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ITT Exelis-Boeing Team To Split For Next Jammer Development Phase

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

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ITT Exelis [XLS] and Boeing [BA] will assume separate roles for the next development phase of the Next-Generation Jammer (NGJ) program after successfully completing the current technology maturation phase, according to an ITT Exelis company statement. Boeing will concentrate its efforts on the integration of the jammer on the EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft while Exelis will continue to focus on developing technologies critical to the NGJ program, according to a statement. An ITT Exelis spokesman recently declined to comment.…

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