Northrop Grumman Scores $33.9m Contract

Michael Bowler | RSS | Wed, Jun 10 2009 | 7 Comments

Southwest and NWA runway traffic at Maryland’s BWI Airport

Northrop Grumman, a company that we discussed a few weeks ago as a hiring possibility is now in even better shape. They scored a contract, signed, sealed, and delivered, with the Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Organization-Terminal that can be worth as much as $33.9 million.

The nationally expanded Northrop Grumman Co. is the fourth largest defense contractor in the world and the largest naval supply company. They were founded in Denver, Colorado in 1927 under the name Grumman. Upon a 1994 merger with competitor Northrup, the name Northrop Grumman was acquired.

Northrop Grumman has several locations in all sorts of sectors all across America, most notably in Mobile, Alabama, all throughout Texas, California, their Newport News, Virginia shipyard, and the electronic systems headquarters in Maryland, nearby Columbia, the heart of the Maryland economy.

Northrop Grumman is one of four companies selected to receive a contract to provide program management and financial support to the FAA. The total contract negotiations are worth $137.8 million. Northrop Grumman was given a contract for one base year with up to three, one-year options worth a total of $33.9 million if all goes right. Northrop Grumman’s Information Systems sector is in charge of planning, execution, implementation, cost, and financial support to the FAA.

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