget Year Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT). Lockheed intends for Exelis’ continuous wave illuminator subsystem to help the F-16′s fire control radar and computer control semi-active missiles find targets, Exelis said... 

John Shephard ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has sold its fiberglass reinforced pipe business to a Dubai-based company for an undisclosed sum as Exelis is aiming to target its investments in certain growth platforms. Exelis is targeting future investments in the analytics, electronic warfare and ISR markets (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance), the... 

BAE Systems and STR have each won contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop an electronic warfare system for an agency program aimed at countering adversaries’ radars. DARPA’s Adaptive Radar Countermeasures program now includes six contractors such as Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAI), who joined... 

Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has won a $27.4 million contract modificationTypes: Administrative Change : A unilateral contract change that does not affect the contractual rights of the parties. Change order: A written order, signed byBudget Year the CO, directing that the contractor to make a change authorized byBudget Year the "changes" clause.... 

An Elbit Systems subsidiary has won a $115 million contract to provide electronic warfare systems to a customer in Asia. Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT - Elisra Ltd. will provide the customer systems for land missions under the two-year contract, the company said Sunday. In December, Elbit Systems of America won a prime position on a potential $248 million... 

Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAI) and Vadum Inc. have each won contracts to develop electronic warfare systems aimed at helping defend against threats from adversaries’ radars. SAIC won a $31.5 million contract and Vadum won a $4.1 million contract to join a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program that aims to help develop... 

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has won a contract to continue developing an electronic warfare system for the U.S. Air Force‘s B-2 bomber. The Air Force awarded the potential three-year contract to update the bomber’s defensive management system with a new Lockheed Martin-made (NYSE: LMT) avionics graphics processor and antennas made byBudget... 

URS Federal Services (NYSE: URS) will provide engineering, technical and program support for electronic warfare programs at the Naval Surface Warfare Center. According to the Defense Department, the $7,893,315 fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract continues current services pending a competitive follow-on award. Support work will... 

Lockheed Martin photo Israel will provide electronic warfare equipment for the Lockheed Martin-made (NYSE: LMT) F-35 jet under a $450 million agreement, Aviation Week reports. This agreement puts the country closer to signing a 19-jet, $2.75 billion purchase of the F-35 from the U.S. through a foreign military sale, David Eshel and David Fulghum report. A... 

SAIC Inc.’s (NYSE: SAI) contract to provide program management and maintenance technicians for helping the U.S. Marine Corps fight improvised explosive devices is now potentially worth $500 million. The Defense Department said Monday the contract modificationTypes: Administrative Change : A unilateral contract change that does not affect the...