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Northrop Grumman Among Contractors Chosen For $1 Billion In Army Force Protection Work

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

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The Army awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract to provide force protection systems and components in theater and the continental United States. Northrop Grumman is among 19 companies awarded this ID/IQ contract under the direction of the Army Product Manager, Force Protection Systems, Fort Belvoir, Va. The companies, which also include BAE Systems, DRS [DRS], ITT [ITT], SAIC [SAI], Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Ideal Innovations Inc., will compete for task orders under the contract, which…

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