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Northrop Grumman secures $186M Air Force contract
Falls Church-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a 10-year, $185.7 million contract to extend engineering services for the U.S. Air Force’s A-10 Thunderbolt jet fighter fleet. Built by Fairchild Republic Co. prior to its acquisition by Northrop, the A-10 aircraft is designed to help the Air Force perform airborne […]
Northrop Grumman completes design review for astronaut living quarters
Falls Church-based Fortune 100 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. announced Wednesday it has completed the initial preliminary design review (PDR) for the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), which will serve as living quarters for astronauts at the Lunar Gateway mini space station during lunar exploration missions. The HALO design was inspired by Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus […]
Northrop Grumman will make two missions to International Space Station in 2023
NASA awarded two missions to Falls Church-based Fortune 100 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. for 2023 launches that will deliver a combined total of approximately 16,500 pounds of cargo to the International Space Station. “As a trusted and reliable partner to NASA, Northrop Grumman has played a critical role in keeping the International Space Station […]
SAIC names executive VP, CFO
Reston-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) announced Thursday it has hired Prabu Natarajan as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Jan. 4, 2021. Natarajan most recently worked with Falls Church-based Fortune 100 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. as vice president for financial strategy and planning, vice president [...]
Northrop Grumman wins $91M contract to produce aircraft tech
Falls Church-based Fortune 100 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. announced Thursday it has won a $91 million contract to produce AN/APR-39D(V)2 digital radar warning receivers (RWR), which protect rotary and fixed-wing aircraft from modern radio frequency (RF) threats, according to the company. RWRs are small, lightweight systems that protect from threats including radar-guided missiles an[...]
Northrop Grumman lands $1.16B Navy contract
The U.S. Navy awarded Falls Church-based Fortune 100 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. a potential $1.16 billion follow-on contract to manufacture updated electronic warfare systems the branch will use to defend surface combatant vessels against anti-ship missile threats, the company announced Friday. The award includes a $100.7 million base value and covers AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Block 3 [&helli[...]
Navy awards Northrop Grumman $210.1M contract
The U.S. Navy awarded Falls Church-based Fortune 100 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. a $210.1 million contract to manufacture navigation systems for installation on surface and underwater U.S. Navy vessels, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will supply AN/WSN-7 ring gyroscope systems, which senses ship motions, computes the ship’s posit[...]
GSA awards Northrop Grumman $690M task order
The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded Falls Church-based Fortune 100 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. a $690 million task order to develop a suite of data systems for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Under the contract awarded by the GSA’s Federal Systems Integration and Management Center (FEDSIM), Northrop Grumman will build big data […]
Northrop Grumman lands $298M Space Force contract
The U.S. Space Force (USSF) awarded Falls Church-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. a $298 million contract to help the agency develop hardware and software for a new military satellite communications system, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday. Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will build a payload to support the Space and Missile […]
Northrop Grumman secures first phase of $85B Air Force ICBM contract
The U.S. Air Force awarded the first $13.3 billion phase of an expected $85 billion Ground-Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) contract to Falls Church-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp., the company announced Tuesday. Under the $13.3 billion engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) phase of the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD) program awarded Tuesday, Northrop [...]
Federal Contractors | Technology
CRAIG P. ABOD FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, CARAHSOFT TECHNOLOGY CORP., RESTON The former president of Herndon-based DLT Solutions Inc., Abod founded Carahsoft in 2004. With roughly $5 billion in annual revenue, the defense contractor offers software, hardware and IT consulting services in the fields of cybersecurity, accounting, business intelligence and data analysis and storage. This year […]
Northrop Grumman enters solar deal with Dominion Energy
Falls Church-based Fortune 500 defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. is contracting with Richmond-based Dominion Energy Inc. to purchase solar energy to offset 100% of Northrop Grumman’s manufacturing and office operations in the commonwealth. The power will be generated from the 62.5-megawatt Madison Solar generating facility in Orange County, which Dominion announced it has acquired fr[...]
