Northrop Grumman Signs Contract With United Kingdom For E-3D AWACS Support Program

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

An E-3D Sentry AWACS aircraft of the Royal Air Force operating during Operation Allied Force.

Mclean VA (SPX) Aug 12, 2005
Northrop Grumman has signed the contract to provide aircraft-maintenance and design-engineering support services to improve availability and reduce through-life ownership costs for the United Kingdom's Royal Air Force fleet of E-3D Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft.

Northrop Grumman was selected as the Preferred Bidder by the UK Ministry of Defence in July 2004.

The Sentry Whole Life Support Program contract is valued at approximately GBP665 million over 20-plus years. The contract is a fixed-price contract for the first five years and the remaining 15 years the contract is target cost incentive fee. In addition, the contract is fully funded for the entire 20-year term.

"This contract provides an excellent opportunity for Northrop Grumman, in partnership with the United Kingdom, to apply our supply-chain management expertise to help support the Royal Air Force's AWACS modernization Program," said James O'Neill, corporate vice president and president of Northrop Grumman's Information Technology (IT) sector.

"The collaborative efforts of four Northrop Grumman operating sectors have been integrated to provide a total systems solution for this important customer."

Northrop Grumman's IT sector, the overall lead on the Program, will support the maintenance schedule for AWACS aircraft, ensuring that only one aircraft, out of a fleet of seven, is in scheduled maintenance at any given time.

The IT sector will also provide systems integration, Program management and the information technology infrastructure. The contract also includes repairs of structural parts and inventory upkeep, support of design engineering, maintenance training, and conversion and management of technical publications in an electronic format.

Northrop Grumman's Integrated Systems sector, with its experience with the US Air Force's Joint STARS Total System Support Responsibility Program, will have engineering-support responsibility and design authority for AWACS.

The company's Electronic Systems sector will provide radar capabilities while Northrop Grumman's Space Technology sector will offer highly sophisticated, interactive, electronic technical-manual support.

The Sentry is the United Kingdom's principal early warning and control aircraft and gives vital strategic support to the UK armed forces in operations around the world.

The Royal Air Force operates seven of the Boeing 707-based aircraft at Royal Air Force Waddington, Lincolnshire, UK and the contract supports the aircraft through the out-of-service date, which will be in the mid 2020s.

The contract will employ approximately 165 people, with about 145 in the United Kingdom. Work on the Program will be performed at Royal Air Force Waddington.

Northrop Grumman teammates include AAR CORP., Wood Dale, Ill.; BAE Systems, Farnborough, Hampshire, UK; and FR Aviation, Christchurch, Dorset, UK.

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS

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Arlington VA (SPX) Aug 10, 2005
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