Northrop Grumman to Produce More Fire Scouts for U.S. Navy
12 Mars 2013 - 1:30PM
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a
contract valued at more than $71 million to produce six additional
next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopters. The Fire Scout
endurance upgrade, designated the MQ-8C and based on Bell
Helicopter's 407, will provide ship commanders with increased
range, endurance and payload capacity over the current MQ-8B
variant.
The Navy plans to purchase a total of 30 aircraft under a rapid
development effort. Northrop Grumman is currently under contract to
produce 14 Fire Scouts that are scheduled to begin deploying in
2014.
"This contract provides significant momentum for the work
Northrop Grumman and its supply chain partners are doing to meet
the Navy's requirements," said George Vardoulakis, vice president
for tactical unmanned systems with Northrop Grumman's Aerospace
Systems sector. "Our entire team is focused on delivering this
game-changing capability on time, on cost and with unquestionable
quality. Along with our industry partners – Bell, Rolls-Royce,
Cubic and others – we are making significant progress in reducing
cost, enabling us to achieve our affordability targets and provide
the Navy with the absolute best value."
Manufacturing and assembly operations of the new Fire Scout
variant are well under way across the country, with airframe
modifications being made at Bell's facility in Ozark, Ala., and
final assembly being completed at Northrop Grumman's Unmanned
Systems Center in Moss Point, Miss.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cybersecurity, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government
and commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
CONTACT: Joe Fleming
858-618-6737 (office)
516-528-8056 (mobile)
joseph.fleming@ngc.com
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