Northrop wins technology support contract extension

Northrop Grumman Corp. won a $33.9 million contract extension from Indianapolis and Marion County, Ind., to provide a wide array of information technology services, company officials announced today.

Northrop Grumman won the initial five-year contract in 2004. The contract extension is for four years.

Northrop Grumman's Information Systems sector will provide onsite management, and operation and support of the city and county's data center, help desk, networks and distributed computing. The work will include repairing, installing and moving desktops.

"We will continue to leverage this partnership and our experience with Indianapolis and Marion County's IT environment to provide new and enhanced technology to better serve citizens," said Ed Sturms, Northrop Grumman's vice president for Commercial, State and Local Programs.

Northrop Grumman, of Los Angeles, ranks No. 3 on Washington Technology's 2009 Top 100 list of the largest federal government prime contractors.