RADAR LOVE NORTHRUP'S B-2 ANTENNA DEAL WORTH $34.2 MILLION.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - 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. Corp.'s Integrated Systems sector has been awarded a $34.2 million contract in the first phase of a program to create a new radar antenna for the B-2 stealth bomber. The total valued of the Pathfinder pathfinder /path·find·er/ (path´find?er) 1. an instrument for locating urethral strictures. 2. a dental instrument for tracing the course of root canals. path·find·er n. program for Northrop Grumman, prime contractor for the B-2 program, is estimated at more than $900 million. Installation of the radar antenna on the B-2 fleet is scheduled to be completed by the end of this decade. The modification consists of an active electronically scanned array An Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA), also known as active phased array radar is a type of radar whose transmitter and receiver functions are composed of numerous small transmit/receive (T/R) modules. antenna that will resolve a conflict with the so-called Ku Band frequency spectrum, which the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent executive agency of the U.S. government established in 1934 to regulate interstate and foreign communications in the public interest. has opened up to commercial communications transmissions. But the technology also allows for substantial performance improvement in range and resolution for the future, officials said. Work during the first phase, which ends in June 2003, will consist of system engineering leading to the establishment of performance requirements. Northrop Grumman's work will be performed at its Integrated Systems facility in Palmdale. Officials said the work will be performed by the existing work force. The Raytheon Co. of El Segundo El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , which provided the original B-2 radar, is the principal subcontractor One who takes a portion of a contract from the principal contractor or from another subcontractor. When an individual or a company is involved in a large-scale project, a contractor is often hired to see that the work is done. to Northrop Grumman on the radar program. Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems performs depot airframe maintenance on the B-2 at Palmdale and is developing a series of upgrades for it. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Northrop Grumman's new radar system for the B-2 stealth aircraft is reportedly worth $34.2 million. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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