Exelis joins Military Spouse Employment Partnership Program; reaffirms commitment to diverse workforce recruiting

Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has been selected to become an official participant in the Military Spouse Employment Partnership Program (MSEP). The Exelis alliance with MSEP is an important strategic partnership that focuses on expanding workforce outreach to military spouses. MSEP is a Department of Defense program dedicated to connecting military spouses to career opportunities with top-tier … Dowiedz się więcej

Exelis software license agreement with NASA supports environmental monitoring progress

Exelis (NYSE: XLS) subsidiary Exelis Visual Information Solutions, developers of ENVI and IDL software, will now deliver its image and data visualization analysis software packages to NASA with a blanket purchase agreement (BPA). The BPA consolidates more than 800 separate contracts into one annual transaction, saves the agency time and resources in license administration, and … Dowiedz się więcej

Exelis CEO David Melcher to speak at Atlantic Council on the business of the defense industry in an austere budget environment

David Melcher, chief executive officer and president of Exelis (NYSE: XLS), will deliver the keynote address at the Atlantic Council’s Captains of Industry Speaker Series on Wednesday, Oct. 2. Melcher will offer a perspective from a mid-tier company on the state of the defense industry to an audience of industry experts, policymakers, think tanks and … Dowiedz się więcej

Exelis to provide sonobuoy launchers, carriage and release systems for P-8A Poseidon aircraft

Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has completed negotiations for two production contracts from Boeing Co. to supply sonobuoy launchers and carriage and release systems for the U.S. Navy’s P-8A Poseidon multimission maritime aircraft. Exelis will supply systems that will include rotary, single-shot sonobuoy pneumatic launchers and pneumatic carriage and release equipment. The Exelis-designed Sonobuoy Launching System (SLS) … Dowiedz się więcej

Leadership development experts offer free training to veterans

Three leading organizations are seeking applicants for a leadership development program designed to teach veterans how to leverage military experience for leadership in the civilian sector. Through its corporate volunteer service program Exelis Action Corps, Exelis Inc. has partnered with Korn/Ferry International and the Points of Light Community Blueprint to support the leadership and development … Dowiedz się więcej

Exelis Completes 16 Years of On-Time Delivery to US Navy IDECM Program

Exelis (NYSE:XLS) has successfully completed the final delivery of AN/ALQ-214(V)3 Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) systems to the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River, Md. This shipment concludes 16 years of on-time deliveries from Exelis to the IDECM program. „Since the first production lot in 1997, Exelis has made 192 consecutive months of on-time … Dowiedz się więcej