Northrop Grumman to build EW with soft kill capability for surface warships

摘要

U.S. Navy surface warfare experts are ordering advanced electronic warfare (EW)systems for aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships under terms of a $74.8 million contract announced in May. Officials of the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington are asking engineers at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Mission Systems segment in Linthicum Heights, Md., to build the Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 electronic attack systems and hardware design modifications for aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships.