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  • Northrop, S&K Electronics Forge Mentor-Protege Relationship Under DoD - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop, S&K Electronics Forge Mentor-Protege Relationship Under DoD

    Northrop Grumman and S&K Electronics have partnered under the Defense Department‘s Mentor-Protege program in an effort to boost the latter company’s business skills and capacity to compete for defense contracts. Northrop said Tuesday it will provide development assistance to help S&K Electronics build up its processes to manufacture printed circuit card assemblies for Northrop programs. S&K […] More

  • Northrop E-2D Aircraft Reaches Aerial Refueling Milestone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop E-2D Aircraft Reaches Aerial Refueling Milestone

    A Northrop Grumman-built E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft equipped with an aerial refueling system completed its first in-flight fuel transfer mission in July alongside a U.S. Navy KC-130 Hercules tanker. Northrop said Tuesday pilots conducted 10 dry plugs and two wet plugs throughout the four-hour flight transferring approximately 1,700 pounds of fuel to the tactical airborne early […] More

  • Northrop to Participate in Int'l C4I Tech Forum; Walid Abukhaled Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Participate in Int’l C4I Tech Forum; Walid Abukhaled Comments

    Northrop Grumman has announced it will serve as a strategic partner for the International C4I Solutions Conference that is scheduled to take place at King Saud University in Saudi Arabia from Oct. 17 to 19. The conference, themed “Alliance Against Terrorism, Strategies and Capabilities,” will feature a range of command, control, communications, computers and intelligence platforms designed for […] More

  • Northrop Lands UK MoD Contract for Robotic EOD Vehicle In-Service Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Lands UK MoD Contract for Robotic EOD Vehicle In-Service Support

    Northrop Grumman has received a two-year contract from the U.K. defense ministry’s special projects search and countermeasures team to provide in-service support for a remotely controlled vehicle that British armed forces use to dispose of explosive ordnance. The company said Monday it will support CUTLASS EOD unmanned ground systems throughout the platform’s life cycle. CUTLASS is equipped with multiple […] More

  • Northrop Showcases Missile Defense Tech at Poland Defense Industry Exhibition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Showcases Missile Defense Tech at Poland Defense Industry Exhibition

    Northrop Grumman presented its missile defense platform at the International Defence Industry Exhibition MSPO that ran from Sept. 5 to 8 in Kielce, Poland. The company said Thursday it showcased its integrated air and missile defense command and control system; Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar platform; Integrated Battle Management System; and Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System. Tarik […] More

  • Northrop to Help Build Air Force Cyber Operations System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Help Build Air Force Cyber Operations System

    Northrop Grumman has secured a potential three-year, $37 million task order to develop and deploy a cyber operations system for the U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday it will continue to develop, integrate, field and sustain the Cyber Mission Platform under the contract, which has a one-year base period valued at $9.4 million. The Air Force […] More

  • Northrop-Lockheed Team Links Tactical Comms Terminal, AEHF Satellite in Over-the-Air Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop-Lockheed Team Links Tactical Comms Terminal, AEHF Satellite in Over-the-Air Test

    Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin have jointly led an industry team that tested the capacity of a tactical terminal to connect with an Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite managed by the U.S. Air Force. The over-the-air test aimed to demonstrate if the Low Cost Terminal could operate with the Defense Department‘s protected communications network, Northrop said Wednesday. LCT is designed […] More

  • Mike Lyons: Northrop Pitches Global Hawk UAV to Address F-22, F-35 Comms Gap - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Lyons: Northrop Pitches Global Hawk UAV to Address F-22, F-35 Comms Gap

    Northrop Grumman has proposed the use of its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle for the U.S. Air Force to bridge a communications gap between the F-35 Lightning II and F-22 Raptor aircraft platforms, Defense News reported. The report said the service branch’s F-35 and F-22 planes currently are unable to exchange information because the former uses the […] More

  • Northrop to Extend Forensic & Biometric Tech Support for UK Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Extend Forensic & Biometric Tech Support for UK Agency

    Northrop Grumman has received a two-year contract extension to continue to help a U.K. government agency operate and maintain forensic and biometric platforms used by the country’s law enforcement entities. The company said Tuesday work under the extended contract started in April and covers support services for the IDENT1 identity management system and the Forensic and Biometric […] More

  • Northrop's Wes Bush: IP Theft Harms US Economic Competition, Security - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Wes Bush: IP Theft Harms US Economic Competition, Security

    Wes Bush, chairman, president and CEO of Northrop Grumman, has said he believes the theft of technological innovation threatens U.S. national security and economic competitiveness. He made the statement to express support for President Donald Trump’s memorandum that seeks to investigate aspects of Chinese trade. “This is an important action to address the serious problem […] More

  • HII Demos Dual-Mode Undersea Vehicle at Navy-Hosted Tech Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HII Demos Dual-Mode Undersea Vehicle at Navy-Hosted Tech Exercise

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has demonstrated the performance of a dual-mode undersea vehicle through autonomous contested battlespace missions that took place at the U.S. Navy-hosted Advanced Naval Technology Exercise. The Proteus vehicle delivered and launched three smaller unmanned undersea platforms during the underwater mission segment of the event, HII said Wednesday. HII’s technical solutions division and Battelle jointly […] More

  • Northrop-Sponsored Competitions Demo Robotic Air, Ground & Sea Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop-Sponsored Competitions Demo Robotic Air, Ground & Sea Systems

    Northrop Grumman has sponsored a series of competitions that showcased multiple robotic air, ground, boat and submarine platforms developed by student teams worldwide. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Foundation administered the RoboNation competitions across the U.S. to offer participants an opportunity to demonstrate unmanned and autonomous systems that have been programmed to complete obstacle courses, […] More