Northrop Grumman Wins Contracts for VADER Radar, Growler Flight Software

Combined value of two contracts awarded Friday exceeds $77 million.

By Rich Smith – Dec 13, 2013 at 11:41PM EST

The Department of Defense announced 15 new defense contracts worth a combined $675.9 million Friday. Northrop Grumman (NOC +0.14%) won two of them:

$65.3 million, as a contract modification to continue "sustainment" work on U.S. Army Vehicle And Dismount Exploitation Radar (VADER) systems (used to track targets on the ground) currently deployed in theater Afghanistan. This contract will now continue through Dec. 31, 2014.
$11.8 million, as a contract modification, to provide additional engineering, technical, and other services related to developing products for the Navy's Airborne Electronic Attack Integrated Product Team through July 2014. In particular, Northrop will work on EA-6B Growler flight software.

Rich Smith is a contributing Motley Fool defense and stock market analyst covering publicly traded and emerging companies in defense, space, aerospace, and other sectors. Prior to The Motley Fool, Rich practiced international corporate law for Clifford Chance in Russia, and for the Russian-Ukrainian Legal Group in Moscow, Kyiv, and Washington, D.C. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international relations from the College of William & Mary, a law degree from the University of Baltimore, and a language certification from the International Institute of Russian Language & Culture in Tver, Russian Federation. The Globe and Mail once featured him as “one of the best stock pickers since 2009.”

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