Northrop Grumman Wins $256.6 Million Marine Corps Contract for Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR)
04 Avril 2007 - 9:21PM
PR Newswire (US)
BALTIMORE, April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Marine Corps
has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a contract
valued at $256.6 million to develop its new Ground/Air Task
Oriented Radar (G/ATOR), which consolidates the missions of five
Marine Corps radars into a single multi-role radar system. The
contract scope of work during this first program phase includes
system development, fabrication and test of the Increment I system,
low rate initial production of two G/ATOR systems and full-rate
production of an additional 15 systems, and logistics support. The
Marine Corps' end state objective is a total of 63 G/ATOR systems.
G/ATOR is a highly mobile system intended to fully support the
Marine Corps' expeditionary warfare requirements. The new radar
system will provide the Marines with enhanced capabilities to
detect, track, and provide target quality data to engage hostile
aircraft, cruise missiles, unmanned air vehicles, rockets, mortars,
and artillery. G/ATOR will also provide robust air traffic control
capabilities to enhance the safety of Marine Corps air operations.
G/ATOR will enable enhanced operational capabilities using Northrop
Grumman's proven Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar
technology. This AESA architecture will allow G/ATOR to provide
multi-mission performance and the ability to automatically adapt to
dynamic battlefield conditions, at significantly lower operation
and maintenance costs compared to existing radar systems. G/ATOR
incorporates a scaleable open system architecture and multi-network
connectivity to ensure compatibility with Navy, other U.S.
Department of Defense and allied command and control systems. "We
look forward to teaming with the Marine Corps and leveraging
Northrop Grumman's decades of expertise and experience in designing
and building mobile air defense radar systems," said Emmitt E.
Gibson, vice president of Ground Based Tactical Radars at Northrop
Grumman. "Our company brings extensive capabilities in data fusion,
correlation, tracking and network connectivity to the Marine Corps'
next generation multi-mission radar system." Northrop Grumman's
Baltimore-based Electronic Systems sector will serve as the prime
contractor for the G/ATOR program. Key members of the G/ATOR team
include Sensis Corporation, Syracuse, N.Y.; CEA Technologies, Inc.,
Canberra, Australia; Techrizon, Lawton, Okla.; and Caterpillar
Logistics, Morton, Ill. Northrop Grumman Corporation is a $30
billion global defense and technology company whose 122,000
employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in
information and services, electronics, aerospace and shipbuilding
to government and commercial customers worldwide. DATASOURCE:
Northrop Grumman Corporation CONTACT: Media, Jack Martin, Jr. of
Northrop Grumman Corporation, +1-410-765-4441, Web site:
http://www.northropgrumman.com/
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