Northrop Grumman has received a pair of
contracts worth of nearly $30 million for the AN/ALQ-240 system on the maritime
patrol aircraft.
By Stephen Carlson | July 3, 2017 at 3:04 PM
July 3 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman has received a pair of
contracts with a cumulative worth of nearly $30 million for the AN/ALQ-240
Electronic Support Measures system on the P-8 Poseidon maritime patrol
aircraft.
The contracts, announced Friday by the Department of
Defense, include depot level repairs and refurbishment of the AN/ALQ-240 and
the spare parts necessary.
Work on the contracts will take place in Linthicum, Md.,
San Jose, Calif., and other sites across the United States. Work for both
contracts are projected to be done by October 2020.
Fiscal 2015 Navy aircraft procurement funds for both
contracts of a total amount of $25 million will be obligated at time of award.
The AN/ALQ-240 Electronic Support Measures system is
designed to detect and provide precise location data of enemy radars jammers,
and other electronic threats to the P-8 and Navy ships. This allows greater
situational awareness and anticipation of enemy air and naval electronic
defenses.
The P-8 Poseidon is a maritime intelligence,
reconnaissance and anti-submarine aircraft used by the U.S. Navy. It is
replacing the older P-3 Orion series of patrol and anti-submarine aircraft.
Based off the Boeing 737, it has a crew of nine and a flight radius of 1,400
miles with four hours on station.
It carries passive sonar systems through sonobuoy,
synthetic aperture radar, high resolution optical/infrared sensors and a
magnetic anomaly detector to locate enemy submarines. It can be armed with
torpedoes and missiles for anti-submarine and anti-surface ship warfare.
Source: upi.com
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