Northrop Grumman news from FierceGovernmentIT

A gap in polar-satellite earth observation satellites will in all probability occur despite a last minute infusion of funds into the Joint Polar Satellite System, according to a Sept. 30 Commerce Read more...

Market research conducted by the General Services Administration in support of its ETS2 procurement consisted in part of a Wikipedia article on "software as a service," asserts a newly unsealed Read more...

The Navy gave Northrop Grumman as much as $300,000 in profit for filling out $3 million worth of travel expense forms--and some of those expenses should have never been approved, says the Defense Read more...

A five-year, $8.9 million FBI effort to digitally track DNA sample testing is in danger of failing, concludes a new Justice Department inspector general report. "We are concerned that the project Read more...

Northrop Grumman Corp. is moving closer to a major client--the federal government. The global company said it is pulling up stakes in Los Angeles and becoming a beltway bandit. It marks the departure Read more...

McAfee and Northrop Grumman have started implementing a $9.7 million deal with the Department of Defense to secure 5 million desktop and notebook computers and services. Officials say it is helping Read more...

Three big contractors are competing for a coveted prize--a five year, $600 million Air Force contract for software support and information analysis. The work is related to the needs of the National Read more...

Unencrypted and sensitive data regarding federal contracts with the Defense Intelligence Agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Transportation Security Agency were found on Read more...

The federal cyber soldiers who defend us against virtual attacks need to develop their skills for web security. Now, they will be able to do this on the National Cyber Range, a virtual proving ground Read more...

A travel reservation website used by several federal agencies was hacked last week, directing unsuspecting users to a malicious domain, according to a report in Computerworld.com. Sometime before Read more...