NOC Northrop Grumman Corp Holding Co

HERNDON, Va., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Army's Northern Region Contracting Center has awarded Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) the Unit Training Support (UTS) contract to provide integrated training solutions to warfighters at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The $37 million contract covers a base year and four option years. Five separately managed U.S. Army training contracts were brought together under the UTS contract: Battle Command and Battle Staff Training and Integration Support; Battle Staff Mobile Training Team; Home Station Training Master Plan Support; Army Digital Training Strategy Support; and Army Collective Task Management Support. "This win reinforces our position at the forefront of training development and our support to U.S. Army operational centers worldwide," said Mike Roberts, vice president and general manager of the Training and Simulation Group at Northrop Grumman's Technical Services sector. "From training battle staffs using the most current tactics, techniques and procedures, to developing digital battle command training packages, to instructing soldiers right after new equipment fielding, we bring tremendous subject matter expertise and training support capabilities to our soldiers serving in harm's way." Contract responsibilities are focused on three major operational areas: develop and support current and future force training concepts, capabilities and associated requirements and strategies; provide training management, support, and integration for Army units, TRADOC (U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command) schools and centers, and Army support of joint programs; and develop and deliver training products and provide support to unit training. "The relevancy and importance of our work is realized on the front lines of freedom every day; our team has vast experience preparing units for deployment in support of the global war on terrorism," said Mike Griswold, Northrop Grumman's Technical Services sector UTS program manager. "With UTS, we will achieve greater efficiencies through the integration of successful management practices and mature processes." Northrop Grumman Corporation is a $30 billion global defense and technology company whose 120,000 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: Dave Apt, +1-703-713-4490, , or Bryan Culbert, +1-321-951-6919, , both of Northrop Grumman Corporation Web site: http://www.northropgrumman.com/

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