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    Navy Eyes Integrated Comms System for Unmanned Tanker Mission Control Station

    The U.S. Navy seeks information on potential vendors that can develop an integrated communications system for a mission control station to support carrier and shore-based management of the service branch’s proposed MQ-25A Stingray unmanned aerial tanker. A FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday says the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier Aviation program office seeks an ICS platform that will work to transport voice […] More

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    Northrop to Update Navy H-1 Aircraft Mission Computers

    Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $10.7 million delivery order to help the U.S. Navy update mission computers of the H-1 aircraft fleet. The company will incorporate 54 technical refresh mission computers into the H-1 production line, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The firm-fixed-price order falls under a previously issued basic ordering agreement and work runs […] More

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    Northrop to Help Operate Army Training Centers Under IDIQ Contract

    Northrop Grumman has been selected to compete for more than $500 million in task orders to support U.S. Army training centers nationwide under a multiple-award,  indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The company said Monday it aims to help the Army create simulation and gaming exercises in virtual and constructive environments through the Mission Training Complex Capabilities Support contract. Work will also […] More

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    Navy Tests Northrop-Made Submarine Flank Array Sonar

    The U.S. Navy has tested an underwater acoustic technology Northrop Grumman  designed to help address the service branch’s flank array requirements for submarines as part of a Work for Private Parties agreement. Northrop said Nov. 14 the Advanced Flank Array sonar works to integrate with the service branch’s Virginia-class fast attack and Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines. The company invested more than $3 million to […] More

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    ULA Launches JPSS-1 Weather Satellite for NOAA, NASA

    A United Launch Alliance-built Delta II rocket lifted off Saturday with the first of four polar-orbiting environmental satellites developed through a collaborative program between NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. ULA said Saturday it launched the Joint Polar Satellite System-1 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:47 a.m. Pacific time. The satellite is designed to […] More

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    Northrop Flies 1st E-2D Advanced Hawkeye Aircraft for Japan

    Northrop Grumman has completed the maiden flight of an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early warning aircraft that company has built for Japan through a foreign military sales contract. The company said Wednesday it flew the aircraft from Northrop’s Aircraft Integration Center of Excellence in St. Augustine, Florida, on Oct. 9. Japan’s defense ministry picked the Advanced Hawkeye platform three years […] More

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    Northrop to Help Sustain Australian C-27J Airlifter Fleet

    Northrop Grumman has secured a contract to provide sustainment, engineering and logistics services for the Australian air force’s fleet of C-27J Spartan battlefield airlifters. The C-27J through-life support contract has a five-year base period and a “rolling wave” clause to extend the contract period for up to 22 years based on contractor performance, Northrop said Wednesday. John Parker, vice […] More

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    Harris-Hosted Summit Tackles Aerospace & Defense Workforce Needs

    Harris collaborated with the Aerospace Industries Association to facilitate a two-day summit that brought together industry, government and academic stakeholders to discuss the future of aerospace and defense workforce. The event took place at a Harris facility in Palm Bay, Florida, and sought to promote science, technology, engineering and math education strategies meant to help grow workforce across the […] More

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    Michael Fischer Joins Comprehensive Health Services as Director of Capture & Proposals

    Michael Fischer, formerly director of capture management at IAP Worldwide Services, has been appointed director of capture and proposals at Comprehensive Health Services. CHS said Tuesday Fischer brings more than 25 years of program management, capture and business development experience to the Florida-based medical services contractor’s business development team. Before IAP, he held the positions of capture manager, senior […] More

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    Northrop Hands 1st MQ-4C Triton UAS to Navy

    Northrop Grumman has delivered the first operational MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system to the U.S. Navy‘s facility in Point Mogu, California. The company said Friday MQ-4C is built to provide a 360-degree coverage area for Navy intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Northrop aims to provide a second unit to the military branch before the end of the year. The […] More

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    Report: US in Talks With Potential F-35 Buyers in Gulf Region

    The U.S. government has begun discussions with several Persian Gulf countries about potential foreign military sales for Lockheed Martin-built F-35s, Reuters reported Friday. Gen. Stephen Wilson, vice chief of staff at the U.S. Air Force, told reporters during a visit to the United Arab Emirates Friday the Trump administration looks to support U.S. partner nations that […] More

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    BAE, Northrop Mark B-21 Bomber Project Collaboration

    BAE Systems hosted an event at a company facility in Nashua, New Hampshire, last week to mark a partnership between BAE and Northrop Grumman to help build the U.S. Air Force‘s B-21 Raider bomber aircraft, Union Leader reported Wednesday. The event was attended by Air Force Maj. Gen. Thomas Bussiere, Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and executives from the two defense contractors. […] More