Hello, Guest!
  • Saturday, April 20, 2024

Northrop Gets $450M IDIQ to Produce Threat Simulation Platforms for US, Foreign Military Clients


A Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) subsidiary has received a potential seven-year, $450M contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide Joint Threat Emitter end-items, support equipment and spares for domestic and foreign military clients.

Northrop’s Amherst Systems business will also provide training and testing support under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the Department of Defense said Thursday.

JTE is a mobile platform that works to simulate anti-aircraft artillery and surface-to-air missile threats to help train air crews and other military personnel to detect and counter integrated air defense systems, according to Northrop.

Work will occur in Buffalo, N.Y., and other locations in the U.S. and abroad through Dec. 5, 2025.

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will obligate $9.1M in fiscal 2018 other procurement funds at the time of award.

Video of the Day

Related Articles

BlueVoyant Names Sebastian Sobolev as Product VP Executive Moves

BlueVoyant Names Sebastian Sobolev as Product VP

Sebastian Sobolev, a cybersecurity and data analytics professional, has been appointed vice president of product at New York-based cloud-native cyber defense platforms provider BlueVoyant. He announced his new position in a LinkedIn post published Thursday. Prior to his current position, Sobolev was chief technology officer at BlueVoyant’s government solutions business and was responsible for technology

Iridium Reports Q1 2024 Results, Completes 1st Ever Acquisition; Matt Desch Quoted Financial Reports

Iridium Reports Q1 2024 Results, Completes 1st Ever Acquisition; Matt Desch Quoted

Iridium Communications (Nasdaq: IRDM) presented its Q1 2024 financial results, in which total revenue reacched $203.9 million, although slightly lower by 0.7 percent from a year ago. Notably, the voice and data satellite communications provider’s net income increased 101.1 percent year-over-year to $19.65 million, while the subscriber base grew 7 percent compared to Q1 2023, Iridium said

L3Harris Books $187M USSF Space Surveillance System Maintenance Contract Contract Awards

L3Harris Books $187M USSF Space Surveillance System Maintenance Contract

L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) has secured a potential $187 million contract to continue helping the U.S. Space Force maintain and upgrade its space surveillance systems and command centers dedicated to providing space domain awareness for military and civilian users. The award exercises the option year five of the potential 10-year, $1.2 billion Maintenance Of Space