Northrop Gets Security Contract for SWA: Northrop Grumman has received a follow-on contract to continue providing integrated security services for US Air Force bases in Southwest Asia. Northrop says the contract is worth up to $80 million over three years and will cover the surveying, support staff, and installation of systems at bases in the US Central Command Air Forces area of responsibility.
President Donald Trump is interested in developing a twin-engined, upgraded version of the F-35 fighter, he said during a press event May 15 in Qatar marking the sale of Boeing airliners and GE Aerospace engines to Qatar Airways. He said he would name the improved aircraft the “F-55” and also…