ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla.,
April 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) dedicated its new Aircraft
Integration Center of Excellence in St.
Augustine today, which builds upon the company's 34-year
legacy of operations there.
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Set against the backdrop of construction of a new 368,000 square
foot aircraft production facility, approximately 500 employees,
local business leaders, and federal, state and local elected
officials gathered to celebrate the formal establishment of
Northrop Grumman's St. Augustine
manufacturing facility as a center of excellence. It is one of the
company's two aircraft integration centers in the U.S.
Dignitaries at the ceremony included Florida Gov. Rick
Scott, Sen. Bill Nelson and
Rep. Ron DeSantis. Scott kicked off
the event, which also featured remarks by Nelson, DeSantis and
Tom Vice, Northrop Grumman corporate
vice president and president, Aerospace Systems.
"Today's dedication signifies our continued commitment to our
service men and women, to our employees in St. Augustine and to the state of Florida," said Vice. "The talented workforce
at this center of excellence, coupled with a new state-of-the-art
manufacturing facility, will continue to benefit our customers, our
company and the community."
The company recently broke ground on the new building at its
campus adjacent to the Northeast Florida Regional Airport. The new
building will provide additional hangar space and program
management offices, which will create greater efficiency in the
production flow and sustainment of aircraft. The company expects
construction to be complete in early 2015.
Northrop Grumman announced the creation of several centers of
excellence throughout the country last year, to improve its
strategic alignment with its customers' needs for increasingly
innovative and affordable products, services and solutions.
A leader in aviation integration and manufacturing, the
St. Augustine facility has been
operational since 1980. It is the home of E-2D Advanced Hawkeye
production and employees have also performed work on the EA-6B
Prowler, C-2A Greyhound, A-6 Intruder, F-14 Tomcat, F-5 Tiger and
E-2C Hawkeye aircraft. Key aircraft manufacturing processes are
managed by a team of more than 1,000 employees. With the site's
designation as a center of excellence, the workforce will grow by
an additional 400 employees during the next three years.
Northrop Grumman is a leading global security company providing
innovative systems, products and solutions in unmanned systems,
cyber, C4ISR, and logistics and modernization to government and
commercial customers worldwide. Please visit
www.northropgrumman.com for more information.
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