Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $41.3 million cost-plus-fixed fee contract for life cycle engineering and support services for the U.S. Navy's USS San Antonio (LPD 17) class of amphibious transport docks. With options, the contract has a potential value of $249.4 million.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded an $18 million contract by General Dynamics Land Systems to supply LRS-2000 Rate Sensor Assembly units for the Stabilized Commander's Weapon Station on U.S. Army M1A1 Abrams Tanks. The LRS-2000 is a two-axis rate sensor developed to support gun and turret stabilization applications with low random drift and high reliability.

The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a full-rate production contract for AN/SPQ-9B shipboard radar systems designed to enhance the detection and tracking of high-speed threats such as sea-skimming anti-ship missiles. Under the fixed-price $26.2 million contract, the company will supply four shipsets. The contract includes options that could bring the total value to $281.5 million.

The ITT Corporation has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to provide flight cryocoolers for the sensor payloads of two international satellites. The geostationary satellites will provide round-the-clock weather forecasts and sever weather alerts. The cryocoolers are used to reduce thermal noise in space-based sensors.

The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract with a potential value of $550 million to continue the modernization and training of the Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG). Under the contract, the company will provide U.S. Army based doctrine and military training as well as logistics and support services to contribute to the SANG's ability to fulfill its mission with self-sustained command, control and operational capabilities.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defence of Brunei Darussalam to provide a joint operations center command and control capability for the Royal Brunei Armed Forces. Under the contract, which will be undertaken by Northrop Grumman UK, the company will supply an integrated command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) headquarters system and a deployable joint operations center together with providing training and in-country support.

The U.S. Army has selected Northrop Grumman to develop the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) under a $577 million, five-year contract for system design and development. IBCS is an integrated air and missile defense command and control capability enabled by a battlefield fire control network that will provide warfighters with improved decision making tools.

The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation's Sperry Marine business unit a follow-on contract valued at $42 million to provide performance based logistics support for navigation and steering systems installed on Navy surface ships and submarines.

U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation's Sperry Marine business unit a $20.9 million contract to supply navigation radar systems for eight new Navy nuclear attack submarines. The contract calls for Sperry Marine to produce and deliver eight AN/BPS-16(v)5 radar sets to be intalled on Virginia class Block III submarines.

Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit has been awarded contracts to upgrade the navigation systems of three U.S. Navy Cyclone-class patrol craft. The bridge upgrade program for the craft is being performed under two cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts from the Naval Ship Systems Engineering Station, Philadelphia and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic.