Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and BAE Systems have ended a joint pursuit of the U.S. Air Force™s T-X trainer aircraft program, Breaking Defense reported Wednesday. œThe companies have decided not to submit a proposal for the T-X Trainer program, as it would not be in the best interest of the companies and their shareholders, ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 23, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will fund the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ annual unmanned aircraft system design challenge for the third consecutive year in an effort to nurture innovative engineering and technical thinking among students, GovCon Executive reported Friday. Teams of e...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a one-year, $140 million contract modification to provide payload and operations support for an airborne communications relay that works to help warfighters transmit data and gain situational awareness. Northrop will perform support work on the Battlefield Airborne ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Jan. 9, 2017 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has rescheduled the flight test of its RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft with the United Technologies Corp.-built (NYSE: UTX) MS-177 multispectral imaging sensor to late January, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. “The late December test ...
Philadelphia-based private equity firm LLR Partners has purchased an automated threat detection and cyber hunting technology business unit from Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) for an undisclosed sum to grow a commercial market footprint for machine learning-based tools. LLR said Monday it has committed $50 million in financing to su...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 29, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a $17.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy for system software and engineering services in support of the MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned helicopter system, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company will provide software design and system integration, qualification testing...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 20, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has completed the first flight test for an E-2D Advanced Hawkeye early-warning aircraft equipped with an aerial refueling system, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Thursday the aerial refueling function will work to boost the on-station time and range of the E-2D ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 13, 2016 ” The U.S. Navy intends to award a sole-source, fixed-price contract to Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to deliver potentially 40 full-rate production E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft under lots 7 to 11, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. Northrop will be tasked to provide program and production management, systems a...
December 5 – December 9, 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson GovCon industry leaders and observers welcomed Vectrus to the government services landscape in the autumn of 2014 and this week marks the beginning of a new era for the Colorado Springs-based company. As...
Mark Welsh III, a retired U.S. Air Force general and current dean of the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University, has joined the board of directors at Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC). Northrop expands its board of directors to 14 members with the addition of Welsh, the company said Thursday. “His extensive...
