Northrop Grumman Receives Contract Worth Up to $462 Million for Guardrail Modernization
04 Septembre 2007 - 7:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
RESTON, Va., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northrop Grumman
Corporation (NYSE:NOC), the prime contractor for the U.S. Army's
RC-12 Guardrail aircraft fleet, has been awarded a Guardrail
Modernization system integration contract to continue upgrading and
enhancing the system, extending Guardrail's operational life beyond
2020. Guardrail Modernization ensures warfighters continue to
receive critical battlefield intelligence about current and
emerging threats, enhances and more rapidly delivers precision
targeting data, and maximizes available combat power and the
ability to engage the enemy at will. Guardrail is a precision
targeting, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR)
platform with more than three decades of successful worldwide
operations, including Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring
Freedom, and the Global War on Terrorism. The indefinite
delivery/indefinite quantity contract is potentially valued at $462
million. The contract's period of performance is for five years
with one five-year option. The Army Program Executive Office for
Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors also awarded the first
two task orders under the contract, which have a combined value of
$25 million, to provide signals intelligence sensor upgrades.
"Northrop Grumman is leveraging our extensive experience in systems
integration and expertise with signals intelligence platforms,
including eight generations of Guardrail. We are working in close
partnership with the Army to enhance Guardrail's capabilities using
technology that also supports future airborne ISR and battle
command systems," said Dan Allen, vice president and general
manager of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems sector's Intelligence
Systems Division. "Guardrail is a proven signals intelligence asset
that directly supports the Global War on Terrorism and the future
evolution of Army multi-intelligence platforms, including Aerial
Common Sensor." The upgraded Guardrail system will provide advanced
signals exploitation capability, enhanced signals intelligence
processing, precision geo-location, upgraded situational awareness
and overall improved systems performance. The upgrades will be
implemented in an incremental, evolutionary approach, addressing
threats as they evolve and reducing payload weight and space to
facilitate future enhancements. Guardrail Modernization will also
provide a common baseline for hardware and software across the
Guardrail fleet and standardize the Guardrail platforms to a single
configuration in the field, simplifying operation and sustainment
for the warfighter. "Guardrail Modernization is a cost-effective,
low-risk solution for building and fielding an ISR system needed to
meet current threats while also effectively addressing threats of
the future," said Clark Lewis, Northrop Grumman's program manager
for Army airborne ISR programs. Northrop Grumman's Guardrail
Modernization team includes Lockheed Martin Systems Integration,
Owego, N.Y., for precision geo-location of target emitters; Zeta
Associates, Fairfax, Va., for integrated special signals processing
capabilities; and L-3 Communications Systems.West, Salt Lake City,
for air-to-ground communications datalink technology. 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: George
I. Seffers of Northrop Grumman Corporation, +1-703-345-8548, Web
site: http://www.northropgrumman.com/
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