The U.S. Navy awarded Falls Church-based Fortune 500 aerospace and defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. a $236.9 million contract modification to manufacture radar systems for the U.S. Marine Corps, the Department of Defense announced Friday.
Under the modification, Northrop Grumman will manufacture eight gallium nitride (GaN) active electronically scanned array radar systems. Used on Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar (G/ATOR) radar systems, these protect Marines from rockets, artillery, mortars, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.
In July 2018, Northrop Grumman delivered the first G/ATOR with GaN antenna technology to the Marines and the following year landed a $189 million contract to produce six G/ATORS.
