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The five-layer, tennis court-sized sunshield for the Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) -built James Webb Space Telescope has passed the critical design review, certifying that its design is complete and meets mission requirements. By achieving thermal, deployment and stray-light targets, the sunshield is now ready for manufacturing. “Pa...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has returned the nation’s newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), to the U.S. Navy after completing modernization and maintenance work provided during the ship’s post shakedown availability and selected restricted availability (PSA/SRA). The company’s Shipbuild...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has made gains with the Maritime Laser Demonstration (MLD) system currently under development. MLD has passed two milestone reviews by the Office of Naval Research, pointing to the future success of the program. “These reviews indicate that our MLD design should meet the Navy’s objectives in futu...
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) and Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc (KBR) 50/50 joint venture Vinnell, Brown & Root LLC (VBR) have been awarded a contract to provide base operations support services for U.S. Air Forces in Europe. The deal could be worth as much as $335 million over four-plus years. VBR will provide program management,...
Northrop Grumman has landed a $550 million dollar pact with the U.S. Army to continue training and modernization of the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG). The half-billion-dollar deal contains fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price elements. “Our U.S. Army customer not only has selected a trusted partner who will continue to provide them with seamle...
After a lengthy process, Northrop Grumman has announced the first primary mirror segment of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has met flight specifications at ambient temperatures. “This milestone marks the culmination of an intensive six-year manufacturing effort, ” said Scott Willoughby, Webb telescope Program Manager for Northro...
Northrop Grumman Corporation has won a contract from the Ministry of Defence of Brunei Darussalam to provide a Joint Operations Centre command of the Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF). Under the contractor, Northrop Grumman will supply an integrated Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) headquart...
Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that it will donate up to $1 million to help earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. The company will provide $500, 000 through five agencies supporting the Haiti recovery effort: AmeriCares, American Red Cross International, World Vision International, Care and the Yele Haiti Earthquake Fund. The company has ...
Northrop Grumman has received a contract by the Texas Local Government Purchasing Cooperative to provide the company’s business process management software and learning assessment system to Texas government, nonprofit and education organizations. Access to these applications will help users to better support business processes and student lear...
Northrop Grumman has won a contract from the US Army to develop the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS). The five-year deal is a cost-plus-incentive-fee/cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, valued at an estimated $577 million. The new technology will allow warfighters to use any sensor and any weapon in an open-architecture...
