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Northrop Grumman Wins $207 Million Marine Corps G/ATOR Contract

Tuesday, October 28th, 2014

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Northrop Grumman Wins $207 Million Marine Corps G/ATOR Contract

AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR). (Photo: Northrop Grumman)

The Marine Corps has awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] a $207 million contract for the low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) systems, the company said Tuesday. Northrop Grumman is to deliver the LRIP in 2016-2017 and it anticipates additional LRIP and multiyear, full-rate production, according to a company news release. The total program value of G/ATOR could surpass $2 billion, it added. G/ATOR is a ground-based multimission active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar that is…

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