by Fred Donovan | Jan 18, 2010 | Contracts - Awards, Contracts - Modifications, Logistics, Other Corporation, Support Functions - Other, Surface Ships - Other, USA
USNS PFC Eugene A. Obregon(click to view full) The US Navy’s Military Sealift Command is paying $28 million to buy maritime prepositioning ship MV PFC Eugene A. Obregon from WTAK-2 in Mobile, AL. The MSC had previously leased the ship under a long-term lease...
by Joe Katzman | Jan 18, 2010 | Events, Northrop-Grumman, Official Reports, Scandals & Investigations, Submarines, Surface Ships - Combat, USA
SSN 777 construction(click to view full) On May 14/09, a welding inspector at Northrop Grumman’s Newport News, VA shipyard did the right thing, and complained that a fellow inspector was signing off on ship welds without actually inspecting them. The...
by Fred Donovan | Jan 18, 2010 | Air Reconnaissance, Contracts - Awards, Fighters & Attack, Heavy Bombers, IT - General, Northrop-Grumman, Support Functions - Other, Testing & Evaluation, Transport & Utility, USA
B-52H(click to view full) Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. in San Diego, CA received an $8.2 million contract to provide Phase II data rate communications upgrades for the Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP). The US Air Force initiated the ASIP because of...