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  • Lockheed Puts New Northrop AESA Radars In F-16V Jet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Puts New Northrop AESA Radars In F-16V Jet

    Lockheed Martin has completed the integration of Northrop Grumman‘s Scalable Agile Beam Radar into the F-16V aircraft as part of a design review stage in the U.S. Air Force‘s F-16 modernization program. Lockheed said Wednesday that the active electronically scanned array radar meets its requirements and those of the Air Force as they aim to launch the F-16V variant in Taiwan. Other updates to Taiwan’s fleet […] More

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  • Executive Profile: Al Kinney, HP Enterprise Services’ Acting VP of the Cybersecurity Solutions Group - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Al Kinney, HP Enterprise Services’ Acting VP of the Cybersecurity Solutions Group

    Al Kinney is HP Enterprise Services’ acting vice president of the cybersecurity solutions group for its U.S. public sector. In this role, he is responsible for development, marketing and delivery of identity management, software assurance and cyber situational awareness services across federal, state & local, and selected international markets. Prior to HP, Kinney was the […] More

  • Jeanne Usher: Northrop's Sperry Marine to Extend Support for German Shipping Firm - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeanne Usher: Northrop’s Sperry Marine to Extend Support for German Shipping Firm

    A Northrop Grumman business unit has won a contract to provide German shipping firm Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG with its integrated bridge system package, including navigation and radio systems, for seven bulk carrier ships. Jeanne Usher, managing director of Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine, said Monday the contract extends the company’s ongoing partnership with Peter Döhle. The integrated bridge systems include VisionMaster FT radars, the […] More

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  • Navy Test Flies Northrop X-47B, Boeing F/A-18 on Theodore Roosevelt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Test Flies Northrop X-47B, Boeing F/A-18 on Theodore Roosevelt

    Northrop Grumman‘s X-47B unmanned aircraft completed a series tests on deck operations aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt aircraft carrier to see how the drone maneuvers in a flight pattern alongside manned aircraft. The U.S. Navy said Sunday that the drone demonstrated catapults, arrested landings, flight deck taxiing and refueling and integration functions with the F/A-18 as part of […] More

  • Northrop to Build Army Black Hawk's Avionics System; Ike Song Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Build Army Black Hawk’s Avionics System; Ike Song Comments

    Redstone Defense Systems has selected Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) to modernize the digital cockpit of the U.S. Army‘s new fleet of Black Hawk helicopters. Northrop will work to produce and integrate the avionics system of UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters in order to replace analog gauges of the legacy model, Northrop said Friday. “We are committed to this […] More

  • Northrop Global Hawk Drone Flies 100th SW Asian Mission for AF - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Global Hawk Drone Flies 100th SW Asian Mission for AF

    Northrop Grumman‘s Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft has achieved a milestone by completing 100 southwest Asian missions for the U.S. Air Force. The Air Force 69th Reconnaissance Group has extended the RQ-4 drone’s operational area to the Pacific region, Northrop said Thursday. Global Hawk is built with a multi-platform sensor technology that works to locate […] More

  • Executive Profile: John Pranzatelli, MBDA President - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: John Pranzatelli, MBDA President

    John Pranzatelli is the president of MBDA Inc., where he is responsible for working with U.S. military customers and partners to develop new products and grow MBDA Group’s presence in the U.S. market. Prior to this role, he was MBDA’s vice president for strategy and business operations. Before joining MBDA, Pranzatelli served at Northrop Grumman as vice […] More

  • Northrop's Astro Aerospace Delivers 13 Antennas for Canada's RADARSAT Satellites; Dan Johansen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Astro Aerospace Delivers 13 Antennas for Canada’s RADARSAT Satellites; Dan Johansen Comments

    Northrop Grumman‘s Astro Aerospace business unit has completed delivery of 13 stored-energy monopole antennas to MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates  — the prime contractor on the Canadian Space Agency’s RADARSAT Constellation Mission. Astro Aerospace said Wednesday the antennas are configurable, deployable and compact and will be installed onto the Automatic Identification System payload. They are designed to support Earth observation missions with their capability […] More

  • Diane Miller: Northrop to Launch Cybersecurity Contest for UK High School Students - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Diane Miller: Northrop to Launch Cybersecurity Contest for UK High School Students

    Northrop Grumman and Cyber Security Challenge U.K. have partnered to hold a competition meant to foster cyber talent and inspire students to pursue a career in science, technology, engineering and math fields. The U.K.’s CyberCenturion contest will be based on the Northrop-sponsored CyberPatriot challenge for U.S. secondary students, Northrop said Monday. “CyberPatriot has grown at […] More

  • Northrop Announces 2 New Engineering Scholars; Jeff Palombo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Announces 2 New Engineering Scholars; Jeff Palombo Comments

    Northrop Grumman continues to support incoming college students who intend to pursue science and math degrees by awarding two new grant recipients during the company’s 10th Engineering Scholars Program ceremony. Graduating seniors Rick Hallman from Prospect High School and Nicholas Ratajczyk from William Fremd High School became the latest to receive $10,000 merit scholarships from Northrop […] More

  • Northrop Finishes Work to Manufacture NATO Ground Surveillance UAV's Fuselage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Finishes Work to Manufacture NATO Ground Surveillance UAV’s Fuselage

    Northrop Grumman has completed its work to manufacture the fuselage for NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle and is sending the fuselage to a plant in Palmdale, California for the final stages of production. In a notice posted July 28, NATO said the overall AGS Core system will have both ground and air segments. For the air segment, Northrop will provide […] More

  • Northrop to Add Navigation, Steering Gear Systems in Navy Arleigh Burke Destroyers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Add Navigation, Steering Gear Systems in Navy Arleigh Burke Destroyers

    Northrop Grumman will add new systems into Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers under $41 million in new contracts from Huntington Ingalls Industries, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and the U.S. Navy. Northrop said Wednesday it will build and test five integrated bridge and navigation systems under an $11 million contract with the Naval Sea Systems Command. The company will also deliver […] More