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Northrop Grumman Announces OA Initiative With Small Companies

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Thursday, June 20th, 2013

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Northrop Grumman Announces OA Initiative With Small Companies

Northrop Grumman [NOC] is delivering a software development kit to smaller companies and potential subcontractors to broaden the use of open architecture systems and programs with which the defense giant is involved. The Navy's destroyers will be the first to receive AMDR. Photo By General Dynamics. Northrop Grumman said Wednesday it is providing its Scalable Node Architecture (SNA) Software Development Kit (SDK) to second-and third-party defense product and services firms interesting in participating in the company’s defense programs. The initiative…

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