Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract for Egyptian AN/ALQ-131 ECM Systems.Business Editors and Aerospace/Defense Writers BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 10, 2000 Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) is an aerospace and defense conglomerate that is the result of the 1994 purchase of Grumman by Northrop. The company is the third largest defense contractor for the U.S. Corporation's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, ) Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector (ES(3)) has been awarded a $39 million contract from Warner Robins Warner Robins, city (1990 pop. 43,726), Houston co., central Ga., in an agricultural region; inc. 1943. The surrounding area yields peanuts, grain, fruit, and livestock. Air Logistics Center to provide 39 AN/ALQ-131 electronic countermeasures Noun 1. electronic countermeasures - electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum ECM (ECM (1) (Enterprise Change Management) See version control and configuration management. (2) (Error Correcting Mode) A Group 3 fax capability that can test for errors within a row of pixels and request retransmission. ) system Block II conversion kits to the Egyptian Air Force The Egyptian Air Force, or EAF (Arabic: القوات الجوية المصرية, . The contract includes upgrade kits, spares, in-country installation and logistics support. The AN/ALQ-131 provides optimized self-protection jamming techniques against surface-to-air and air-to-air radar threats. Northrop Grumman has delivered more than 1,350 systems to the U.S. Air Force and the air forces of 11 allied nations, making the AN/ALQ-131 one of the most widely used active ECM systems. The system is certified on a variety of aircraft, including the F-16, A-10, F-111, F-4, F-15 and C-130. "The AN/ALQ-131 Block II conversion kits provide improved transmitter and receiver performance and significantly increased reliability, while greatly reducing pilot workload in combat situations," said Bill Ober, vice president of RF Electronic Warfare Programs at Northrop Grumman's Defensive Systems Division in Rolling Meadows, Ill. "This upgrade package offers international customers a cost-effective method of achieving interoperability with the U.S. Air Force. Also, the current AN/ALQ-131 ECM system configuration is designed with a common baseline for future growth products." Northrop Grumman's Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector, with headquarters in Baltimore, is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of defense electronics and systems, precision weapons, airspace management systems, space systems, marine systems, and automation and information systems. Northrop Grumman Corporation, with headquarters in Los Angeles, is a leading designer, systems integrator and manufacturer of military surveillance and combat aircraft, defense electronics and systems, airspace management systems, information systems, marine systems, precision weapons, space systems, and commercial and military aerostructures. Note to Editors: LEARN MORE ABOUT NORTHROP GRUMMAN. Northrop Grumman news releases, product information, photos and video clips are available on the Internet at: http://www.northrop-grumman.com/. GET NORTHROP GRUMMAN NEWS BY E-MAIL e-mail: see electronic mail. in full electronic mail Messages and other data exchanged between individuals using computers in a network. : Members of the news media may receive the company's news releases via e-mail by contacting gaarre@mail.northgrum.com. |
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