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    Northrop Seeks to Promote STEM Education Through School Lab Makeover Contest; Sandra Evers-Manly Comments

    Northrop Grumman has unveiled an online competition that aims to incite students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math education through makeovers of classrooms and technology laboratories in U.S. public middle schools. The second annual Fab School Labs competition will award up to $100,000 in grants to five winning schools to help them equip their classrooms […] More

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    Northrop, HTC Form Smartphone Security Standard Devt Team; Ian Irving Comments

    A Northrop Grumman Australian subsidiary has partnered with HTC Corp. to develop smartphone security offerings and set up a new mobile device data security standard. Northrop Grumman M5 Network Security has started to work on several Android-based platform offers as part of its secure communications mobile program, the company said Wednesday. Ian Irving, chief executive of Northrop […] More

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    Kitron to Build IF Receiver Tech for Northrop’s F-35 Radars

    Northrop Grumman has ordered about $60.4 million in intermediate-frequency receivers from Kitron for the radar systems of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Kitron said Thursday it will also provide technical know-know, create IF radar receiver prototypes and manufacture sub-assembly testing equipment under a manufacturing license agreement  with Northrop. Northrop builds radar technology for integration into F-35s. Norway-based Kitron provides electronic circuit boards manufacturing, prototyping, […] More

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    Custom Market Insights Forecasts Military Drone Market Growth at $11B by 2021

    A Custom Market Insights report predicts the military unmanned aerial vehicle market will reach $11 billion in value by 2021 from $3 billion in 2014. “Quantities of fielded military and commercial systems of every size and description are set to increase,” Custom Market Insights said Feb. 3. According to the report, persistent military drones will account […] More

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    GovCon Industry Execs Included in Virginia Business’ 50 Most Influential List

    The trade publication Virginia Business has released the 50 Most Influential Virginians list that includes some prominent executives in the government contracting industry. The list included some of the Northern Virginia Technology Council‘s board members including SAIC President and CEO Tony Moraco, NVTC said Tuesday. NVTC added that representatives of the organization’s board member companies recognized in the […] More

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    NASA Puts Webb Telescope Instruments Through Cryogenic Test

    NASA has performed a cryogenic test on the cameras and spectrographs of the James Webb Space Telescope in order to determine if the systems could withstand extremely cold temperatures inside a space environment simulator. The Webb telescope’s scientific instruments have been removed from a cylindrical  simulation chamber at the agency’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland following completion of […] More

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    Ann Marie Fudge Joins Northrop Grumman’s Board of Directors

    Northrop Grumman has added Ann Marie Fudge, a former chairman and CEO of Young & Rubicam Brands at WPP Group, as a member of its board of directors. Fudge is the 13th member of Northrop’s board, the company said Thursday. “Her global leadership and track record of success across a range of industries and the public sector […] More

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    Northrop Awarded Service Provider of the Year by Disaster Recovery Institute International

    Disaster Recovery Institute International, a nonprofit business continuity management firm, has named Northrop Grumman as the organization’s Service Provider of the Year awardee. Northrop was presented the award at a DRI conference in Atlanta for the company’s work in service continuity across Virginia, Northrop said Friday. DRI recognizes companies that displayed excellence in continuity management, technology recovery and crisis […] More

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    Retired Army Acquisition Asst Secretary Heidi Shyu Joins Aerospace Corp Board of Trustees

    The Aerospace Corporation has appointed Heidi Shyu as the newest member of its board of trustees. Shyu brings experience from her previous roles as the assistant secretary for acquisition, logistics and technology at the U.S. Army and as an acquisition executive, science adviser to the secretary and senior research and development official for various offices, the company said Tuesday. Prior […] More

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    Zoomdata Signs Deloitte, Northrop & Unisys as Partners for Data Analytics-Focused Federal Program

    Big data analytics and visualization technology company Zoomdata has formed new federal practice partnerships with Deloitte, Northrop Grumman and Unisys as part of a new program focused on data services to U.S. government agencies. Zoomdata said Tuesday it intends to train users on how to use its technology through the partnerships in an effort to help agencies […] More

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    Northrop to Help DARPA Build Miniature Navigation Sensor Tech

    Northrop Grumman has received a potential $11.6 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s microsystems technology office to develop a miniaturized inertial measurement unit for navigational use. The company said Monday it aims to build a microelectromechanical system-based sensor IMU technology for the detection of angular motion and acceleration under DARPA’s Precise Robust Inertial Guidance for Munitions Navigation-Grade Inertial Measurement Unit project. Alex Fax, program director […] More

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    Research and Markets Sees M2M Homeland Security Market Growth at 57% Through 2019

    Research and Markets has predicted the global machine-to-machine market in homeland security to grow 57 percent from 2015 to 2019, buoyed by the remote monitoring and controlling feature of M2M connected devices. The report attributes the market growth to increased government focus on efforts to address terrorist attacks, cyber-attack and natural disasters, Research and Markets […] More