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Air Force

Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract To Provide Situational Awareness For Air Force

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

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The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $65 million contract to provide tactical situational awareness to airlift aircrews, fulfilling an operational need for enhanced communications and an operational picture of the battlespace displayed in the cockpit, according to a company press release. Northrop Grumman will provide the Air Force Air Mobility Command with 58 Mobility Air Forces (MAF) Dynamic Re-tasking Capability (DRC) Urgent Operational Need (UON) systems, including spares, before June 30, 2012. The systems will be installed…

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