Northrop Grumman wins $50 millon secure SMS contract

Northrop Grumman Information Technology, Herndon, Va., was awarded a $49,900,000 contract which will provide fully functional messaging systems to the operational messaging community, including Air Force Intelligence Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency, Department of Defense, intelligence community members, federal government departments/agencies and U.S. coalition partners for messaging and data handling systems. The need for a secure SMS system was felt due to the increasing use of SMS among various U.S. defense agencies. In another contract, Boeing Co., St. Louis, Miss., was awarded a $59,669,948 contract which will provide for joint helmet mounted cueing system full rate production seven for the Air Force and foreign military sales. At this time, the entire amount has been obligated.