U.S. Army Awards Northrop Grumman $408 Million Battle Command Training & Simulation Contract
23 Août 2004 - 4:00PM
PR Newswire (US)
U.S. Army Awards Northrop Grumman $408 Million Battle Command
Training & Simulation Contract HERNDON, Va., Aug. 23
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop
Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a contract to provide battle command
training support to Army corps, division and brigade commanders and
their staffs to improve their warfighting capabilities. The
contract value is approximately $408 million over ten years. As
part of the contract, Northrop Grumman's Information Technology
(IT) sector will provide planning and support for warfighter
exercises that simulate command and control decision-making under
highly realistic conditions. These exercises constitute a major
portion of simulation support for the Army. "We offer a world-class
opposing force for these battlefield exercises that enhances
training realism," said Gregg Donley, president of the IT sector's
Technical Service business unit. "We have extensive experience in
the complexity and technicalities of these training events and have
offered the Army the best technical solution." This Army contract
broadens the company's scope as a leader in joint training
exercises for the U.S. military. Northrop Grumman IT also provides
military training to the Army in Europe, the U.S. Air Force and the
U.S. Department of State. Northrop Grumman's Mission Systems sector
provides training support for the Joint War Fighter Center and to
other Army and Air Force customers. The contract will be performed
at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., and supported at major Army command
center locations worldwide. Teammates on the contract include Booz
Allen Hamilton, McLean, Va., and Cubic Corporation, San Diego.
Northrop Grumman Information Technology, headquartered in Herndon,
Va., is a trusted IT leader and premier provider of advanced IT
solutions, engineering and business services for government and
commercial clients. The company's technological leadership spans
such areas as homeland security solutions, secure wireless, cyber
and physical assurance, IT and network infrastructure, managed
services, knowledge management, modeling and simulation, and
geospatial intelligence solutions. DATASOURCE: Northrop Grumman
Information Technology CONTACT: Juli Ballesteros, APR, of Northrop
Grumman Information Technology, +1-703-713-4675, Web site:
http://www.northropgrumman.com/
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