Northrop wins NIMA deal

Northrop Grumman Corp. of Los Angeles won a $72 million contract to develop a mapping tool kit for the National Imagery and Mapping Agency.

Under the Commercial Joint Mapping Toolkit contract, Northrop Grumman's Information Technology sector will develop a commercial version of NIMA's Joint Mapping Toolkit, which provides military and intelligence agencies with a common suite of imagery software with mapping utilities, analysis tools and visualization for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance interoperability systems.

The commercialization will provide enhanced functionality, interoperability and value by combining the best that government and industry have to offer in applying standard mapping software to the Defense Department's needs, Northrop Grumman said.