Northrop taps new corporate lead exec in Herndon office

Northrop Grumman has named Charlie Lyon corporate lead executive for company business in Herndon, Va., where he will replace Timothy Peppe, who is retiring.

Northrop wins Air Force contract for National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Northrop Grumman has won an $8.4 million contract modification to provide the Air Force with technical support at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center.

Northrop wins $20M contract for R&D for aircraft tracking

Northrop Grumman has won a $20 million contract to provide research and development for the Air Force.

Northrop nabs $31.5M contract to support bio-chem warning network

Northrop Grumman has won a $31.5 million contract to provide the Navy with software development and maintenance for a biological and chemical weapon warning network.

Northrop Grumman taps new leader for Saudi business

Northrop Grumman has named Walid Abukhaled chief executive of its business in Saudi Arabia.

Seven win $4B contract to help combat WMDs

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency has tapped seven contractors to help combat weapons of mass destruction under a $4 billion contract.

Northrop Grumman wins $81M to modernize air operations centers

Northrop Grumman has won a $81 million contract to provide the Air Force with the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the air operations center weapon system modernization program.

Holiday week features multiple contract awards

A number of companies won contracts during Thanksgiving week. Here's a round up of the major IT related awards that came out while Washington Technology was closed for the holiday.

Northrop taps new VP of Land and Self Protection Systems

Northrop Grumman has named Andrea Yeiser vice president of engineering, manufacturing and logistics for the company’s Land and Self Protection Systems division.

Who won November's biggest contracts?

November, like October before it, saw another decrease in the number of contract awards reported, but there were still some huge contract wins. Who made the list?

Northrop wins $219M contract for electronic warfare training

Northrop Grumman has won a $219 million contract with the Air Force to support an electronic warfare training program for aircrews.

Northrop Grumman wins two task orders worth $24M to support A-10 weapon system

Northrop Grumman has won two task orders totaling $24 million to continue its support of the Air Force’s A-10 ground attack aircraft.

Northrop taps new VP, corporate contracts, pricing, supply chain

Northrop Grumman has named Harry Q.H. Lee II vice president, corporate contracts, pricing and supply chain, where he have responsibility for the company’s risk review process and development of companywide contracts and pricing policy, direction and training.

Northrop Grumman wins $36M contract to provide two prototype systems

Northrop Grumman has won a $36 million contract to support the U.S. Army’s Joint Tactical Ground Station.

Northrop taps new VP of navigation, positioning systems unit

Northrop Grumman has named Robert Mehltretter vice president of the company’s Navigation and Positioning Systems business unit, where he will have executive responsibility for all domestic and international programs within the unit.

Northrop taps another sector VP

Northrop Grumman has named U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Mark Skinner (ret.) vice president and deputy of business and advanced systems development for the company’s Aerospace Systems sector.

Northrop Grumman wins $178M contract to continue Joint STARS fleet support

Northrop Grumman has won a $178 million contract to continue sustaining the Air Force’s E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, or Joint STARS, aircraft.

Northrop makes two sector VP hires

Northrop Grumman has hired two new sector VPs for two of its sectors. Cathy Rice will serve as VP of contracts for Aerospace Systems, and Catherine Gridley will serve as VP of business development in Technical Services.

Northrop gets $114M to build three more Global Hawks

Northrop Grumman has won a $114 million contract to build three additional RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems and associated sensors for the Air Force.

Northrop Grumman wins $27.5M contract to support Navy systems

Northrop Grumman has won a $27.5 million contract to provide the Navy with engineering and technical services in support of a number of Navy systems.