Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Northrop Grumman was awarded a $444.6 million contract by the Air Force to support the AAQ-24 Directional Infrared Countermeasure for large U.S. military aircraft.
The deal, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, comes under the terms of a firm-fixed-price requirements contract, meaning that any additional costs accumulated as work on the contract progresses will not be reimbursed to Northrop Grumman by the U.S. government.