ITT receives $111 million contract to produce electronic countermeasure system for U.S. Navy's F-18 E/F Super Hornet

ITT Corporation (NYSE: ITT) today announced it has been awarded a $111 million fixed-price contract and authority for full rate production of the AN/ALQ-214(V)3, an integrated countermeasure system that provides self-protection capability to the U.S. Navy's F/A-18E/F Super Hornet tactical aircraft.

The contract is part of the Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures System (IDECM) from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command in Patuxent River, Maryland.

Under the contract, some systems will be delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force for their F/A-18 E/F platforms, representing the first international sale of the system.

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