LONDON, May 6 /PRNewswire/ --
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has announced the appointment of Eldar Hauge as managing director of its Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems operations in Norway. Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems is a leading provider of communication, navigation and surveillance systems for air-space operations worldwide.
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In this role, Hauge will be responsible for establishing and maintaining Northrop Grumman's relationships with existing and potential customers in Norway and for strengthening the company's ability to pursue new business opportunities in the international air traffic management market.
"We are delighted that Eldar Hauge has decided to join us," said Paul Davison, vice-president and managing director of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Europe. "His broad-based management experience and knowledge of international business will be a valuable asset to Northrop Grumman and our customers as we continue to grow our presence in this strategically important market."
Hauge will also expand awareness of Northrop Grumman's core capabilities in the air traffic management sector and will work with commercial and military customers to understand their needs and to help meet current and future requirements for air-space systems.
He joins Northrop Grumman after a career in the electronics industry spanning 25 years. He spent the last nine years at Ericsson where most recently he was vice-president for National Security and Public Safety.
Hauge earned a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from Telemark University College, Norway and a degree in business economics from Bedriftsokonomisk Institutt (BI), Norway.
Northrop Grumman Park Air Systems, based in Peterborough, UK and Oslo and Horten, Norway, supplies communication, navigation and surveillance systems for air-space operations worldwide. Park Air Systems is part of the company's Mission Systems Europe operations.
In Europe, Northrop Grumman operates from locations in France, Germany, Italy and Norway, providing navigation, air traffic control and postal automation systems. In the UK, Northrop Grumman operates from primary locations in London, Fareham, Chester, Coventry, New Malden, Peterborough, RAF Waddington and Solihull and provides avionics, communications, electronic warfare systems, marine navigation systems, robotics, aircraft whole life support, C4ISR solutions and mission planning, IT systems and software development.
Northrop Grumman Corporation is a global defence 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.
Web site: http://www.northropgrumman.com
Ken Beedle of Northrop Grumman Corporation, +44-(0)207-747-1910, +44-(0)7787-174092, Ken.beedle@euro.ngc.com
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