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Northrop Grumman Corporate Headquarters
1840 Century Park East
Los Angeles
California
90067-2199
USA
[t] (310) 553-6262
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Major defense and engineering contractor |
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The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract to develop and provide instruction on battle command systems and their use, battle staff integration, and training and simulations to the U.S. Army Command General Staff College (CGSC), Fort Leavenworth, Kan.
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30 June 2008 |
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The U.S. Marine Corps' new Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) moved an important step closer to production with the successful conclusion of the formal Preliminary Design Review (PDR) at Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC)
Electronic Systems sector headquarters. |
27 June 2008 |
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The integrated baseline review for US Air Force Next-Generation Global Positioning System (GPS) Ground Control Segment (OCX) has been made by Northrup Grumman, achieving two milestone reviews within weeks. |
11 June 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation is one of 26 companies awarded an ENCORE II Information Technology (IT) Solutions contract by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). ENCORE II, a follow-on contract to ENCORE, provides the full range of IT solutions required by Military Agencies, Department of Defense, and other agencies of the Federal Government. |
09 June 2008 |
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Marine Corps Awards Northrop Grumman Modification Contract for C2PC Integration Into Joint Tactical Common Operating Picture Workstation Command and Control Personal Computer to Support Future Net-Enabled Environment |
05 June 2008 |
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A Northrop Grumman Corporation study conducted for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, demonstrates that airborne electronic jammer aircraft are more effective and efficient when networked and enhanced by decision aids. Airborne electronic attack, or 'jamming,' aircraft can blind, disrupt or otherwise affect enemy radars, communications, computing and other electronic weapons and systems, protecting warfighters during combat. |
02 June 2008 |
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The patented hemispherical resonating gyro (HRG) technology from Northrop Grumman has overtaken the 10 million hours mark of continuous service in support of many commercial and military space applications. |
30 May 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed the system requirements review for the U.S. Air Force Next-Generation Global Positioning System (GPS) Ground
Control Segment (OCX). |
30 May 2008 |
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The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation two undefinitized contracts, worth $300 million collectively, to complete non-recurring engineering, flight test/certification and begin production of new engines for the service's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) fleet. |
21 May 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman's Battlefield Airborne Communications Node Enables Unprecedented Real-Time Distribution of F-22 Data to Legacy Aircraft |
21 May 2008 |
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The U.S. Coast Guard has accepted delivery of the first Northrop Grumman Corporation-built National Security Cutter (NSC), Bertholf (WMSL 750) -- the most technologically advanced ship in U.S. Coast Guard history. Officials representing the company's Shipbuilding sector, U.S. Coast Guard and partner Lockheed Martin signed the official DD-250 documents, signifying the delivery of the ship. |
16 May 2008 |
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The U.S. Navy is acquiring a third lot of Northrop Grumman Corporation Improved Capability (ICAP) III airborne electronic attack systems for its fleet of EA-6B Prowlers under a $101.9 million firm, fixed-price contract. |
11 May 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Army to continue development of the Passive Infrared Cueing System (PICS), a cost-effective ground threat warning system that can locate, cue, and classify potential threats from tank fire, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank guided missiles. |
11 May 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $46.1 million contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for the Optical RF Communications Adjunct (ORCA) project, an all-weather, high connectivity, jam resistant, high bandwidth network. |
06 May 2008 |
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The Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS) program, with significant support from Northrop Grumman Corporation, achieved a significant milestone in late March 2008, operating for the first time from one of the U.S. Navy's newest transformational platforms, the Ohio-class cruise missile submarine USS Michigan (SSGN 727). |
03 May 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation was awarded a subcontract as part of the Global Linguist Solutions LLC (GLS) team to provide management of translation and interpretation services for the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. |
30 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that Lockheed Martin has joined its team competing for the U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Control Segment (OCX) Phase B contract. |
30 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Army Communication-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command to produce the new multi-function radar for the Extended Range/Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Radar program. |
30 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has received multiple contracts totaling $252 million from Lockheed Martin since Jan. 1, 2008 for the communications, navigation and identification (CNI) subsystem of the U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor fighter program. The awards include F-22 Production Lots 7, 8, 9 and spares, and modernization efforts for the CNI systems. |
26 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Develop New SIGINT Capability for the Predator MQ-1 and MQ-9 Reaper Unmanned Aircraft Systems |
24 April 2008 |
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The Andros line of robots produced by Northrop Grumman Corporation's subsidiary Remotec Inc., is the first to be tested and recommended by the National Tactical Officers Association (NTOA), a non-profit organization promoting communications among Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) units in the United States and abroad. |
24 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a $79.4 million contract for Global Hawk Multi-Platform Radar Technology Insertion Program (MP-RTIP) sensors as the first element of the lot 7 production contract. An initial $33.89 million has been obligated to begin procurement of three MP-RTIP sensors. |
23 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a five-year contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to support theoretical studies and engineering research for Army, Navy and Air Force research and development programs. |
19 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman to Consolidate and Protect U.S. Army's IT Networks throughout European Theater |
17 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation this week submitted its bid for the prime role in the U.S. Army's Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) competition.
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16 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has received Category 1A Department of Defense Trusted Foundry accreditation for its Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL). |
13 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation announced today the addition of Frank Moore as leadexecutive for the Aerial Common Sensor (ACS) program. Northrop Grumman is leading a team competing for the U.S. Army's ACS program, an airborne platform that will provide the warfighter with actionable intelligence, reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition capability. |
11 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced a strategic, long-term supply agreement with SEAKR Engineering, Inc., Centennial, Colo., making SEAKR an exclusive supplier for select command and data handling equipment. |
11 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a task order under the Communications/Electronics Command (CECOM) Rapid Response (CR2) program to provide analytical, technological and logistics support for the First Air Force at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., Rome, N.Y., Salt Lake City and McChord Air Force Base, Wash. |
11 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation is adding momentum to its commitment to create international second source suppliers for F-35 Lightning II aircraft components by hosting composite manufacturing training for engineers and manufacturing specialists from Danish firm Terma and Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI). |
09 April 2008 |
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The first of six Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) system spacecraft built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) completed 25 years of successful on-orbit operations on April 4, setting a new standard for long life and reliability. |
09 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has begun assembling the center fuselage for the first production Lightning II jet, a weight-optimized, U.S. Air Force F-35A conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) variant designated AF-6. The center fuselage is the core structure around which the F-35 aircraft is built. |
05 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a contract from the U.S. Army to provide soldiers with additional SCORPION(tm) unattended ground sensor (UGS) system spares and technical support. |
01 April 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation's RQ-4 Global Hawk set an endurance record for a full-scale, operational unmanned aircraft on Saturday, March 22, 2008, when it completed a flight of 33.1 hours at altitudes up to 60,000 feet over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. |
28 March 2008 |
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Radar will be incorporated onto Northrop Grumman Corporation's MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV). The Navy has decided to commit funds in 2009 to develop a radar capability on Fire Scout. |
22 March 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation's Sperry Marine business unit has been selected to supply the Machinery Control System (MCS) for LHA 6, the first of a new generation of large-deck amphibious assault ships for the U.S. Navy. |
22 March 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) is one of two companies awarded a contract by the U.S. Army last month to design and demonstrate a prototype missile interceptor weapon system that will defend warfighters against rocket, artillery, and mortar (RAM) threats. |
16 March 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Consolidates |
16 March 2008 |
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Air Force Declares Full Operational Capability for Guidance Replacement
Program |
14 March 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman exceeds all demonstration target requirements toward goal of producing 100kW solid state laser Northrop Grumman Corporation has demonstrated exemplary performance capability of a laser chain, the first major building block of a solid state demonstrator laser designed to reach a power level of 100kW. |
14 March 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation's Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) has received approval for low-rate initial production (LRIP) Lot 2 from the U.S. Navy. The company will produce three ALMDS units for approximately $25 million under the contract. It is anticipated that the company will produce 25 units over the next five years when the program enters full rate production in 2010. There is also potential for international sales. |
10 March 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation today delivered the payload module for the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite ahead of schedule to the Sunnyvale, Calif., facilities of Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the Advanced EHF program. Delivery of this second payload module follows one year after the first payload module delivery, which was also delivered ahead of schedule.
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07 March 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded the first phase of a four phase advanced research contract to design and build a cluster of wirelessly interconnected free flying spacecraft. |
05 March 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has received a contract from the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) to prepare the Advanced Information Management System (AIMS) for transition to major programs of record. Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will conduct risk reduction activities to ensure real time recording and information dissemination capabilities are aligned with current and emerging Air Force platform sensors. The contract is valued at $1.1 million. |
01 March 2008 |
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The RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial system (UAS), built by Northrop Grumman Corporation celebrated the 10th anniversary of its first flight on Feb. 28, 2008. On that date in 1998 the Global Hawk made history when it flew for one hour over Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and climbed to an altitude of 32,000 feet. |
01 March 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation and industry teammates have completed installing the six laser modules that comprise the core of the world's largest mobile laser on the U.S. Missile Defense Agency's Airborne Laser (ABL). |
26 February 2008 |
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The U.S. Navy has decided to integrate Northrop Grumman Corporation's MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) onto another air-capable ship before it reaches the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The Fire Scout is still slated to go aboard the LCS, and the Navy remains committed to transitioning the Fire Scout in that direction. |
23 February 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation and Harris Corporation successfully demonstrated a way to improve situational awareness for military ground forces with enhanced communications and information management capabilities. The two companies used the demonstration to illustrate that an airborne network based on today's technologies can support tactical information exchange requirements |
23 February 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman has announced the successful flight demonstration of the company's new fourth generation LITENING all digital precision targeting system. |
23 February 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation and Oshkosh Corporation have selected Plasan, to assist with the design and engineering of the armor for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program. |
22 February 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation unveiled a new company funded program to develop an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) at the Singapore Air Show. |
21 February 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by MBDA Italia to provide the navigation and localization system for NATO's Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS) program within the design and development phase. |
20 February 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected by the U.S. Naval Aviation Systems Command for phase two of the APR-39 radar warning receiver (RWR) integration program for the Navy's CH-53K helicopter fleet. |
20 February 2008 |
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The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $1.4 billion cost plus incentive fee contract for the construction of a Zumwalt-class destroyer, |
17 February 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the first three production units of a new-generation multi-radar tracker (MRT) system to the U.S. Marine Corps that will enable the fusing of multiple sensor inputs into a single radar picture for enhanced mobile command-and-control operations. |
17 February 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully demonstrated the capability to generate high-resolution, in-flight synthetic aperture radar (SAR) maps using the AESA (active electronically scanned array) radar being produced for the U.S. Air Force's F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft. |
17 February 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman and L-3 Communications to Study New Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance and Targeting Aircraft for U.S. Navy |
07 February 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Taps Long Island Company to Begin Production of First F/A-18F Super Hornet for Royal Australian Air Force |
06 February 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Wins Phase 2 of Defense Department's Solid-State Advanced Track Illuminator Laser Development Contract |
06 February 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has demonstrated the interface compatibility of the next-generation Advanced Extremely High Frequency (EHF) military communications satellite with user ground terminals using the new Extended Data Rate (XDR) waveform and protocols. Tests were conducted using a U.S. Army user terminal as well as a terminal configuration to be used by international partners participating in Advanced EHF. |
04 February 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial System (UAV) surpasses expectations and establishes a delivery record in 2007 |
29 January 2008 |
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The U.S. Navy has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation for the design, development and delivery of dismounted and mounted development models for Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (CREW) systems. |
17 January 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has a contract from the Military Sealift Command (MSC) to provide replacement high-speed gear trains for MSC's T-AOE 6 Supply-class fast combat support ships. |
16 January 2008 |
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SilkAir, the Singapore Airlines-owned regional carrier, has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation's latest air data inertial reference unit, known as the LTN-101E, for its new Airbus A320 aircraft.
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16 January 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has initiated the next phase of the Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV) MQ-8B Fire Scout development program with the first flight test using a Test and Training Control Segment. |
07 January 2008 |
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Northrop Grummam has announced that it has submitted its Final Proposal Revision (FPR) for the U.S. Air Force KC-X Tanker Program. The projected contract award is expected on or about Jan. 31, 2008 according to the Air Force. |
03 January 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Achieves Two Milestones Toward Integrating High-Energy Laser With Missile Defense Agency’s Airborne Laser Aircraft |
03 January 2008 |
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that it has received a $1 billion U.S. Navy shipbuilding contract to build a ninth San Antonio (LPD 17)-class ship. This 47-month, fixed-price incentive contract modification provides funding to finish design and begin construction on the new amphibious transport dock ship, Somerset (LPD 25). |
21 December 2007 |
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The second E-2D Advanced Hawkeye development aircraft, known as Delta Two, built for the U.S. Navy by prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation, completed its first flight in just over two hours from the company's Florida manufacturing and flight test center Nov. 29 followed by a second flight Dec. 4. |
19 December 2007 |
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