Northrop Grumman signs on for battle command work

Northrop Grumman Corp. won a five-year, $110 million contract to continue supporting the Army's Battle Command Training Branch program.

The program provides training and battle simulation services to the Army's III Corps at Fort Hood and Fort Bliss in Texas and to Fort Sill, Okla.; Fort Carson, Colo.; and Fort Riley, Kan.

Northrop Grumman's teammates are General Dynamics Corp., Lockheed Martin Corp., Raytheon Co., Blackhawk Management Corp., and Huckstep Holding Corp.

The defense contractor has supported the program since it started in 2001. The company's Herndon, Va.-based technical services unit provides the support.

Northrop Grumman of Los Angeles has more than 120,000 employees and had annual revenue of $30.7 billion in 2005.

The company ranks No. 2 on Washington Technology's 2006 Top 100 list of the largest federal IT contractors.