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U.S. Navy Awards Engineering and Production Planning Services for Surface Warfare and Mine Countermeasures Contract to Northrop Grumman [Manufacturing Close - Up](Manufacturing Close - Up Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Northrop Grumman Corp. has received a $28 million contract from the U.S. Navy for engineering and production planning services for surface warfare and mine countermeasures mission module components that will deploy from, and integrate with, the littoral combat ship. "As the mission package integrator, Northrop Grumman continues to demonstrate its ability to provide the Navy with fully integrated mission modules that fit seamlessly with the sea-frames," said Doug Shaffer, director of information operations and electronic attack, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, in a release. "Northrop Grumman is committed to delivering a quality product to our Navy customer that ensures successful fleet introduction." "I have been very pleased with our mission package integrator's performance in delivering high quality modules on cost and schedule," said Capt. John Ailes, littoral combat ship mission module program manager. Each mission package comprises a specific set of subsystems such as data processing equipment, vehicles and sensors, and others. These mission packages integrate specialized manned and unmanned systems that must operate in a combination of air, surface and subsurface domains. The capabilities contained in each mission package focus on mine countermeasures, littoral anti-submarine warfare or littoral surface warfare operations. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2013 ProQuest Information and Learning Company; All Rights Reserved. |