Northrop Grumman to Provide Air Traffic Systems at Dubai World Central Airport

LONDON, August 30 /PRNewswire/ --

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) announced that its Europe-based
subsidiary, Park Air Systems, has been awarded a US$15 million contract by
the Dubai Department of Civil Aviation to provide a range of integrated air
traffic systems for the new Dubai World Central Airport.

"Dubai World Central is one of the biggest on-going transport
infrastructure projects in the world. After a competitive selection process,
our systems were selected on the basis of offering the best solution both in
terms of value and technology," commented Charles Houseago, chairman of
Northrop Grumman's Park Air Systems. "Our systems will help the Department of
Civil Aviation ensure the safe and expeditious control of aircraft at this
key airport as it develops and grows over the coming years."

"Park Air Systems has an excellent reputation for delivering high quality
air traffic control solutions to all regions of the world. We are confident
that Park Air will deliver us a world-class system suitable for this
world-class airport," said Khalifa Al Zaffin, director of engineering and
projects for Dubai Department of Civil Aviation.

The air traffic control systems will facilitate the landing and tracking
of aircraft at the airport while ensuring reliable communications. The Dubai
World Central Airport is currently under construction at Jebel Ali and when
completed will handle 120 million passengers annually using 6 parallel
runways.

Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems will deliver its NOVA 9000 advanced
surface movement guidance and control system to manage the tracking of
aircraft and vehicles on the ground using surveillance systems based on radar
and multi-lateration. The system will assist the efficient management of air
traffic particularly in periods of high volume and during adverse weather
conditions.

The air traffic system will also include the NORMARC 7000B instrument
landing system (ILS) and two complete Cat III-b ILS systems, one for each end
of the first operational runway at the airport. The NORMARC 7000B is the
world's leading ILS system, using state-of-the-art technology to ensure safe
and precise landings, even under the most difficult visibility conditions.

Ground-to-air voice communications will be provided through an integrated
digital end-to-end communication system combining the PAE T6 multimode
digital radio and the GAREX 220 voice communication control system enabling
control and monitoring of key radio functions directly from the air traffic
control operator position.

Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems is also creating a Dubai service
centre, with its UAE partner company Data Processing Systems, to support the
numerous systems it has deployed throughout the Middle East region. The
service centre will have a stock of spare parts for all Park Air Systems
products and trained personnel to give fast high quality assistance to
customers.

Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, based in Peterborough, UK and Oslo and
Horten, Norway, supplies communication, navigation and surveillance systems
for air-space operations worldwide.

In Europe, Northrop Grumman operates from locations in France, Germany,
Italy and Norway, providing navigation, air traffic control and postal
automation systems. In the UK, Northrop Grumman operates from primary
locations in London, Fareham, Chester, Coventry, New Malden, Peterborough and
Solihull and provides avionics, communications, electronic warfare systems,
marine navigation systems, robotics, C4I and mission planning, IT systems and
software development.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a US$30 billion global defence and
technology company whose 120,000 employees provide innovative systems,
products, and solutions in information and services, electronics, aerospace
and shipbuilding to government and commercial customers worldwide.

Web site: http://www.northropgrumman.com