Northrop Grumman has been awarded a follow on production contract for AN/SLQ-32(V)7 SEWIP Block 3 systems by the US Navy. The system is employed on Surface Combatants to defeat legacy and emerging anti-ship threats using non-kinetic/electronic attack methodologies. Northrop Grumman’s approach to this system is centered on a ‘software defined, hardware enabled’ open architecture..
..that quickly integrates with other combat systems while adopting the latest electronic attack capabilities
to ensure the system remains ahead of the threat and supports the U.S. Navy’s Distributed Maritime Operations (DMO) CONOPS.
The $100.7 million base contract is for the first follow on production lot of AN/SLQ-32(V)7 Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) Block 3 electronic warfare systems. The contract has a maximum value of $1.16 billion. The system will be installed initially on Arleigh-Burke class destroyers and is scalable to other ship classes....MORE
