The U.S. Navy has ordered an additional two MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems from Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) under a $248.2 million contract modification. Northrop will build the autonomously operated vehicles as part of the program’s lot five low-rate initial production, the Department of Defense said Wednesday. The service branch wil...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has secured a $458 million sole-source contract from the U.S. Navy to provide a range of services that will support ballistic missile submarines over a more than five-year period. The company’s marine systems business will perform shipyard field operations, hardware production, systems engineering, program manageme...
In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, ExecutiveBiz spoke with Chris McGlade, vice president for quality and operational excellence at Northrop Grumman‘s defense system sector, to talk about the most significant capabilities for armed forces to provide protection on the modern battlefield. She also discussed the company’s commitment ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) has received a $40.6 million order to conduct a full-scale fatigue test and an effect-of-defect evaluation on the U.S. Navy’s Triton MQ-4C unmanned aircraft system. The company will additionally help the service branch examine system fatigue and damage tolerance of the autonomously operated system through post-test...
Rosalind Kadasi, chief financial officer of Amyx, is set to retire from her position on July 1 after more than five years in the job. Rosalind Kadasi Amyx said Wednesday it appointed Ryan Marsden, who most recently served as CFO at Integral Consulting Services, to succeed Kadasi as finance chief effective June 13. William Schaefer,...
The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and Owl Cyber Defense Solutions positions on a potential five-year, $249.1 million contract to provide development, testing and implementation support for the Foreign Military Sales Cross Domain Solutions program. FMS CDS is an information assurance method that seeks to deliver the ...
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the military service predicts its next manned fighter platform and associated systems to be ready by the end of the decade, The Drive reported Wednesday. Kendall, a three-time Wash100 Award winner, told an audience at a recent Heritage Foundation event that engineering and manufacturing development efforts are ...
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) will produce a hemisphere configuration of an updated electronic warfare system for the U.S. Navy under a $254.4 million contract option. Naval Sea Systems Command exercised the option as part of the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block 3 program, which represents the third effort in a series of AN/SLQ-32...
David Harrison, a more than 15-year veteran of Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC), has joined QinetiQ’s U.S. arm as vice president of business operations. He will be responsible for overseeing QinetiQ US‘ functional business operations to create operational excellence and business value, the company said Friday. Shawn Purvis, president and CEO...
The U.S. Army has awarded two separate firm-fixed-price contracts to Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and General Dynamics‘ (NYSE: GD) ordnance and tactical systems business for the procurement of 120 mm tank training rounds. The ammunition will be supplied to the service branch through Sept. 30, 2026, under a $66.7 million contract with Northrop ...
