Exelis Inc.
E473527
Exelis Inc. was a U.S.-based aerospace, defense, and information solutions company that provided advanced technologies and services to government and commercial customers worldwide.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Exelis Inc. canonical | 1 |
| ITT Defense (later Exelis) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4848731 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Exelis Inc. Context triple: [ITT Corporation, hasSuccessor, Exelis Inc.]
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A.
L3Harris Technologies
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B.
Hughes Aircraft Company
Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded by Howard Hughes, known for pioneering work in aviation, electronics, and space systems.
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C.
Raytheon Company
Raytheon Company was a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation known for developing advanced military technologies, including missile systems and radar.
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D.
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is a leading American aerospace and defense technology company known for developing advanced military aircraft, spacecraft, and defense systems.
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E.
Federal Signal Corporation
Federal Signal Corporation is an American company that designs and manufactures safety and security products, including emergency vehicle lighting and sirens, as well as industrial signaling and public safety equipment.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Exelis Inc. Target entity description: Exelis Inc. was a U.S.-based aerospace, defense, and information solutions company that provided advanced technologies and services to government and commercial customers worldwide.
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A.
L3Harris Technologies
L3Harris Technologies is a major American defense and aerospace technology company specializing in advanced communications, surveillance, and mission systems for military, government, and commercial customers.
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B.
Hughes Aircraft Company
Hughes Aircraft Company was a major American aerospace and defense contractor founded by Howard Hughes, known for pioneering work in aviation, electronics, and space systems.
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C.
Raytheon Company
Raytheon Company was a major American defense contractor and industrial corporation known for developing advanced military technologies, including missile systems and radar.
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D.
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman is a leading American aerospace and defense technology company known for developing advanced military aircraft, spacecraft, and defense systems.
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E.
Federal Signal Corporation
Federal Signal Corporation is an American company that designs and manufactures safety and security products, including emergency vehicle lighting and sirens, as well as industrial signaling and public safety equipment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
aerospace company
ⓘ
defense contractor ⓘ information technology company ⓘ public company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | Harris Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ceasedToExist | 2015 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dateAcquired | 2015 ⓘ |
| dateFounded | 2011 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | ITT Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadBusinessSegment |
Aerospace Systems
NERFINISHED
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Electronic Systems ⓘ Geospatial Systems ⓘ Information Systems ⓘ Mission Systems NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Herndon, Virginia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
McLean, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| industry |
aerospace
ⓘ
communications and information systems ⓘ defense ⓘ information technology services ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Harris Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCustomerType |
U.S. Department of Defense
NERFINISHED
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U.S. intelligence community NERFINISHED ⓘ international defense ministries ⓘ |
| notableProductArea |
air traffic management systems
ⓘ
electronic warfare equipment ⓘ radar systems ⓘ satellite payloads ⓘ |
| operatedIn |
Asia-Pacific
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originatedFrom | ITT Corporation defense and information solutions businesses ⓘ |
| parentCompany | ITT Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provided |
C4ISR systems
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aerospace systems ⓘ air traffic management solutions ⓘ critical networked communications ⓘ defense systems ⓘ electronic warfare systems ⓘ geospatial intelligence solutions ⓘ information solutions ⓘ |
| served |
commercial customers
ⓘ
government customers ⓘ |
| spinOffFrom | ITT Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stockExchangeListing | New York Stock Exchange ⓘ |
| successor | Harris Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | XLS NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wentPublicOn | October 31, 2011 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Exelis Inc. Description of subject: Exelis Inc. was a U.S.-based aerospace, defense, and information solutions company that provided advanced technologies and services to government and commercial customers worldwide.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
ITT Defense (later Exelis)