Northrop Grumman joins Honeywell in project to upgrade Navy shipboard aircraft landing systems

Air traffic control experts at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Electronic Systems segment in Woodland Hills, Calif., is joining the Honeywell Inc. Aerospace sector in Clearwater, Fla., on a project to upgrade precision landing systems aboard U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships.

Officials of the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) at Patuxent River Naval Air Station, Md., have announced their intention to award five-year contracts to Northrop Grumman and Honeywell to upgrade and improve Navy Precision Approach Landing Systems (PALS) on carriers and big-deck amphibs.

The contracts to Northrop Grumman and Honeywell have yet to be negotiated, and should be awarded in February, Navy officials say. The contracts, which will be basic ordering agreement (BOA), will be for services and materials to fabricate, modify, repair, replace, upgrade, and improve PALS components, assemblies, and associated hardware.

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