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AIT to Build Production Tools for Northrop’s E-2D Hawkeye Program

AIT to Build Production Tools for Northrop's E-2D Hawkeye Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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120509-N-KQ416-056Northrop Grumman has awarded Advanced Integration Technology a contract to produce turnkey systems and tools for the production of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye planes.

AIT said Tuesday it will also help install computerized numerical control machines, tool cribs, ovens, metrology instruments and back shops at Northrop’s aircraft integration plant in St. Augustine, Florida.

Northrop is expanding the facility to accommodate the E-2D development program, AIT said.

The tooling company will provide Northrop with assembly platforms for the aircraft’s wing, fuselage and cockpit structures.

AIT plans to deploy approximately 25 technicians to perform contract work and is scheduled to deliver all the production line tools to Northrop in the first quarter of 2016.

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Written by Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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