Northrop gets NSC work

Northrop Grumman won a $6.9 million subcontract from Huntington Ingalls Industries to supply the ship integrated control system (SICS) for the Coast Guard's sixth National Security Cutter (NSC). Northrop Grumman will provide engineering services, installation, integration, testing and commissioning of the SICS systems at the Ingalls Shipbuilding yard in Pascagoula, Miss. Work will be performed in Charlottesville, Va., and Ocean Springs, Miss., and in Pascagoula. Work will begin in late 2014. Northrop Grumman has supplied SICS for five of eight planned NSCs. (Source: Northrop Grumman, 09/24/13)