
As the U.S. Air Force fields its EA-37B Compass Call electronic attack aircraft by L3Harris Technologies [LHX] and BAE Systems, the companies are now set to work on a new $300 million contract for the first EA-37B sale to a foreign country--Italy. The contract calls for the outfitting of two General Dynamics [GD] Gulfstream 550 business jets with an electronic attack system to "provide the Italian Air Force with an airborne jamming ability with range, altitude and endurance to disrupt…