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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
As of December 31, 2009, we had no significant off-balance sheet arrangements other than operating leases. For
a description of our operating leases, see Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements in Part II, Item 8.
GLOSSARY OF PROGRAMS
Listed below are brief descriptions of the programs mentioned in this Form 10-K.
Program Name Program Description
Advanced Extremely High
Frequency (AEHF)
Provide the communication payload for the nation’s next generation military
strategic and tactical satellite relay systems that will deliver survivable,
protected communications to U.S. forces and selected allies worldwide.
African Contingency
Operations Training
Assistance (ACOTA)
Provide peacekeeping training to militaries in African nations via the
Department of State. The program is designed to improve the ability of
African governments to respond quickly to crises by providing selected
militaries with the training and equipment required to execute humanitarian
or peace support operations.
Airborne and Maritime/
Fixed Stations Joint Tactical
Radio Systems (AMF JTRS)
AMF JTRS will develop a communications capability that includes two
software-defined, multifunction radio form factors for use by the U.S.
Department of Defense and potential use by the U.S. Department of
Homeland Security. Northrop Grumman has the responsibility for leading
the Joint Tactical Radio (JTR) integrated product team and co-development
of the JTR small airborne (JTR-SA) hardware and software. The company
will also provide common JTR software for two JTR form factors, wideband
power amplifiers, and the use of Northrop Grumman’s Advanced
Communications Test Center in San Diego as the integration and test site for
the JTR-SA radio, waveforms and ancillaries.
Airborne Laser (ABL) Design and develop the system’s Chemical Oxygen Iodine Laser (COIL) and
the Beacon Illuminator Laser (BILL) for Missile Defense Agency’s Airborne
Laser, providing a capability to destroy boost-phase missiles at very long
range.
Airborne Warning and
Control System radar
(AWACS)
Provide all-weather surveillance, Command, Control and Communications
needed by commanders of air tactical forces.
B-2 Stealth Bomber Maintain strategic, long-range multi-role bomber with war-fighting capability
that combines long range, large payload, all-aspect stealth, and near-precision
weapons in one aircraft.
B-52 Sustainment B-52 ALQ-155, ALQ-122, ALT-16, ALT-32 and ALR-20 Power
Management Systems are legacy electronic countermeasures systems
protecting the B-52 over a wideband frequency range. The program provides
design and test products to resolve obsolescence and maintainability issues
using modern digital receiver/exciter designs.
Battlefield Airborne
Communications Node
(BACN)
Install the BACN system in three Bombardier BD-700 Global Express
aircraft for immediate fielding and install the BACN system into two Global
Hawk Block 20 unmanned aerial vehicles.
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