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HOLLYWOOD, Md. -- Sept. 5, 2002 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's
(NYSE: NOC) Integrated Systems sector has been awarded a $49 million, nine-year
contract by the US Air Force to provide Precision Guided Munitions Planning
Software (PGMPS). This program will give the Air Force a common, integrated,
personal computer-based mission planning application for all current and future
USAF PGMs and their variants.
The Air Armament Center at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., selected Northrop Grumman
PRB Systems, a unit of the Integrated Systems' Airborne Early Warning and
Electronic Warfare (AEW & EW) Systems business area, to develop the PGMPS
user interface to provide a common, consistent weapon planning process for
all USAF PGMs. PGMPS will be a unique planning component of the Joint Mission
Planning
System and will replace the current weapon planning modules for the AGM-130/GBU-15,
Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM), Joint Standoff Weapon (JSOW), Wind Corrected
Munitions Dispenser (WCMD), Small Diameter Bomb (SDB), Joint Air-to-Surface
Standoff Missile (JASSM) and other future PGMs.
"This program clearly establishes Northrop Grumman as the leader for
PGM planning in the Air Force and presents a strategic opportunity for Integrated
Systems to be a major contributor to streamlining the joint targeting process,"
said Larry Schadegg, president of PRB Systems.
"With our teammates, we are positioned to develop a robust and cost effective
solution to give our warfighters the edge." Northrop Grumman's team consists
of the company's Information Technology
sector, San Pedro, Calif.; ZelTech, Hampton, Va.; and 21st Century Business
Consultants, Inc., Waldorf, Md.
The first phase of the contract has a value of $4.1 million over 18 months
and includes work for WCMD, AGM-130, JDAM and JSOW. Over the life of the contract,
Northrop Grumman will analyze requirements, design, develop, document, test
and qualify the initial releases of PGMPS and updates; provide training to
support the testing and fielding of the software; and support training and
integration to achieve operational
use and fielding. The work will be performed at AEW & EW Systems' PRB
Systems' sites in Hollywood, Md., and Niceville, Fla.
Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems is a premier aerospace systems integration
enterprise. Integrated Systems has the capabilities to design, develop, integrate,
produce and support complete systems, as well as airframe subsystems, for
airborne surveillance and battle management, early warning, airborne electronic
warfare and air combat aircraft. It is also integrating these capabilities
for emerging network centric warfare concepts.
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Zel Technologies LLC (ZelTech)
Attention: Corporate Affairs
54 Old Hampton Lane
Hampton, VA 23669
Telephone: (757) 722-5565
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