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		<title>AF Gives Northrop Green Light For Missile Warning System Production</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2012/05/af-gives-northrop-green-light-for-missile-warning-system-production/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 20:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gino Troiani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman Corp. has received Air Force approval to start full rate production of an infrared missile warning system, the company announced Monday. The Air Force will use the NexGen system on the C-17, EC-130J, HC/MC-130J and other platforms for the Mobile Air Force airlift and special operations fleets. Northrop-produced infrared countermeasure systems are installed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northrop Webb Telescope Sunshield System Cleared for Production</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2012/04/northrop-webb-telescope-sunshield-system-cleared-for-production/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 18:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gino Troiani</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman Corp. has completed engineering design of a sunshield support system for the James Webb Space Telescope, the company announced Tuesday. The structure keeps the telescope&#8217;s mirrors in the sun&#8217;s shadow and detect infrared light. The structure also recently passed its critical design review and has been cleared for manufacturing. NASA&#8217;s Goddard Space Flight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northrop to Provide Navy Threat Warning Sensors, Data</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2012/03/northrop-to-provide-navy-threat-warning-sensors-data/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2012/03/northrop-to-provide-navy-threat-warning-sensors-data/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Wilkers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a potential $25.5 million Navy contract to provide sensors, processors and technical data for a threat warning system. The Defense Department said Wednesday the Navy will receive 110 sensors and 200 processors for the system, a subsystem of the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures System. The company&#8217;s electronic systems sector received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northrop Wins Air Force Missile Software IDIQ</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2012/03/northrop-wins-air-force-missile-software-idiq/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Wilkers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman Corp. has won a $24,492,894 Air Force contract to provide missile applications software, the Defense Department announced Tuesday. The Falls Church, Va.-based contractor based business will deliver the Dynamic Application and Targeting planning software to U.S. Strategic Command. Work will occur at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska and the Pentagon expects work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northrop to Provide Cyber Support for Navy Info Operations</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2012/03/northrop-to-provide-cyber-support-for-navy-info-operations/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2012/03/northrop-to-provide-cyber-support-for-navy-info-operations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 11:56:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Wilkers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman Corp. will compete for $16.3 million on a Navy contract for information operations support services, the company announced Tuesday. The five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract succeeds a previous blanket purchase order for professional, technical, and analytical support to the Navy&#8217;s information operations organizations. The NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center in Norfolk awarded positions on the contract in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lockheed-Northrop JV Delivers UAS Data Link to Army</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2012/02/lockheed-northrop-jv-delivers-uas-data-link-to-army/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2012/02/lockheed-northrop-jv-delivers-uas-data-link-to-army/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:18:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Wilkers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northrop, Quest Software Named to USO-Metro&#8217;s &#8216;Circle of Stars&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/10/northrop-named-to-uso-metros-circle-of-stars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:07:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Wilkers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USO of Metropolitan Washington honored both Northrop Grumman Corp. and Quest Software Friday for providing funding to the organization by naming the two companies to the organization&#8217;s first-ever &#8220;Circle of Stars.&#8221; &#8220;Supporting those who have given so much to defend our nation is deeply important to Northrop Grumman and to our employees,&#8221; said Sandra [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Northrop Global Hawk Team Recognized for Supply Chain Best Practice</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/10/northrop-global-hawk-team-recognized-for-supply-chain-best-practice/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/10/northrop-global-hawk-team-recognized-for-supply-chain-best-practice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Wilkers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman&#8217;s Global Hawk production team has been recognized by Aviation Week magazine as a best practice in the area of supply chain/value chain integration. A company release says the recognition calls attention to valuable information and shares knowledge across the aerospace and defense industry. &#8220;Because the Global Hawk platform includes a large distributed supply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASA Using Northrop-Built Golden Hawk for Hurricane Missions</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/10/nasa-using-northrop-built-golden-hawk-for-hurricane-missions/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2011/10/nasa-using-northrop-built-golden-hawk-for-hurricane-missions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ross Wilkers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASA environmental scientists will use the Northrop Grumman-built unmanned NASA Golden Hawks as part of a multi-year mission to study hurricane formation and how the storms change intensity. &#8220;Global Hawk&#8217;s ability to fly as high as 65,000 feet for periods of up to 30 hours provides the science community the opportunity to explore remote areas [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Secretary Gates Announcement Sends Defense Stocks Higher</title>
		<link>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/04/secretary-gates-announcement-sends-defense-stocks-higher/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.executivebiz.com/2009/04/secretary-gates-announcement-sends-defense-stocks-higher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Garrettson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Defense Secretary Gates spoke today on the future direction of the Pentagon&#8217;s weapons programs and specifically how this change of direction will impact military personnel, existing weapons programs and long term planning.  He touched on a large number of specific programs such as the Joint Strike Fighter. Large government contracting firms Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC), SAIC [...]]]></description>
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