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ITT Exelis Named Part Of Army Eagle Program

Wednesday, October 17th, 2012

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ITT Exelis [XLS] recently said the Army Sustainment Command, Rock Island, Ill., selected the company as one of the prime contractors for the five-year, $23.5 billion Enhanced Army Global Logistics Enterprise (EAGLE) program. Ken Hunzeker, president of the Mission Systems division of ITT Exelis, said: “Our longstanding participation in the FIRST program has prepared us well for EAGLE, and we are looking forward to continuing to provide support to important programs like the Army Prepositioned Stocks and other sustainment contracts…

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