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Northrop Grumman wins $49M Triton parts contract

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140918-N-UZ648-008 NAVAL AIR STATION PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Sept. 18, 2014) The MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system completes its inaugural cross-country ferry flight at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Triton took off from the Northrop Grumman Palmdale, Calif. facility Sept. 17. (U.S. Navy photo by Erik Hildebrandt/Released)

Northrop Grumman has been awarded a $49.4 million Navy contract for long lead time parts for the MQ-4C Triton UAV.

Under the advance acquisition procurement contract, Northrop Grumman will provide “long-lead components, material, parts and associated efforts required to maintain the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system planned production schedule,” according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

The contract is scheduled to be completed by December 2017. The work will be performed in Maryland, West Virginia, Utah, Texas, California and various other locations.

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