Curtiss-Wright awarded $25m contract from Northrop Grumman

3rd March 2010 - 18:17 GMT | by The Shephard News Team

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Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc. today announced that it has received a contract from Northrop Grumman Corporation to provide the Advanced Mission Management System (AMMS) for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) program in the amount of approximately $25 million. The BAMS UAS will provide the US Navy with a persistent maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance system to protect the fleet and provide a capability to detect, track, classify and identify maritime and littoral targets.

"Curtiss-Wright is proud to partner with Northrop Grumman to provide advanced computer subsystems for the BAMS UAS unmanned aerial vehicle," said David Adams, co-chief operating officer of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. "We look forward to building on the success we've had as a long-time supplier to the Global Hawk program."

Northrop Grumman's RQ-4N, a maritime derivative of the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle, will be the platform for the BAMS UAS suite of maritime surveillance sensors and communications systems. Curtiss-Wright will design, develop and manufacture BAMS UAS AMMS units at the company's Motion Control facility in Santa Clarita, CA. Hardware deliveries will start at the end of 2010 and continue through 2011.

Source: Curtiss-Wright Controls