Northrop Grumman Wins $220 Million Information Management and Storage System Development Contract with the National Security Age
15 Octobre 2007 - 2:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
RESTON, Va., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northrop Grumman
Corporation (NYSE:NOC) recently received from the National Security
Agency (NSA) a $220 million contract to develop an advanced
information management and data storage system that will support
efforts to modernize the nation's electronic intelligence and
broader signals intelligence capabilities. Under the 51-month,
cost-plus-award-fee Information Management and Storage (IM&S)
system development contract, Northrop Grumman will provide
architecture design, systems engineering, system development,
integration and test and deployment activities. IM&S will
provide long-term, uniform access to electronic intelligence data
collected across the U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence
community. The system will directly support the information sharing
strategy of the Director of National Intelligence and the Defense
Department's net-centric vision. "The men and women of Northrop
Grumman and its subcontractor team are excited to have been
selected for this important program," said Robert A. Pattishall,
vice president and general manager for Northrop Grumman's
Surveillance and Reconnaissance Division. "The entire organization
looks forward to a strong partnership with NSA as we work together
to revolutionize signals intelligence information management and
storage. This team is ideally suited to provide the advances in
technical capability and productivity imperative to this vital
effort, advances applicable to multiple missions across the defense
and intelligence communities." Northrop Grumman was one of two
companies to lead technology development efforts before being
selected for the IM&S contract. "IM&S is a revolutionary
step in information management. This system will radically change
the way analysts perform their jobs, resulting in a significant
increase in analyst productivity," said Loren Ryder, Northrop
Grumman's IM&S program manager. "We are pleased to have been
selected for this opportunity based on the merits of our technology
and management approaches." Northrop Grumman's IM&S team
members include BAE Systems, San Diego; IBM, Bethesda, Md.; Sparta,
Inc., Lake Forest, Calif.; and Sierra Nevada Corporation's
Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Division, Sparks,
Nev.; as well as several distinguished small and disadvantaged
businesses. 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. 1007-492 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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