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Northrop Grumman Team OCX Poised For Next Phase, Official Says

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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt The Air Force this fall will select either Northrop Grumman [NOC] or Raytheon [RTN] in the competition for the Air Force's Global Positioning System (GPS) Next Generation Control Segment (OCX) Phase B contract. "The Air Force has set out to modernize the GPS enterprise, and OCX is at the center of this critical initiative," said Steve Bergjans, Northrop Grumman Information Systems vice president and Northrop Grumman Team program manager for the GPS Advanced Control Segment, OCX. "The…

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