ITT Industries nabs Army overseas communications deal

ITT Industries Inc. won a five-year, $681 million contract to operate and maintain the U.S. Army's communications and information systems in Asia and Africa.

ITT's systems division unit of Colorado Springs, Colo., will perform the work under the direction of the Army's Network Enterprise Technology Command's 160th Signal Brigade. The contract consists of one base year and four one-year options.

Through NETCOM, the company supports critical communications systems at 50 locations in six countries that have joined with the United States in the war against terrorism.

Headquartered in White Plains, N.Y., ITT supplies military defense systems
and advanced technical and operational services to a wide range of government agencies.

ITT, which has about 44,000 employees and annual revenue of nearly $6.8 billion, ranks No. 16 on Washington Technology's 2005 Top 100 list of federal prime IT contractors.