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Fresh off Denver-area expansion, defense contractor lands $100M missile-detection project
The U.S. Naval Information Warfare Center selected Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) to build new ground control system technology for a relay station on the island of Guam that will help manage the U.S. Space Force’s missile-launch detection satellite fleet. Falls Church, Virginia-based Northrop Grumman, which employs about 2,200 people in Colorado, won the work in competitive bidding, and the naval center awarded the contract on behalf of the U.S. Space Force, according to a March 31 contract announcement. The Relay Ground Station-Asia project will develop technology allowing the military’s Next-Generation Space-Based Infrared System ground control system to operate an older generation of missile-launch detection satellites operating in geo-stationary orbit as well as newer missile-monitoring satellites in other orbits.
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