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Wednesday, June 02, 2010

Northrop Grumman to Supply Navigation Systems for Italian Navy Submarines

ITS Salvatore Todaro (S-526)Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Italian shipyard Fincantieri to deliver two full navigation suites for the second pair of U212A class submarines being built for the Italian Navy.

This new contract represents the natural evolution of the joint German-Italian Submarine Program. Fincantieri, which has already constructed and delivered the first two submarines to the Italian Navy, is also building the second pair of boats at its Muggiano shipyard.

The navigation suites, comprising the PL41 Mk4 ring laser gyro inertial navigation system and the navigation data controller (NDC), will be supplied by the company's German navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF.

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