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Northrop Grumman to Conduct U.K. AWACS Upgrades

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Thursday, November 18th, 2010

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] has been awarded a contract by the U.K.'s Ministry of Defense to design, develop, integrate, test and support the Mode S upgrade to the Identification Friend or Foe Interrogator for the Sentry E-3D Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft flown by the Royal Air Force. The contract modification for Mode S is valued at approximately $64 million over three years. The IFF interrogator provides a long-range, rapid early warning and detection capability allowing discrimination between friendly…

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