CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Litton Marine Systems (LMS), a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), has received EC Wheelmark type approval for the Sperry Marine SRD-331 Doppler speed log.

The type approval certificate was granted by the Registro Italiano Navale in Genoa, and authorizes Litton to display the Wheelmark of conformity in accordance with Council Directive 96/98/EC on Marine Equipment. The product was type-tested and certified to meet IMO Resolutions A.478(12), A.694(17), A.813(19) and A.824(19), as well as IEC 60945 and 61023.

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE: NOC) Sperry Marine business unit has introduced its next-generation integrated bridge system for ships, called Vision FT, that incorporates the latest advances in marine navigation technology and combines all of the ship’s navigation sensors and systems -- including radars, electronic chart display and information system, gyrocompass, depth sounder, speed log, differential global positioning satellite (GPS) receivers and autopilot -- into a completely integrated package.

The U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded a contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) to supply Scalable Integrated Bridge Systems (SCIBS) for installation on 16 surface combatant ships.

The contract, valued at $3.7 million, was awarded to Northrop Grumman’s Sperry Marine business unit. Under the contract, the SCIBS packages, running on Sperry Marine’s Voyage Management System (VMS) software, will be back-fitted on 10 guided-missile destroyers, three amphibious ships and three aircraft carriers.

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has received a contract from BAE Systems to upgrade the machinery control, alarm and surveillance (MCAS) systems on eight U.K. Royal Navy mine countermeasure vessels.