Northrop Grumman to develop software for battlefield command and control system to support decision-making
REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – Battlefield command-and-control experts at Northrop Grumman Corp. will develop the U.S. Army Air and Missile Defense Workstation (AMDWS) under terms of a $21.7 million contract announced Thursday.
Officials of the Army Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., are asking the Northrop Grumman Mission Systems segment in Herndon, Va., to continue developing AMDWS Block VI software to support the Army Battle Command System (ABCS) Common Operating Environment (COE).
The ABCS is a suite of networked digital components to give commanders a solid perspective of their operating environment to improve decision-making.
Decision-making models of the ABCS may include recognition primed decision making; observe, orient, decide, and act (OODA); or other emerging processes to help commanders make quick decisions during combat operations.
The ABCS Common Operating Environment is a roadmap for how Army information technology products are built and deployed. It provides standards to unite existing programs and new technologies on a common software foundation to simplify development, integration, training, and sustainment.
Northrop Grumman Mission Systems is the prime contractor for command and control, engineering, and general support for the AMDWS software. This contract is for supplies or services.
On this contract Northrop Grumman will do the work and locations to be determined with each order, and should be finished by September 2024. For more information contact Northrop Grumman Mission Systems online at www.northropgrumman.com, or the Army Contracting Command-Redstone at https://acc.army.mil/contractingcenters/acc-rsa.
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