Northrop wins A-10 task orders

HERNDON, Va., Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman has won $2 million in U.S. Air Force task orders to support the A-10 Thunderbolt II Total Life Cycle Program, the company reported.

Under the terms of the two-year Aircraft Structural Integrity Program Modernization II task order, Northrop and Southwest Research Institute of Texas will develop and document non-destructive inspection procedures for current control points, produce source data related to NDI suitable for publication and report discrepancies in current technical data and SSI program requirements.

Northrop said the tasks are focused on structural integrity process modernization and cross-cutting efforts with other weapon systems within the Air Force.

The Critical Safety Item Technical Deficiency Improvement task order involves Northrop and its teammates -- Wyle Laboratories of California and Rowan Catalyst Inc. of Illinois -- identifying the engineering and technical data tasks required to correct CSI technical and acquisition data deficiencies.

The effort will help align the A-10 program with the latest requirements from the joint aeronautical logistics commanders, Northrop said.

Northrop Grumman is also teamed with Wyle Laboratories and Rowan Catalyst for the Critical Systems Component Analysis task, which has one base year with two option years. The scope of this effort is to ensure that the A-10 operational safety, suitability and effectiveness program is achieved and maintained by performing component analysis of critical systems and to provide solutions for increasing system reliability, safety, aircraft availability and reducing maintenance requirements and man-hours.