REDONDO BEACH, Calif.,
Aug. 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) hosted the Secretary of
the Air Force, Deborah Lee James,
and commander of the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center,
Lieutenant General Samuel Greaves,
on an in-depth tour of the company's Space Park manufacturing
capabilities and research and development facilities.
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The secretary and Lt. Gen. Greaves were also briefed on Northrop
Grumman's work to support key Air Force programs, including the
Advanced Extremely High Frequency System (AEHF), Global Positioning
System III (GPS III) and the Low Cost Terminal (LCT).
On a tour hosted by Tom Vice,
corporate vice president and president, Northrop Grumman Aerospace
Systems, the company's unique approach to GPS III was highlighted.
This approach would significantly reduce costs and increase the
capabilities of the system, enabling the critical warfighter
resilience envisioned when the program began.
"Since the dawn of the Space Age, Northrop Grumman has been
providing critical systems that provide our Nation with
unparalleled advantages. Today we face significant new threats in
many domains, including space. We are passionate and dedicated to
providing our Nation with distributive new innovations that
affordably and urgently address this rapidly changing threat
environment," said Vice. "We value our partnership with
the U.S. Air Force and today's visit by Secretary James and Lt.
Gen. Greaves was an opportunity to talk about solutions that could
help solve their toughest problems."
The visit follows the recent successful critical design review
of the information assurance elements for LCT, an initiative to
develop an affordable terminal for protected extremely high
frequency (EHF) communications by leveraging existing commercial
technologies and designs to minimize costs. The terminal is
designed to provide protected communications via the AEHF to highly
mobile, tactical military forces at a cost significantly lower than
currently fielded protected communication terminals.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
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