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Army Increases Northrop Grumman FBCB2 Contract By $574 Million

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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

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The Army has increased by $574 million the contract ceiling of Northrop Grumman's [NOC] Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) program to provide installation kits, cables and related hardware. FBCB2 is the key situational awareness and command-and-control system used by U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Under this contract modification, Northrop Grumman will also provide FBCB2-Blue Force Tracking installation kits, which will include capability for the new in-line encryption device, called the KGV-72. The contract modification,…

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