NAVY
Northrop Grumman nabs $9M contract mod for engineering services
- By Mark Hoover
- Sep 28, 2015
Northrop Grumman has won a $9 million contract to provide the Navy with sustainment and engineering services.
This contract supports the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator program.
The BAMS-D utilizes unmanned aerial vehicles to refine tactics, techniques and procedures in a maritime environment, according to the NAVAIR website.
Under the contract, Northrop Grumman will provide design, development, and installation of modifications to the BAMS-D communications system required to remain compliant with system and network performance requirements, the Defense Department said in a release.
Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah, Patuxent River, Md., and San Diego, Calif., and is slated to wrap up in December 2016.
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