The Department of Defense has given Northrop Grumman the green light to produce a software-defined anti-air and missile threat system following a Milestone C decision that required amounts of development and testing work between the company and the U.S. Army.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Raytheon Technologies and Northrop Grumman have commenced the fourth experiment with groups of autonomous vehicles designed to support future small infantry operations in an urban environment.

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Northrop Grumman will deliver five Fire Scout MQ-8C unmanned air systems and two lightweight fuel cells to the U.S. Navy under a $55M contract modification.

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Nothrop Grumman‘s Australia-based subsidiary and the government of Australia have renewed their global supply chain agreement for another three years. The company said Sunday the agreement aims to give Australian companies access to military and commercial opportunities within Northrop’s global supply chain. Ian Irving, CEO of Northrop Grumman Australia, said the partnership will help the […] More

A Nothrop Grumman subsidiary has won a $1.8 million contract to provide new sensor systems to Finmeccanica subsidiary AgustaWestland for use on helicopters flown by Italy’s national law enforcement agency. The Guardia di Finanza intends for the LISA-200W system to replace older attitude heading reference systems on the Agusta-Bell 412 helicopters, Northrop said Thursday. Marco Clochiatti, Northrop […] More

Northrop Grumman is displaying its offerings for infrared countermeasures, navigation, radar and sensor systems and other military modernization programs at an industry conference in Fort Worth, Texas this week. The 2013 Army Aviation Association of America Annual Convention kicked off Wednesday and is scheduled to conclude Saturday, Northrop said Wednesday. Electronic technologies on show at […] More

The days of business as usual are over. Especially for CIOs. Gone are the days when it was enough to keep the lights on. Or know the ins and outs of server and storage capacity. Today“™s business realities demand more. Way more. A recent report from KPMG put it best: It“™s no longer about cost […] More

In the world of CIOs, just about everybody talks about IT standardization. In the case of Bernie McVey, CIO at defense industry giant Northrop Grumman, it“™s just a prelude to something larger: greater transparency into the cost of IT services. “I think an important strategic enabler, going forward, is to get a consumption-based chargeback model […] More