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

April 23, 2008
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., 23 April 2008. ITT Corp. 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, Md.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y., 23 April 2008.ITT Corp. 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, Md.

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

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