For the second consecutive year, the nation’s capital has topped MarketWatch’s Best Cities for Business list. MarketWatch attributed DC’s ranking to its mix of large and small companies, low unemployment, strong economy and large government infrastructure. In conducting its study of metropolitan areas with more than 500,000 residents, MarketWatch analyzed cities’ economic data, including the number of companies located there and the revenue generated by those companies. As the presence of [...]
December 14th, 2011 | Filed under General | Read More »
Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp. recently received a $19.2 million military contract with the Air Force to install additional signals and other technology to the Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload system. The payload system is said to identify and locate radar along with various forms of communication signals, according to a CBS News report. The work will [...]
December 13th, 2011 | Filed under News | Read More »
Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract from the Defense Logistics Agency to deliver spare assets in support of the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber. The work for the $76 million, 8-year contract will be performed and managed in Oklahoma City. “Northrop Grumman prides itself on applying innovative logistical solutions,” said Chris Jones, vice president and [...]
December 9th, 2011 | Filed under General | Read More »
Northrop Grumman has won a four-year extension of a support contract with Australia’s air force, the company announced Thursday. The company will support the target designation system, known as the LITENING AT system, for Australia’s F/A-18 Hornet aircraft. Northrop will now provide in-service support for targeting pods and data links through September 2015 on the approximately [...]
December 9th, 2011 | Filed under General | Read More »
The Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services is reaching out to the private sector to help healthcare providers comply with federal regulations. Over the next three months, the office will release 11 video and audio presentations on compliance topics including major healthcare fraud and abuse laws through its website. The [...]
December 5th, 2011 | Filed under Healthcare IT | Read More »
In a team effort, Boeing Co. and Northrop Grumman Corp. submitted their final proposal for future work developing the ground-based midcourse defense component of the U.S.’s Ballistic Missile Defense System. The contract is worth up to an estimated $4.2 billion, or $600 million a year over a seven-year period, according to an executive summary released by the Missile [...]
November 23rd, 2011 | Filed under General | Read More »
Northrop Grumman Corp. has recently hit a key marker in weather forecasting with its launch of the advanced technology microwave sounder on the NPOESS Preparatory Project mission. The project provides weather forecasters with improved insight into the distribution of atmospheric moisture and temperature. Northrop’s ATMS was integrated into NPP in 2006 and provides improved sampling rate, spatial [...]
October 31st, 2011 | Filed under News | Read More »
