By Rich Abott |
@ReaderRabott
8 years ago |
11/13/2015

The Australian Department of Defense awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a contract for a multi-phased project to enhance the Defence Network Operation Centre capability.

Known as JP2068 Phase 2B.2, the contract is meant to enable the Australian Defence Department to more efficiently manage, monitor, and secure its major communications networks and information systems.

Australian and Nortyhrop Grumman personnal sign a contract for Defense Network Operation Centre capability. Standing (L-R): Shane Mulligan, sales and marketing manager at Northrop Grumman M5 Network Security; Rhys Davis, commercial manager at Northrop Grumman M5 Network Security; Lt. Col. Brian Fitzgerald, JP2068 project director at Australian Department of Defence; John Boxall, acting Assistant Secretary Security at the Intelligence and Geospatial Delivery Branch of the Department of Defence. Sitting (L-R): Ian Irving, chief executive at Northrop Grumman Australia; Yaso Arumugam, First Assistant Secretary of ICT Delivery Division at the Department of Defence. Photo: Northrop Grumman.
Australian and Nortyhrop Grumman personnal sign a contract for Defense Network Operation Centre capability. Standing (L-R): Shane Mulligan, sales and marketing manager at Northrop Grumman M5 Network Security; Rhys Davis, commercial manager at Northrop Grumman M5 Network Security; Lt. Col. Brian Fitzgerald, JP2068 project director at Australian Department of Defence; John Boxall, acting Assistant Secretary Security at the Intelligence and Geospatial Delivery Branch of the Department of Defence. Sitting (L-R): Ian Irving, chief executive at Northrop Grumman Australia; Yaso Arumugam, First Assistant Secretary of ICT Delivery Division at the Department of Defence. Photo: Northrop Grumman.

“This contract marks the formalization of a partnership between Defense and Northrop Grumman Australia as a trusted cyber systems integrator with the ability to deliver enhanced cyber security to Defence,” Ian Irving, chief executive at Northrop Grumman Australia, said in a statement.

The company will be working on JP2068 Phase 2B.2 under an Australian subsidiary, Northrop Grumman M5 Network Security. The subsidiary was established in 2003 and is headquartered in Canberra. It provides cyber security services to military, government, and large corporations, Northrop Grumman said.