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Northrop Grumman Likes BWI Proximity For Upcoming 3DELRR Demo

Thursday, June 27th, 2013

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Northrop Grumman [NOC] believes it will benefit from a company location near a major airport in suburban Baltimore when it performs its full-scale Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long Range Radar (3DELRR) prototype demonstration. Business Development Director for Ground-Based Tactical Radars Mark Smith said yesterday Northrop Grumman’s location by Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport (BWI) provides an “aircraft-rich” environment that will help the company demonstrate realistic performance. The company has an electronic systems division located in Linthicum, Md. Pictured is Lockheed Martin's 3DELRR prototype.…

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