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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Northrop Grumman continues to update B-52 electronic warfare systems

Northrop Grumman Corp. continues to make updates to the electronic warfare (EW) self-protection systems onboard the U.S. Air Force's B-52 bomber.

In 2008, the company has received Air Force contracts valued at $72 million to update the B-52's system capabilities through the insertion of cutting-edge EW technologies developed for the F-35 aircraft into the B-52's electronic warfare self-protection system.

"Many of our current B-52 EW systems are at least 30 years old, expensive to maintain and lack capabilities much needed by our warfighters.

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