Northrop Grumman unit gets $276.3M Air Force deal
Posted June 24, 2009 11:00 pm
WASHINGTON -- A unit of Northrop Grumman Corp., the nation's second-largest defense contractor, received a $276.3 million Air Force deal for a communications network that will be used on military drones, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node System is a prototype of a remotely accessed, high-altitude and tactical communications network that will be used on unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones, which have seen greater use in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Northrop will install the system in three Bombardier aircraft and two Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles.
Northrop Grumman has a defensive systems division in Rolling Meadows.