Trillions tied to Orlando's development of simulation technology
On Oct. 9, Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE: NOC) announced that a defense management platform it developed — Integrated Battle Command System — had helped defend the nation’s capital against a cruise missile and a compromised aircraft in a risk-free simulated environment where it could be tested and warfighters could be trained.
The $1.4 billion contract from 2021 associated with this project wasn't exclusively for the simulation activity — yet without simulation technology, the work couldn't have been done.
The same is true for another contract Northrop Grumman won in 2022. This one was for a maximum of $3.29 billion to update a product called the Ground-based Midcourse Defense Weapon System.
