Northrop Grumman Wins a $1.4 Billion Arms Deal
Almost exactly one year after the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of the sale, it's finally becoming a reality.
Roughly one year ago, I told you about the huge win Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) was going to book if the U.S. Congress approved the sale of nine E-2D Advanced Hawkeye (AHE) Airborne Early Warning and Control (AEW&C) aircraft to Japan for some $3.14 billion -- including both the cost of the airplanes themselves and also the cost of their support and upkeep. One year later, on September 26, 2019, the U.S. Pentagon finally awarded the contract, formalizing the sale, to Northrop: For $1.36 billion, i.e., about 43% of the total deal value, the company will sell Japan nine of its most advanced airborne early warning aircraft.
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