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Navy/USMC

Marine Corps Awards Northrop Grumman $7.3 Million For Air Tactical Ops

Defense Daily Staff

Thursday, January 9th, 2014

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Marine Corps Awards Northrop Grumman $7.3 Million For Air Tactical Ops

AN/TYQ-23 Tactical Air Operations Module. Photo: Northrop Grumman.

Northrop Grumman [NOC] has been awarded $7.3 million for post-production life cycle support to the Marine Corps’ AN/TYQ-23(V)4 Tactical Air Operations Module (TAOM) and related subsystems, the company said Thursday. The contract will support AN/TYQ-23 through September 2014. Activities will include sustaining and upgrading the circuit card assemblies, software and hardware of the command and control systems that support the USMC Tactical Air Operations Center. The company will also make software improvements to radar and data communications. AN/TYQ-23 is a…

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