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In the News (Mon 21 Dec 09)

  
  Diversity in Action: Northrop Grumman Ship Systems: reorganized for efficiency
NGSS is the lead organization for the Deepwater project to rebuild the U.S. Coast Guard's fleet.
NGSS is committed to diversity and the issues that surround it, says Toni Goff, diversity and EEO officer.
NGSS has a diversity team that includes the VP of HR and admin, the director of training, workforce development and diversity, a diversity champion, and Goff herself.
www.diversitycareers.com /articles/pro/05-aprmay/dia_northrop.htm   (753 words)

  
 Naval Composite Ship Program Moves Ahead
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems leads an international industrial team that won a competition for a $2.9 billion (U.S.) program in April 2002 to complete the system design for the Navy's advanced, 21st century surface combatant, DD(X).
Northrop Grumman's Ship Systems sector includes primary operations in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss.; New Orleans and Tallulah, La.; and in a network of fleet support offices in the U.S. and Japan.
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Integrated Systems sector, prime contractor for the Global Hawk unmanned reconnaissance system, has awarded two contracts to Aurora Flight Sciences for fabrication of the Global Hawk V-tails, aft fuselages, nacelles, fairings and for new tooling to be used in the fabrication of the composite hardware.
www.spacedaily.com /news/materials-02zn.html   (1178 words)

  
 Parsons Project Profile--Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
In May 2003, Parsons was awarded a master services agreement by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS) to be the engineer, designer, construction manager and program manager for a 5-year, $400-million facilities modernization and expansion program at three NGSS shipyards in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is the world’s largest naval shipbuilder, with expertise in every class of nuclear and non-nuclear vessel.
The three NGSS shipyards in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana are building ships for the U.S. Navy.
www.parsons.com /about/press_rm/potm/03-2004/index.html   (705 words)

  
  Northrop Grumman - Ship Systems   (Site not responding. Last check: )
From design to decommissioning, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems is a pioneer in providing comprehensive and integrated support services for the life cycle of ships.
Ship Systems has built virtually every type of non-nuclear ship for the Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, international navies and a range of maritime customers.
Ship Systems employs a workforce of 18,000, and boasts an estimated 2003 total revenue of $2.6 billion dollars.
careers.northropgrumman.com /ExternalHorizonsWeb/company_overview/overview_sectors_ss.jsp   (66 words)

  
 Northrop Grumman Ship Systems   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Another division of Northrop Grumman, Northrop Grumman Newport News, is responsible for nuclear submarines and supercarriers.
NGSS consists of the former Ingalls Shipbuilding and Avondale Shipyard companies.
NGSS repaired the USS Cole after it was damaged in an attack in Yemen.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/n/no/northrop_grumman_ship_systems.html   (84 words)

  
 Northrop Grumman Shop Systems
At Northrop Grumman Ship Systems we’ve pioneered the concept of comprehensive and integrated support services for the life cycle of ships from design to decommissioning.
Northrop Grumman is spearheading the Navy’s 21st century transformation, with a family of surface combatants to be designed and built over the next 25 years.
This family of ships includes destroyers, cruisers and littoral combat ships, as well as technology to be back-fitted into today’s existing fleet of Aegis-equipped cruisers and destroyers.
company.monster.com /northrop/vSS.asp   (242 words)

  
 ACT WorkKeys Case Study: Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
Northrop Grumman, a defense contractor for the U.S. Navy and shipbuilder for private industry, is the largest private employer in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Northrop Grumman needed a system to pinpoint foundational skill gaps and offer training to overcome those gaps, along with training for skills specific to each job.
Her high grade point average caught the attention of Northrop Grumman personnel, and Tonia is in line for industrial engineering jobs at the company.
www.act.org /workkeys/case/northrop.html   (1062 words)

  
 Northrop Grumman - Capitol Source
The design lead on the OPC is Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, with some of the contract going to their joint venture partner, Lockheed Martin, for co-development of engineering design and system integration.
The design lead on the FRC is Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, with some of the contract going to their joint venture partner, Lockheed Martin, for co-development of engineering design and system integration.
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems’ efforts for each of these new cutters represent a new approach to the design and construction of multi-mission ships.
www.capitolsource.northropgrumman.com /programs/deepwater.html   (1421 words)

  
 Northrop Ship Systems changes in executive reporting system - Boston.com
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems President Phil Teel has announced a reorganization that will have six executives -- including one for construction -- reporting directly to him.
He said Northrop Grumman is "refocusing on the process of building ships," including the destroyer project, designated the DD(X).
Northrop Grumman, he said, needs to complete its recovery from Hurricane Katrina and focus on delivering ships faster with better quality.
www.boston.com /news/local/maine/articles/2006/01/11/northrop_ship_systems_changes_in_executive_reporting_system   (604 words)

  
 U.S. Navy Selects Northrop Grumman-Led Gold Team For Dd(X) System Design Contract
This family of ships includes destroyers, cruisers and littoral combat ships, as well as technology to be backfitted into today's existing fleet of Aegis-equipped cruisers and destroyers.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is an $18 billion, global defense company with its worldwide headquarters in Los Angeles.
The directors, certain executive officers and other employees and representatives of Northrop Grumman may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies of TRW shareholders in connection with a Special Meeting of TRW Shareholders to be held on May 3, 2002.
www.it.northropgrumman.com /pressroom/press/2002/pr50.html   (877 words)

  
 OSHA Regional Alliance: Northrop Grumman Ship Systems and its Unions
OSHA Regional Alliance: Northrop Grumman Ship Systems and its Unions
U.S. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Inc. ("the Company") and its employee representatives recognize the value of establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safer and healthier American workplaces.
This agreement may be modified at any time with the concurrence of all the parties signatory to the agreement.
www.osha.gov /dcsp/alliances/regional/reg4/northrop.html   (595 words)

  
 Naval Technology - LHD Wasp Class - Amphibious Assault Ships
In July 2005, Northrop Grumman was awarded a contract for the development of the LHA 6 amphibious assault ship, which will be a variant of the LHD 8 with the capability to support the F-35B STOVL joint strike fighter and the V-22 Osprey tiltrotor.
The ship is armed with two semi-active radar-guided NATO Seasparrow Missile Systems (NSSMS) for anti-air warfare protection, two Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) systems and two Phalanx Close-in Weapon-System (CIWS) mounts to counter threats from low flying aircraft and close-in small craft.
The ship's assault support system synchronises the simultaneous horizontal and vertical flow of troops, cargo and vehicles throughout the ship, for insertion of forces ashore via helicopters, landing craft and amphibious vehicles.
www.naval-technology.com /projects/wasp   (1078 words)

  
 UGS :: Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Standardizes on UGS Tecnomatix Digital Manufacturing Solution   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global defense company headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif. Northrop Grumman provides technologically advanced, innovative products, services and solutions in systems integration, defense electronics, information technology, advanced aircraft, shipbuilding and space technology.
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems sector (NGSS), headquartered in Pascagoula, Mississippi, includes primary operations in Pascagoula, Miss., New Orleans, La., Gulfport, Miss., and Tallulah, La., as well as in fleet support offices in the U.S. and Japan.
NGSS, which currently employs more than 18,000 shipbuilding professionals, is one of the nation's leading full service systems companies for the design, engineering, construction, and life cycle support of major surface ships for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and international navies, and for commercial vessels of all types.
sev.prnewswire.com /computer-electronics/20060511/DATH00911052006-1.html   (831 words)

  
 KLFY TV 10 - Acadiana's Local News, Weather and Sports Leader | Northrop Grumman Ship Systems close to operational again
Ship Systems President Philip Teel toured the facilities in Pascagoula and Gulfport on Friday, then flew to the New Orleans Saturday to assess recovery efforts at the shipyard there.
Northrop Grumman has transferred the Pascagoula shipyard command center from the U-S Navy's guided missile destroyer, Forrest Sherman, back to its headquarters administration building.
More than 16-thousand gallons of fuel were transferred Friday from the Chevron refinery in Pascagoula to Northrop Grumman to fuel the increasing fleet of rolling stock trucks and heavy lifting equipment.
www.klfy.com /global/story.asp?s=3807416&ClientType=Printable   (242 words)

  
 Northrop Grumman   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The four ships are: one SSN at a budget-busting $2.5 billion; one DD(X) at a mind-boggling $1.5 billion; one LPD at a ludicrous $1.0 billion; and one T-AKE at a relatively modest $0.4 billion.
You read all the good words in Northrop Grumman's press release and you would never guess that the original contract delivery date for this, the seventh in a series of supposedly identical ships, was July 21, 2001.
Northrop Grumman said in its August 19 press release, that NCL would take possession by September 30, but here it is October 22 already and our sources tell us that the incomplete hull will not now be ready for tow until some time in December.
www.coltoncompany.com /newsandcomment/comment/northropgrumman.htm   (6623 words)

  
 Photo Release -- Keel Laid for Kidd (DDG 100) at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
The ship is the 24th Arleigh Burke-class destroyer built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems.
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems includes primary operations in Pascagoula and Gulfport, Miss.; and in New Orleans and Tallulah, La., as well as in a network of fleet support offices in the U.S. and Japan.
Ship Systems is one of the nation's leading full-service systems companies for the design, engineering, construction and life cycle support of major surface ships for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and international navies, and for commercial vessels of all types.
www.primezone.com /newsroom/news.html?d=56756   (725 words)

  
 Raytheon adds Northrop Grumman Ship Systems to Littoral Combat Ship project
NGSS will participate with Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems and its current team of John J. McMullen Associates, Umoe Mandal, Goodrich Engineered Polymer Products, Science Applications International Corporation, and Atlantic Marine by providing its shipbuilding capability and support.
"Northrop Grumman brings a long, distinguished legacy of naval shipbuilding expertise to our LCS program," said Dan Smith, president of Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems.
The sector currently employs more than 18,000 shipbuilding professionals, and is one of the nation's leading, full service systems companies for the design, engineering, construction, and life cycle support of major surface ships for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and international navies, and for commercial vessels of all types.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=148607&TICK=RTNB2&STORY=/www/story/03-30-2004/0002137779&EDATE=Nov+20,+2003   (353 words)

  
 U.S. Navy Awards Northrop Grumman $1.37 Billion Contract to Build LHD 8
Construction of LHD 8 is expected to begin in May 2003 at Ingalls Operations, which is part of Northrop Grumman's Ship Systems sector.
The ships are fully capable of amphibious assault, advance force and special purpose operations, as well as noncombatant evacuation and other humanitarian missions.
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems has more than a quarter of a century of experience in building big-deck amphibious assault ships for the Navy at its Ingalls Operations.
www.irconnect.com /noc/press/pages/news_releases.mhtml?d=26361   (508 words)

  
 Northrop Grumman Ship Systems: Developing a Trainable Workforce   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS), which builds destroyers and assault ships for the military, employs approximately 18,000 people in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.
Northrop Grumman wanted a system that could pinpoint foundational skill gaps and offer training to overcome those gaps, along with training for skills specific to each job.
Northrop Grumman is now rolling the program out to other positions within Ship Systems.
www.clomedia.com /content/anmviewer.asp?a=483   (732 words)

  
 Photo Release -- Keel Laid for Makin Island (LHD 8) at Northrop Grumman Shipyard
Silke Boie Hagee, wife of Gen. Hagee, that the keel of the ship "was truly and fairly laid." Northrop Grumman's Willie E. Griffin, a ship builder of 35 years, performed the ceremonial welding of the authenticators' initials on the nameplate.
Makin Island (LHD 8) is the eighth ship in the Wasp (LHD 1) class of Navy large-deck multipurpose amphibious assault ships built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems.
The mission of these ships is to enable the Navy/Marine Corps team to accomplish a seamless transition "from the sea" to the land battle, primarily as the centerpiece of a Navy Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG).
www.primezone.com /newsroom/news.html?d=52709   (952 words)

  
 Northrop Grumman Ship Systems
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems' Ingalls Operations is a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), and part of the corporation's Ship Systems (NGSS) Sector.
The shipyard is also easily accessed by the nation's interstate highway system, and by rail.
Amphibious assault ships, cruisers, destroyers, submarine tenders, ammunition ships, as well as nuclear submarines, are among the naval vessels produced by Ingalls.
www.ss.northropgrumman.com /company/ingalls.html   (280 words)

  
 Northrop Grumman Names Gaylene McHale VP Large Deck Amphibious Ship Programs
Northrop Grumman has named Gaylene M. McHale vice president and program manager of large deck amphibious ship programs for the Ship Systems sector, effective immediately.
McHale joined Northrop Grumman in April 2004 after spending more than 20 years at General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine where she held several positions in construction, design, procurement and program management.
Northrop Grumman has named Harry Miles sector vice president of enterprise process development and quality for the Ship Systems sector.
www.spacedaily.com /reports/Northrop_Grumman_Names_Gaylene_McHale_VP_Large_Deck_Amphibious_Ship_Programs.html   (560 words)

  
 Northrop Grumman Ship Systems awards $1.2M contract to API Electronics | North America > United States from ...
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems of Los Angeles has awarded a $1.2 million contract to API Electronics Group Inc. of Hauppauge, N.Y., to manufacture four Visual Landing Aid Lighting Systems.
The lighting systems are destined for U.S. Navy ships being built at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Avondale Operations.
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems welder dies of heart attack while working at...
www.allbusiness.com /north-america/united-states-louisiana/1110260-1.html   (412 words)

  
 Northrop Grumman   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Litton Industries was acquired by Northrop Grumman in April 2001 and Litton Ship Systems was renamed Northrop Grumman Ship Systems.
The two shipyards are currently known by the extremely cumbersome titles Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Ingalls Operations and Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Avondale Operations.
Newport News Shipbuilding, in Newport News, Virginia, was started in 1891, acquired by Tenneco in 1968, spun off in 1996, and acquired by Northrop Grumman in November 2001.
www.coltoncompany.com /shipbldg/financials/noc.htm   (175 words)

  
 Shipley Associates. Helping the World Win Business   (Site not responding. Last check: )
We are proud to have assisted both Northrop Grumman and Raytheon in pursuit of this Navy contract.
Ship Systems (NGSS) has been selected as the lead design agent for the DD(X) ship program.
Information specific to Ship Systems is available at: http://www.northropgrummanshipsystems.com.
www.shipleywins.com /news/navy_ddx.html   (1800 words)

  
 Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems
Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems is a world leader in the design, development and manufacture of advanced electronics for military, civil and commercial use.
The sector provides a variety of defense electronics and systems, airspace management systems, navigation systems, precision weapons, communications systems, marine systems, space systems, oceanic and naval systems, government systems and logistics services.
Effective October 15, 2007, Northrop Grumman has changed the name of Litton Systems, Inc. to Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Company, Inc. The name change accurately represents the assimilation of these entities into the company and reinforces their identity as a part of Northrop Grumman to present and potential customers.
www.es.northropgrumman.com   (312 words)

  
 Northrop Grumman - Our Heritage
This section of the Northrop Grumman Corporation Web site represents the successful integration of nearly 20 marquee companies into an enterprise that covers the entire battlespace spectrum, from undersea to outer space and into cyberspace.
The companies that became part of today’s Northrop Grumman achieved historic accomplishments, from transporting Charles Lindbergh across the Atlantic to carrying astronauts to the moon’s surface and back.
The Northrop YB-49 Flying Wing, a futuristic experimental jet bomber, was designed by Jack Northrop in the late 1940s and was the precursor for the design of the B-2 Stealth Bomber.
www.northropgrumman.com /heritage   (3160 words)

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