Litton Receives $31 Million THAAD EMD Award Under Subcontract to Raytheon.Business Editors ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2000 Litton Industries Named after inventor Charles Litton Sr., Litton Industries was a large defense contractor in the United States, bought by the Northrop Grumman Corporation in 2001. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LIT) announced today that its Data Systems division has been awarded a $31 million contract for work on the Theater High Altitude Conventionally, an altitude above 10,000 meters (33,000 feet). See also altitude. Area Defense (THAAD THAAD Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (formerly Theater High Altitude Area Defense) THAAD Theater High Altitude Area Defense (now Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense) ) Engineering Manufacturing and Development (EMD EMD Electromechanical dissociation, see there ) program. Litton Data Systems will perform EMD work under subcontract to Raytheon Company. The period of performance of Litton's work under the contract is through September 2008. "Litton Data Systems is proud to continue to be a member of the THAAD team," said William J. Allison, Data Systems president. "Litton Data Systems designed and developed the THAAD Battle Management Command and Control hardware and software for the Demonstration/Validation system. The Battle Management Command and Control System was an integral part of the successful hit-to-kill intercepts achieved during flight-testing. This $31 million award recognizes Litton's domain expertise in the design and development of air and missile defense Missile defence is an air defence system, weapon program, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defence against nuclear-armed ICBMs, its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged command and control systems for the Department of Defense." The THAAD program is an integrated system consisting of launchers, missiles, battle management command and control, and radar. It is the upper tier of the U.S. Army's two-tier theater missile A missile, which may be a ballistic missile, a cruise missile, or an air-to-surface missile (not including short-range, non-nuclear, direct fire missiles, bombs, or rockets such as Maverick or wire-guided missiles), whose target is within a given theater of operation. Also called TM. defense concept. Litton Data Systems, headquartered in Agoura Hills, Calif., specializes in systems software and hardware engineering for missile and air defense, ship electronics integration, ruggedized computers, and specialized computer displays. Litton is the nation's largest builder of non-nuclear ships for the U.S. Navy and designs, builds, and overhauls surface ships for government and commercial customers worldwide. The company is a leading information technology contractor to the U.S. government and provides these specialized services to commercial customers and government customers in local/foreign jurisdictions. Litton is a leading provider of defense and commercial electronics technology, components, and materials for customers worldwide. Headquartered in Woodland Hills, Calif., Litton has more than 40,000 employees and $5.6 billion in annual revenue. For more information, visit Litton's Web site at www.litton.com. |
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