Northrop Grumman‘s information technology business unit won an $11,607,556 task order from the Navy to provide technical and information technology support for Marine Corps computer networks. The Defense Department said this is the first option year of a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract. Northrop will support the Marine Corps’ network operations and security center, which operates [...]
A Lockheed Martin-Northrop Grumman joint venture delivered a data link system for unmanned aerial systems to the Army, the companies announced Tuesday. Longbow delivered the first production of the Unmanned Aerial Systems Tactical Common Data Link Assembly for Apache helicopters. Longbow President Mike Taylor said the delivery culminates nearly six years of design and development [...]
BAE Systems will provide Northrop Grumman electronic support measure systems for 20 B-2 bombers, BAE announced Thursday. Under the contract BAE will replace the aircraft’s 30-year-old legacy AN/APR-50 systems. The systems detect electronic threats and the Air Force uses them on the F-22 and F-35 aircraft. Brian Walters, BAE vice president and general manager for electronic [...]
Northrop Grumman has won a U.S. Navy $18,704,042 contract modification to provide engineering and production planning services, the Defense Department announced Wednesday. Northrop will support mission packages that will deploy from and integrate with the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship The Pentagon said Northrop will primarily focus on: Littoral anti-submarine warfare Littoral surface warfare operations Mine countermeasure [...]
The Japanese navy will purchase four of Northrop Grumman‘s helicopter laser mine detection systems, Northrop announced Thursday. Northrop said the agreement marks the first time an international navy will receive Northrop’s Airborne Laser Mine Detection System. The system transmits a fan-shaped laser beam to detect and classify near-surface moored sea mines. The system also has [...]
A division of L-3 Communications has joined the Hawk Advanced Jet Training System team to compete for the Air Force’s T-X program. L-3 announced its link and simulation training division jointed the team, which includes BAE Systems Inc. and Northrop Grumman. L-3 Link will lead the development and integration of the Hawk AJTS Ground Based Training System, which will replace the Air Force’s T-38 [...]
ITT Exelis has built a team of contractors in pursuit of the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Data Communications Integrated Services contract, ITT Exelis announced Monday. The team now includes: General Dynamics AT&T Northrop Grumman Computer Sciences Corp. Rockwell Collins Raytheon “The outstanding pursuit team we have assembled has ensured all data communications system aspects – ground infrastructure, avionics, [...]
