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Air Force

Northrop Grumman Enters LRIP For B-2 EHF Increment 1

Friday, October 12th, 2012

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The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $108 million low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract Sept. 28 to provide its fleet of B-2 stealth bombers with new high-speed processing subsystems, according to a company statement. The new hardware and software, which include an integrated processing unit, a high-capacity disk drive and a network of fiber optic cable, will allow the aircraft to perform advanced communications and weapons delivery in the future. The new subsystems are being produced as part of…

Congress

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Congress

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