Litronic to Provide Software Package for Defense Department

Litronic Inc., an Irvine provider of Internet security products, said Tuesday that it has received a $500,000 security software order from the U.S. Department of Defense.

Litronic said in a press release that the agency is licensing a software package that enables a digital signature and coding system to run on Windows 95, 98, NT and 2000 within the department’s messaging system.

The messaging system is secure for all organizational and individual correspondence within the Armed Services. Litronic’s data security products are expected to help authenticate and validate messages and their contents.