Northrop Grumman's Newport News sector. (Industry).Northrop Grumman's Newport News Newport News, independent city (1990 pop. 170,045), SE Va., on the Virginia peninsula, at the mouth of the James River, off Hampton Roads, near Norfolk; inc. 1896. sector, in Virginia, has hired Bernard P. Clark to fill the position of program director for public-private initiatives. In this position, he will be responsible for development and implementation of plans for workload-requirements alignment, process and procedure benchmarking, and other public-private initiatives. Also at Newport News, Peter C. Diakun has been appointed program director for marine integrated-power systems. Diakun will be responsible for oversight of design, procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. and system integration of major hull, mechanical and electrical systems, specifically focusing on electric-drive propulsion Propulsion The process of causing a body to move by exerting a force against it. Propulsion is based on the reaction principle, stated qualitatively in Newton's third law, that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. for the DD(X) destroyer destroyer, class of warship very fast relative to its length, generally equipped with torpedos, antisubmarine equipment, and medium-caliber and antiaircraft guns. The newest destroyers are equipped with guided missiles as their chief offensive weapon. and the integrated communications advanced network for aircraft carriers.s |
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