BALTIMORE, June 29 /PRNewswire/ --

Northrop Grumman Cobham Intercoms LLC (NGCI LLC), a company formed by
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Cobham (LSE: COB), has been
selected to provide the VIS-X Vehicular Intercommunication System Expanded
for the U.S. Army's Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM).

Under the terms of this indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ)
contract, the NGCI team is required to be able to deliver up to 500 VIS-X
systems per month during the first year following completion of First Article
Testing and up to 2,000 systems per month in subsequent years. The total
value of the 10-year ID/IQ contract has an anticipated not-to-exceed ceiling
of US$2.4 billion.

VIS-X will provide vehicle crew members and occupants with improved
speech intelligibility and hearing protection. It will also provide vehicle
crew members and occupants with increased command and control of the on-board
and external communication assets, connection to future Internet Protocol
(IP)-based digital communications networks, VoIP services, and an increased
number of user interfaces for use by crew and next generation IP radios.
VIS-X can be used in both new production and legacy vehicle platforms,
allowing the warfighter to utilize the same state-of-the-art equipment
regardless of vehicle type or age.

"The enduring partnership between Northrop Grumman and Cobham is one that
will continue to benefit our warfighters by providing them with cutting-edge
technologies on the battlefield," said Jeff Palombo, sector vice president
and general manager of Northrop Grumman's Land Forces Division. "Providing
enhanced situational awareness and IP-based digital communication networks
will better protect our troops and allow them to fight smarter."

"VIS-X will allow soldiers and other vehicle mounted troops to
communicate faster, safer and more securely with greater understanding of the
operational situation during the most demanding missions," said Steve
Collier, vice president Cobham Defense Communications. "The new teaming
agreement between Cobham and Northrop Grumman strengthens the 15 year
relationship between our two companies supplying the existing VIC-3 system."

Northrop Grumman and Cobham will continue to supply VIC-3 systems to
support the large installed base of more than 85,000 vehicles.

Cobham's products and services have been at the heart of sophisticated
military and civil systems for more than 70 years, keeping people safe,
improving communications and enhancing the capability of land, sea, air and
space platforms. The Company has four divisions employing more than 12,000
people on five continents, with customers and partners in over 100 countries
and annual revenue of more than 1.4 billion pounds sterling / U.S.$2.1
billion.

Northrop Grumman Corporation is a leading global security company whose
120,000 employees provide innovative systems, products, and solutions in
aerospace, electronics, information systems, shipbuilding and technical
services to government and commercial customers worldwide.