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Business/Financial

Northrop Grumman Wraps Up C-Manpads Demo Program, Removing Pod From Civilian Aircraft

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Thursday, March 27th, 2008

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By Dave Ahearn LINTHICUM, Md.--Northrop Grumman [NOC] yesterday wrapped up a multi-year demonstration program in which it installed a laser system on airliners to defeat shoulder-mounted man-portable weapons that terrorists might fire at the civilian planes. The end of the Northrop Grumman portion of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)-funded Phase III program ($105 million for Northrop Grumman, and a like amount for rival BAE Systems product, JetEye) came as technicians unbolted a Northrop Guardian counter-Manpads system from the underbelly…

Congress

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Budget

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Congress

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Budget

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