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Monday, April 09, 2012

Navy's laser-based Airborne Laser Mine Detection System enters final development before full-scale production

[AN/AES-1]U.S. Navy undersea warfare experts are working together with designers at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Aerospace Systems segment in Melbourne, Fla., to move an important laser-based mine-detection system to its final developmental phase before full-scale production.

The Navy awarded Northrop Grumman Aerospace a $27.1 million contract modification Thursday to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) of the Northrop Grumman AN/AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS).

Awarding the contract were officials of the Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division in Panama City, Fla.

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