Northrop Grumman's Unit Wins $22M Navy Deal To Modernize AARGM

Northrop Grumman Corporation NOC recently secured a modification contract for procuring the full-rate production of Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile's ("AARGM") 7^th lot. Work related to the deal is scheduled to be completed by March 2020.

Valued at $22 million, the contract was awarded by the Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland. Per the terms of the deal, Northrop Grumman will conduct the conversion of U.S. government-provided AGM-88B High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles into 29 AGM-88E AARGM all-up-rounds for the Italian government and three for the U.S. Navy.

The company will also procure related supplies and services that are necessary for manufacturing, delivery, sparing, and fleet deployment, involving the full-rate production of AARGM's 7^th lot.

Majority of the work will be executed in Northridge, CA. The contract includes 92 percent of the work for non-U.S. DoD participants and 8 percent for the U.S. Navy.

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