Contract: Northrop Grumman, $8.2M

Northrup Grumman Corp., Ships Systems, Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded an $8.2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for asperstructures. Asperstructure incorporates the structural component of an aperture into a load-carrying member of a ship superstructure. The program will demonstrate the ability of integrated antenna and structure concepts to improve radar functionality, reduce weight and complexity and reduce costs. Work will be performed in Pascagoula. (Source: DefenseLink, 09/29/08)