FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 18, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) will highlight information technology (IT) and communications solutions for the defense industry this week at LandWarNet, August 19-21, at the Greater Ft. Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center.
At booth 407 in the conference exhibit hall, Northrop Grumman will feature a demonstration of the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System (DIMHRS), which will transform the delivery of personnel and pay services within the U.S. Department of Defense.
DIMHRS will provide service members with a single, comprehensive human resources record and will allow service members to update personnel information via self-service functionality. DIMHRS will go live for the U.S. Army in the first quarter of 2009, and will be implemented incrementally across the rest of the Defense Department.
In addition to the DIMHRS demonstration, Northrop Grumman will display its warfighting solutions including:
* Army Knowledge Online/Defense Knowledge Online (AKO/DKO):
AKO/DKO is an online portal that empowers knowledge dominance,
ensures synchronization of resources, and aggressively enables
situational awareness and operational security throughout the
Defense Department community. In a secure environment designed to
improve information sharing, AKO/DKO is providing net-centric
enterprise services, including online collaboration (Web
conferencing, instant messaging and chat), a people directory
through its white pages, and improved search capabilities.
* AKO/DKO service-orientated architecture (SOA) dashboard:
Consolidates real-time portal, application, network, and
help-desk performance data. AKO/DKO SOA dashboard uses
enterprise service bus technology to transport information,
and provide timely, enterprise-wide, decision-making information
to key AKO/DKO stakeholders.
* Secure broadband wireless data and voice communications:
Enables situational awareness supporting military base security,
infrastructure protection, geospatial information management,
and mobile asset management.
* Comprehensive vulnerability lifecycle management system (VLMS):
Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor leading the development,
integration, and deployment of a comprehensive vulnerability
management system for the U.S. Air Force. The VLMS team is
evaluating, configuring, analyzing, testing, and installing
VLMS capabilities to achieve the system architecture, using
Defense Department and Air Force-provided commercial-off-the-
shelf tools.
* Information Technology Enterprise Solutions 2 Services (ITES-2S)
program: The Army's ITES-2S program has an easy-to-use portal and
pre-competed rates, while also providing the flexibility of full
and open competition. The Army's ordering guidelines include
templates with a deliberately broad scope for building task
orders.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global defense 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.