The U.S. Air Force has placed a $200M order under an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to procure Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure systems and related support.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has selected a building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to serve as the assembly and testing site for its OmegA rocket.

NASA and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) have deployed a support component for the James Webb Space Telescope using flight electronics in preparation for the observation platform’s launch to outer space.

On August 14th, Potomac Officers Club will host the Security Vetting Process Modernization Update at the 2941 Restaurant in Falls Church, Va. Monte Hawkins of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will be the keynote speaker for the event. Gator Harvey of Northrop Grumman Technology Services will serve as the moderator for an expert panel featuring Casie Antalis and Eric Peters of CBP, Sam Robinson of the FBI and Lori Vislocky of DHS.

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will build competing prototypes of a 50 kilowatt-class laser weapon system for Stryker vehicles under a potential $203M other transaction authority agreement secured by Kord Technologies from the U.S. Army.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential five-year, $481.6M contract to help the U.S. Army update a system designed to protect aircraft against sophisticated infrared missiles. The company will provide quick-reaction capability 3 of the Common Infrared Countermeasure system under the cost-no-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee and firm-fixed-price contract, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

A new McAleese & Associates report says Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) reported $13.5B in new awards during the second quarter of 2019 with a total backlog of $63B and a book-to-bill ratio of 1.6x.

Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE: NOC) innovation systems business has received a potential $167.3M contract from the U.S. Navy to produce 263 lot 8 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles.

Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received an engineering services contract from the U.S. Navy to serve as a design agent for the service branch's surface search and fire control radar system.

NASA plans to award a sole-source contract to Northrop Grumman’s (NYSE: NOC) innovation systems sector to construct a habitation module for the Gateway lunar station, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday.