United States: Missile defense radar contract against sea-skimming anti-ship missiles goes to Northrop Grumman.Byline: kusumv03 Leaders of the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is the largest of the U.S. Navy's five "systems commands," or materiel organizations. NAVSEA consists of four shipyards, eight "warfare centers" (two undersea and six surface), four major shipbuilding locations and the NAVSEA headquarters, in Washington awarded a $26.6 million contract to the 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. Sperry Marine segment in Melville, N.Y., Friday for four AN/SPQ-9B radar system sets for Navy surface ship self defense. The AN/SPQ-9B shipboard ship·board n. 1. The condition of being aboard a ship: on shipboard. 2. Archaic The side of a ship. adj. radar provides the capability to detect and track fast sea-skimming anti-ship missile threats, which are difficult to pick up in the radar clutter of ocean waves, and helps train 5-inch deck guns onto air and surface targets as part of the Mk 86 gun fire control system. The Navy plans to install the AN/SPQ-9B high resolution, X-band narrow beam missile defense radar aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, Ticonderoga-class cruisers, Arleigh Burke- and Spruance-class destroyers, as well as Wasp- and San Antonio-class amphibious assault ships for protection against sea-skimming missile threats. The radar works in the presence of clutter from the sea, rain, land, discrete objects, birds, chaff chaff 1. chaffed hay; called also chop. 2. the winnowings from a threshing, consisting of awns, husks, glumes and other relatively indigestible materials. , and jamming. This contract includes options that could bring its total value to $281.5 million, and combines purchases for the U.S. Navy and Royal Australian Navy This article is about the Royal Australian Navy. For other Royal Navies, see Royal Navy (disambiguation). The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval branch of the Australian Defence Force. . Work will be in Melville, N.Y., Norwalk, Conn., and Baltimore, Md., and should be finished by April 2011. Copyright : Euclid Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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