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Nortrhop Grumman’s Marc DeBlasio To Chair NATO Group

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Friday, September 10th, 2010

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Marc DeBlasio, director of the Northrop Grumman [NOC] Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Mission Package Integrator program, was named chairman of NATO Industrial Advisory Group (NIAG) 150 for Modularity. The committee is staffed by 29 industry and government professionals from nine nations. The purpose of NIAG 150 is to lay out an architecture for the design, installation and operation of modular mission equipment packages for humanitarian and disaster relief (HADR), antipiracy and harbor defense missions. NATO's goal is to develop and…

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