Weapons elevator designed for future aircraft carrier.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 selected Federal Equipment Company to design and build an advanced weapons elevator for the new-generation aircraft carrier, CVN (Card Verification Number) See CSC. 21. The company received a $50 million contract following a year-long design competition. Federal Equipment and its partner, MagneMotion, were chosen to develop a full-scale prototype elevator for land-based testing. Prototype testing will be completed by late 2007, and they will begin to manufacture the production units, which are scheduled for shipboard ship·board n. 1. The condition of being aboard a ship: on shipboard. 2. Archaic The side of a ship. adj. installation in mid-2010. The weapons elevator is a "vital component to enhancing flight-deck operations," said Mike Shawcross, vice president for the CVN 21 program at Northrop Grumman 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. . The new elevator operates by a permanent magnet linear synchronous motor, eliminating the need for wire ropes. |
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion