Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a one-year, $217.M contract modification to continue operating the payload of a U.S. Air Force system built to transmit voice, data and video across disparate networks. The company will also support payload equipment and related services for the Battlefield Airborne Communication Node through the modification, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Collins Aerospace has landed contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop technology platforms for countering anti-access/area denial threats. DARPA selected the three companies to participate in the first and second phases of the System-of -Systems Enhanced Small Unit program, according to a notice posted Tuesday on the beta SAM website.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has launched a new logo that reflects the “pioneering spirit” of its employees. The company said the “Forward Mark” logo seeks to demonstrate the aerospace and defense company’s determination to lead the way in technological advancements.

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a $302M contract to continue providing modification and sustainment support for the military branch's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System fleet.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a 28-month, $70M contract from the Aviation Missile Technology Consortium to help the U.S. Army create an agile software development process for a battle management system.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential $251.5M contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide three lot 4 low-rate initial production MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft.

Lesley Kalan, corporate vice president of government relations at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), will assume additional duties as chief strategy and development officer on Jan. 1.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential $1B contract modification that will definitize all three phases of the U.S. Air Force's F-16 radar modernization program.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) had submitted its bid for the U.S. Air Force’s potential $85B Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent intercontinentinal ballistic missile program.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a potential $188.9M contract modification from the U.S. Navy to deliver six full-rate production gallium nitride systems and related travel assistance to program executive officer land systems.