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Northrop Grumman Receives $84 Million to Support Global Hawk Transition

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Feb. 26, 2001 -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Integrated Systems Sector (ISS) has received an $84 million modification to an existing contract by the U.S. Air Force to perform work that supports transition of the Global Hawk program to the Engineering Manufacturing and Development (EMD) phase.

Major tasks under the modification contract include enhancements to the air vehicle computer systems for open system architecture, improvements to the mission planning process and validation of these changes through flight testing. The work began in 2000 and is scheduled to be completed in September 2002.

The Global Hawk program successfully completed its Milestone II phase in a Defense Acquisition Board review on Feb. 16, 2001. Completion of the Milestone II allows Global Hawk to enter the EMD phase of the program.

Under development for the Air Force's Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, Global Hawk is a high-altitude, long-endurance, unmanned aerial reconnaissance system designed to provide military field commanders with high-resolution, near-real-time imagery of large geographic areas. Northrop Grumman ISS's Air Combat Systems business area is the prime contractor, with work performed at its Unmanned Systems facilities in San Diego and Palmdale, Calif.

Northrop Grumman's ISS, headquartered in Dallas, Tex., is a premier aerospace systems integration enterprise. ISS has the capabilities to design, develop, integrate, produce and support complete systems, as well as airframe subsystems, for airborne surveillance and battle management aircraft, early warning aircraft, airborne electronic warfare aircraft and air combat aircraft.

Northrop Grumman Corporation, headquartered in Los Angeles, is a world-class, high technology company providing innovative solutions in systems integration, defense electronics and information technology for its U.S. and international military, government and commercial customers, as a prime contractor, principal subcontractor, team member or preferred supplier. The company had revenues of $7.6 billion in 2000 and has a workforce of approximately 39,000 employees.

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Contacts: Northrop Grumman Corporation
Cynthia Curiel
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