Northrop Grumman [NOC] has received a five-year, $207 million follow-on contract from New York City for ongoing operations and maintenance of a wireless communications network that gives city agencies a secure broadband infrastructure to support public safety and other operations. The award follows an original five-year, $500 million contract the company won in 2006 from the city’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications to develop and install the New York City Wireless Network (NYCWiN). NYCWiN is high-speed, mobile data network spanning more than 300 square miles and five boroughs. Under the new award Northrop Grumman will also provide integration services and mobile application solutions for enhanced and expanded public safety and public service applications. In addition to police officers, the city’s Department of Environmental Protection is using the service to track water use via automatic meter reading. The network also provided live video to City Hall of plowed street conditions during a blizzard earlier this year.