Exelis Inc. was an American global aerospace, defense, information, and services company that produced communications systems, electronic warfare products, geospatial systems, integrated structures, and night vision equipment. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, Exelis was acquired by Harris Corporation in 2015. Harris and L3 Technologies then merged in 2019 to form L3Harris Technologies. No public APIs are published under the Exelis brand; developer resources, if any, are tracked under L3Harris.
Exelis is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Aerospace, Defense, Acquired, L3Harris, and Electronic Warfare.
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aid: exelis
name: Exelis
description: Exelis Inc. was an American global aerospace, defense, information, and services company that produced communications
systems, electronic warfare products, geospatial systems, integrated structures, and night vision equipment. Headquartered
in McLean, Virginia, Exelis was acquired by Harris Corporation in 2015. Harris and L3 Technologies then merged in 2019 to
form L3Harris Technologies. No public APIs are published under the Exelis brand; developer resources, if any, are tracked
under L3Harris.
type: Index
deliveryModel:
model: unknown
open_source: false
commercial: false
callable_host: false
label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
confidence: low
source:
- none
generated: '2026-08-28'
method: derived
accessModel:
pricing: unknown
onboarding: unknown
trial: false
try_now: false
public: false
label: Unknown
confidence: low
source: []
generated: '2026-07-22'
method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/exelis.png
tags:
- Aerospace
- Defense
- Acquired
- L3Harris
- Electronic Warfare
- Geospatial
- Night Vision
- Government
- Defunct
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/exelis/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-api-posture: no-product-api
x-api-posture-basis: observed
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-09-07'
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis: []
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
url: security/exelis-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/exelis
- type: Website
url: https://www.l3harris.com
- type: Wikipedia
url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exelis_Inc.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-parent: l3harris-technologies
x-relationship: acquisition
x-enrichment:
date: '2026-09-07'
status: minimal
artifacts_added: 1
pass: local-v3
x-coverage:
state: none
reason: defunct
detail: Exelis Inc. ceased to exist as a company when Harris Corporation acquired it in 2015 and folded it into L3Harris
in 2019; exelis.com now answers only an unconfigured OVHcloud "Site not installed" 404 page that L3Harris does not operate,
exelisvis.com no longer resolves at all, and exelisinc.com resolves but refuses connections, so there is no Exelis-brand
host left on which an API could be published.
evidence:
- url: https://exelis.com/
status: 404
- url: https://exelis.com/.well-known/security.txt
status: 404
- url: https://exelis.com/apis.json
status: 404
- url: https://www.l3harris.com/.well-known/api-catalog
status: 404
checked: '2026-09-07'
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