Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a $61.7 million contract modification to support battlefield airborne communication node technology for the U.S. Air Force. The modification exercises an option on a previously awarded contract for BACN payload operations and support services, the Defense Department said Thursday. BACN i...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 18, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) could launch its XS-1 concept in the commercial market as an alternative to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Experimental Spaceplane-1 program, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. “If a responsive system can be built and start to fly with some flight ra...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 8, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has proposed a “heritage” GPS III spacecraft and prototype navigational payload as part of its bid for the U.S. Air Force‘s follow-on program on the production of future GPS III space vehicles, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. The company said Wednes...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a contract modification to manufacture two passive microwave instruments for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s Joint Polar Satellite System, increasing the total contract value to $390.5 million. The $177.7 million modification awarded by NASA on behalf ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 3, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) is set to receive a potential $44.9 million sole-source contract from the Naval Sea Systems Command to provide laser technology, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The U.S. Navy said in a notice posted Friday on FedBizOpps that it seeks diode-pumped laser designation technology ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 29, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has conducted a flight test of an RQ-4 Global Hawk equipped with the U.S. Air Force‘s SYERS-2 intelligence-gathering sensor, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday it used a Universal Payload Adapter to mount the sensor onto the high-altitu...
The team of Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) will not pursue a legal challenge in federal claims court of the U.S. Air Force™s award of the Long Range Strike Bomber contract to Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), Bloomberg reported Friday. Julie Johnsson writes the decision comes a week after the Government Accoun...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 19, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has completed the operational assessment of the U.S. Navy‘s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. The company said Tuesday the assessment includes flight tests for the UAS weapon system and moves the program closer to Milestone ...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 18, 2016 ” Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has donated 135 Voyage Management System software licenses worth $3.17 million to the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation, GovCon Executive reported Wednesday. The company said Monday the software works to support U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps midshipman training on navig...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 9, 2016 ” A Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) unmanned aerial system will be used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to further the study of El Nino and its effect on the Pacific Ocean’s temperature, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Friday the Global Hawk UA...
