Businessweek

Exelis Inc. offers command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) related products and systems and information and technical services, which it supplies to military, government and commercial customers in the United States and worldwide. The company provides mission-critical systems in the areas of network communications, sensing and surveillance, electronic warfare, navigation, air traffic solutions and information systems with positions in cyber security, composite aerostructures, logistics and technical services. The company serves the United States (U.S.) Department of Defense (DoD), including the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force, and its prime contractors, U.S. Government intelligence agencies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), allied foreign governments and domestic and foreign commercial customers. Segments The company operates in two segments, C4ISR Electronics and Systems, and Information and Technical Services. C4ISR ELECTRONICS AND SYSTEMS The C4ISR Electronics and Systems segment provides communications, electronic warfare, imaging and image-processing, radar and sonar systems, space systems, and aerostructures for government and commercial customers worldwide. This segment consists of the following major product lines: Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems (IEWS) offers Electronic Warfare Countermeasures (ECM) and operates in in space microelectronics, mine-defense solutions and antennas. IEWS is a producer of ECM solutions for tactical and strategic aircraft. IEWS develops, produces and sells electronic warfare solutions to all major DoD services, classified customers and to allied nations. IEWS is a player on platforms such as the frontline strike fighter, the F-18, and Special Operations Forces (SOF) MH-60s and MH-47, and also holds electronic warfare positions on the B-1B, B-52, CV-22, C-130 and F-16 (International) platforms. The company is a provider of mechanical and combined influence mine sweeping devices to the U.S. Navy. IEWS also offers Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA), fielding systems on the B-1, B-52, F-16, F-18, SOF C-130s and the EA-6B. Communications Systems and Force Protection Systems (CFPS) CFPS engages in the design and manufacture of radio frequency (RF)-based systems. The business has fielded approximately 25,000 CREW Vehicle Receiver/Jammer (CVRJ) systems, in use by the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force. The company also specializes in tactical, satellite, wireless and special mission communications systems; information assurance and cryptographic systems; Global Positioning Systems (GPS); mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) solutions; and integrated C3 solutions for U.S. and allied forces, as well as government agencies. Products include SINCGARS, the military tactical radio program with approximately 650,000 units in use in 35 countries. CFPS is also the developer of the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW), an enabler for Joint Tactical Networking (JTN) applications. Night Vision and Imaging The company’s Night Vision and Imaging business engages in image intensification, sensor fusion and digital night vision technology, integrated power and sensing devices, and decision support software and services solutions that manage, exploit, analyze, visualize, interpret, and disseminate image related data. The company is a developer, producer, and supplier of Generation 3 image intensification technology for U.S. and allied military forces, as well as the federal homeland security market, and the company is a producer of high performance night vision products worldwide. The company provides AN/PVS-14 and AN/PVS-7 ground night vision goggles and spare image intensifier tubes to the U.S. military and allies, via foreign military sales, and the company is a primary supplier to the U.S. military for the AN/AVS-6 and AN/AVS-9 aviation night vision goggle, which provides rotary- and fixed-wing pilots the ability to operate in extreme low-light situations. The company develops the Enhanced Night Vision Gog