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ITT Exelis Moving Laser Com System Toward Operational Tests

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 20th, 2012

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Warfighters want more sensors and next-generation sensors, and they also want the swift transfer of high-resolution imagery or data for time sensitive missions. ITT Exelis [XLS] plans tests next year with a free space optical communication system (laser coms) to speed that process, an official said. “We feel the technology is mature enough to move from the S&T environment to meeting the operational environment,” Gary Tarantino, manager of Strategic Initiatives at Electronic Systems for ITT Exelis, told Defense Daily. The…

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