ITT’s NexGen to Supply Tactical Radios to US Navy
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ITT Corp.’s NexGen Communications in Dulles, VA received a $9.7 million firm-fixed-price contract to supply 1,450 distributed tactical communication systems-radio only (DTCS-RO) communication devices to the US Navy.
The DTCS-RO communication devices are hand-held, beyond line-of-sight command and control systems suitable for tactical operations.
ITT acquired NexGen Communications when it acquired EDO Corp. in 2007 for $1.7 billion…
EDO had acquired NexGen Communications, a privately-held company specializing in the design and production of communications systems for the US government, in 2005. After completing the EDO acquisition, ITT added NexGen to its Intelligence and Information Warfare (IIW) division.
NexGen will perform the work in Dulles, VA and expects to complete it by March 2010. This contract was not competitively procured by the Naval Surface Warfare Center’s Dahlgren Division in Dahlgren, VA (N00178-10-C-3056).
