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  • Northrop Subsidiary to Help Build Optics System for Thirty Meter Telescope Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Subsidiary to Help Build Optics System for Thirty Meter Telescope Project

    A Northrop Grumman subsidiary has received funds from the Thirty Meter Telescope organization to continue support work on a narrow field infrared adaptive optics system for the TMT astronomical observatory construction initiative. Northrop said Tuesday its subsidiary AOA Xinetics will design and build a functional actuator mirror equipped with nearly 400 channels as well as test the mirror against TMT operational requirements. An […] More

  • Navy Tests Data Exchange Between Triton UAS, Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Tests Data Exchange Between Triton UAS, Poseidon Maritime Patrol Aircraft

    The U.S. Navy has tested the communication features of Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system during a flight test held June 2 at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland. MQ-4C Triton exchanged full-motion video data with a Boeing-built P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol and reconnaissance aircraft during the demonstration, the Navy said Wednesday. The test […] More

  • Northrop Grants STEM Scholarships to 24 Maryland High School Seniors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Grants STEM Scholarships to 24 Maryland High School Seniors

    Northrop Grumman has awarded more than $240,000 in scholarship funds to 24 high school seniors in Maryland this year through its Engineering Scholars Program, Maryland Department of Commerce’s MDBIZ News reported Wednesday. Curran McSwigan writes Northrop gives scholarship grants worth $10,000 per year per student who will pursue engineering, computer science, physics or math studies at an accredited college […] More

  • Industrial Electronic Engineers to Supply Control Display Units for Northrop-Built Jammers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Industrial Electronic Engineers to Supply Control Display Units for Northrop-Built Jammers

    Industrial Electronic Engineers has landed a contract to supply 3.5-inch handheld control display units for the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command‘s Northrop Grumman-built software-programmable jammers. IEE said Tuesday the CDUs will be used on the Joint Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare Increment 1 Block 1 systems designed to provide protection against device-triggered IEDs. “We’ve been working with […] More

  • Air Force, Northrop Develop ISR Payload Adapter for Global Hawk UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force, Northrop Develop ISR Payload Adapter for Global Hawk UAS

    Northrop Grumman has worked with the U.S. Air Force‘s Life Cycle Management Center and Air Combat Command to develop an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance payload adapter for the Block 30 RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system. The parties built the IPA technology under a cooperative research-and-development agreement as part of efforts to link existing and future data-gathering sensors with the RQ-4 drone’s airframe system, the […] More

  • Jeff Yu Receives Executive Mosaic's Top CTO Executives Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Yu Receives Executive Mosaic’s Top CTO Executives Award

    JEFF YU DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, ADVANCED CONCEPTS & TECHNOLOGY NORTHROP GRUMMAN MISSION SYSTEMS Jeff Yu is director of Technology, Advanced Concepts & Technology, assigned to the Cyber and Intelligence Mission Solutions division for Northrop Grumman’s Mission Systems sector, a leading global provider, manufacturer and integrator of advanced, secure and agile software-defined systems and solutions. ExecutiveBiz: […] More

  • Northrop, NEC, Mitsubishi to Offer Cyber Training Product in Japan - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, NEC, Mitsubishi to Offer Cyber Training Product in Japan

    Northrop Grumman and NEC Corp. have worked to deploy a private, cloud-based cyber range system in the country as part of efforts to help customers create a testing and training environment. The J-CORTEX is designed to imitate situations to prepare cyber professionals to detect and effectively deal with cyber threats, Northrop Grumman said Wednesday. Jack Dorsett, […] More

  • Navy Reviews Northrop's Bomb Disposal Robot Design; Dan Verwiel Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Reviews Northrop’s Bomb Disposal Robot Design; Dan Verwiel Comments

    Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy have finished a critical design review of a robotic technology the company designed to support explosive ordnance reconnaissance and threat assessment operations. The assessment determined that Northrop’s final design for a dismounted operations variant of the Advanced Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robotic System is ready to enter  the program’s system fabrication, assembly, integration and testing phases, the company […] More

  • Forecast International Predicts Electronic Attack Programs Market Value at $5.1B by 2025 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Forecast International Predicts Electronic Attack Programs Market Value at $5.1B by 2025

    Forecast International has predicted that $5.1 billion will be contributed to the electronic attack systems markets from 2016 to 2025 with 14,610 major electronic attack program units worth $2.8 billion produced between 2016 to 2020 and another 13,094 units worth $2.3 billion by 2025. The EA category includes any electronic system designed to conduct offensive functions, such […] More

  • Exelis Receives Aircraft Self-Protection Tech Support Contract From Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Receives Aircraft Self-Protection Tech Support Contract From Navy

    Harris subsidiary Exelis has been awarded a potential five-year, $12.3 million contract by the U.S. Navy to provide engineering services and software support equipment for multiple airborne countermeasure systems. The Defense Department said Monday Exelis will support the Navy’s AN/ALQ-165 self-protection jammers, AN/ALQ-214 integrated defensive electronic countermeasures as well as the service branch’s aircraft self-protection and software modernization projects. […] More

  • Northrop, Raytheon, Orbital ATK Get DoD Recognition for Small Business Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, Raytheon, Orbital ATK Get DoD Recognition for Small Business Support

    Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and Orbital ATK and their respective small business partners Davidson Technologies, Mentis Sciences and Martinez and Turek have each received an award from the Defense Department‘s office of small business programs under the mentor-protege program. The three teams, which currently support the Missile Defense Agency, received the Nunn-Perry Award in recognition of the mentor-protege teams’ technical developments and contributions to business opportunity […] More

  • Beechcraft Selects Northrop Tech for King Air Platform's Inertial Navigation Upgrade - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Beechcraft Selects Northrop Tech for King Air Platform’s Inertial Navigation Upgrade

    Textron subsidiary Beechcraft has selected a Northrop Grumman-built navigation technology as an “inertial product option” for the King Air turboprop aircraft series. The LCR-100N, developed by Northrop unit LITEF, works to send navigation data to an autopilot system and helps aircraft to navigate in extreme latitudes and coast through satellite outages when used in conjunction with a flight management system, Northrop said Wednesday. Beechcraft […] More