ITT Cannon Is Target of NASA Probe

Defense electronics contractor ITT Cannon said it has become the focus of a federal probe of alleged irregularities in an International Space Station contract. But company officials said they have no idea what government investigators are looking for. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration informed ITT Cannon officials on Aug. 15 that NASA would send investigators to the 1,100-employee plant and headquarters in Santa Ana to interview workers involved in the space station program, the company said. “But we have not been informed of what the allegations are or the source of them,” spokeswoman Sandra Wood said. NASA officials confirmed the investigation but would not say what it is about.