MCLEAN, Va., the USA (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Northrop Grumman announced yesterday, 26 September 2018 that the Corporation was selected by the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) as one of nine companies to provide critical support for its Science and Technology Directorate (DIA/ST), learned BulgarianMilitary.com

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The award was made by the agency under its HELIOS Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract. HELIOS IDIQ supports the Defence Intelligence Agency’s mission in developing and delivering leading edge scientific and technical capabilities.

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HELIOS is divided into two major technical areas. The goal of these areas is to enhance intelligence; provide strategic warning; and inform research and development, acquisition and operational activities.

It is planned Northrop Grumman to provide the agency with advanced capabilities for its science and technology missions under the mentioned contract.

Ginger Wierzbanowski, vice president, intelligence solutions, cyber and intelligence mission solutions, Northrop Grumman, commented, “Northrop Grumman is pleased to continue supporting the Defence Intelligence Agency through the HELIOS IDIQ. Our work will help ensure the agency can identify, develop and execute the evolving technical capabilities that allow the intelligence community, combatant commands and other federal agencies to achieve mission success.”

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The ceiling of the contract is $500 million. This allows the company to continue providing support to the Defence Intelligence Agency in cross-cutting and multidomain sensor and mission technologies, including full systems life cycle development and support. The works will be executed in Cincinnati, Ohio; Fairfax, Virginia; Huntsville, Alabama and Tucson, Arizona.

About Northrop Grumman

The leading global security company, Northrop Grumman, is made up of four business sectors: Aerospace Systems, Mission Systems, Technology Services, and Innovation Systems. It provides innovative systems, products and solutions in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, space, strike, and logistics and modernization to customers all over the world. Northrop Grumman was established by Northrop’s 1994 purchase of Grumman. In 2015 the company was announced to be the fifth-largest arms trader in the world.

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