Northrop Grumman Awarded Aircraft Installation Contract
16 Août 2007 - 10:48PM
PR Newswire (US)
BETHPAGE, N.Y., Aug. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northrop Grumman
Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract from the U.S.
Navy to upgrade three additional fleet EA-6B Prowler aircraft with
the latest electronic attack system. Capable of degrading and
disrupting enemy electronic activities, Prowlers are flown by the
Navy and Marine Corps to support ground troops, airborne forces and
ships at sea. The $6.8 million contract includes an option to
upgrade a fourth aircraft for an additional $2 million. The
contract is for the installation of Improved Capability (ICAP) III
kits, which Northrop Grumman has produced under a separate
contract, into fleet EA-6B aircraft. Kits include the new ALQ-218
receiver, a new crew-workstation display system, and other hardware
and software items. First delivery is April 2008. The installation
will occur at the company's St. Augustine, Fla., manufacturing
center. To date, three Navy squadrons have been outfitted with the
new ICAP III airborne electronic attack system. All three have seen
service in Iraq. "The ICAP III electronic attack weapon serves
every sailor, soldier, Marine and airman in theater, and its
operators are finding new, creative ways to use it to ensure the
safety and success of our military in the air and on the ground,"
said Patricia McMahon, vice president of Electronic Support and
Attack Solutions for Northrop Grumman. "As the premier designer and
producer of airborne electronic attack systems in the United
States, and by decades the most experienced in the world, we've
come to understand that such systems are critical to success in the
global war on terrorism." Once these four ICAP III kits are
installed, there will be 15 operational ICAP III Prowlers in
service with the Navy. The current expectation is that the
Department of the Navy will be operating ICAP III Prowlers until
2018. ICAP III is also the basis for the electronic attack system
that Northrop Grumman is building for the EA-18G Growler, which
will eventually replace the Navy's Prowlers, and for future
airborne electronic attack systems. 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: John A. Vosilla of Northrop
Grumman Corporation, +1-516-575-5119, Web site:
http://www.northropgrumman.com/
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