TYSONS CORNER, VA, Nov. 14, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has rolled out and shipped the first operational unit of its MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system to the U.S. Navy in Point Mogu, California, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday the UAS will support Navy maritime intelligence, surveillance and...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has decided to drop the company™s pursuit of the U.S. Navy™s carrier-based unmanned aerial refueling tanker program, Defense News reported Wednesday. The contractor™s decision came two weeks after the service issued the final request for proposals for the MQ-25A Stingray program. œWinning is...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 27, 2017 ” A subsidiary of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has unveiled a new unmanned ground vehicle designed to meet Defense Department interoperability standards in order to accommodate future updates and support various missions, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday Remotec‘s Noma...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has made a series of leadership changes after Chief Operating Officer Gloria Flach and Sid Ashworth, corporate vice president for government relations, announced plans to retire by the end of December. Kathy Warden, corporate VP and president of Northrop™s mission systems business, will transition to new roles as pr...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 26, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will provide continued in-service support for a remotely controlled vehicle that the U.K. ministry of defense’s special projects search and countermeasures team uses for explosive ordnance disposal operations, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Monday it rec...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has agreed to purchase Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) for approximately $9.2 billion in a push to accelerate innovation efforts and expand technology offerings. Falls Church, Virginia-based Northrop said Monday it will pay $7.8 billion in cash and assume $1.4 billion in net debt from Orbital ATK under the transact...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) is close to finalizing an agreement to buy Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA) as Northrop aims to broaden its portfolio of missiles and space platforms, Defense News reported Monday. Defense News cited a Wall Street Journal report that says both companies could unveil the transaction as early as Monday and estimates the de...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a potential five-year, $265 million contract to continue to maintain an airborne gateway platform the U.S. Air Force uses to translate and distribute voice communications and battlespace data from multiple sources. The company said Tuesday it will provide maintenance and logistics services for the B...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 11, 2017 ” A subsidiary of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has completed the preliminary design review of the AstroMesh reflectors for two Airbus-built communications satellites that will be part of the Inmarsat-6 constellation, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Northrop said Wednesday Astro Aerospace conducted the ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 9, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has completed the integration of the sunshield flight layers that will work to protect the components of NASA‘s James Webb Space Telescope, ExecutiveBiz reported Tuesday. The company said Monday the sunshield is made of Kapton and consists of five layers th...
