News Review: Northrop Grumman to provide security for RAAF C-17s | ADM Apr 2011

The DMO has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to provide integrated airfield and asset protection solutions for RAAF C-17 aircraft.

Northrop Grumman will deliver its Expeditionary Tactical Automated Security System (ExTASS) for the protection of the C-17s both at Australian bases and during expeditionary operations.  

ExTASS is an implementation of the Tactical Automated Security System (TASS), deployed at more than 100 sites worldwide by the US Air Force, US Army and US Marine Corps. Like TASS, ExTASS is an open architecture, command-and-control platform for the integration of a variety of sensors designed for force-protection missions. The system provides for real-time detection and assessment of intrusions, thus allowing immediate coordination of appropriate response. The ExTASS will be configured in a mobile trailer for quick deployment.  

Northrop Grumman is one of the prime contractors supporting the US Army Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM) program office in other related efforts such as the delivery of the C-RAM sense-and-warn capability to protect US and Australian forces in Afghanistan.