The Dept. of Justice (DoJ) announced that Northrop Grumman Space ...
The Dept. of Justice (DoJ) announced that Northrop Grumman Space & Missions Systems would pay $111.2 million to the govt. to settle lawsuits against TRW, which Northrop Grumman acquired. TRW’s former dir. of financial control at TRW Space &…
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Technology, Richard Bagley, filed suit on behalf of the govt. under the whistleblower law and will receive more than $27 million under terms of the settlement, the DoJ said. The suits, filed in 1994 and 1995 and later consolidated, alleged TRW had overcharged the govt. for products and services, Justice said. Five separate schemes were alleged, the DoJ said, including mischarges associated with TRW’s attempt to enter the space launch vehicle business, the testing and fabricating of a prototype satellite solar array wing and the development of a proposal for a satellite telecom program, Odyssey. Northrop Grumman said it denied any liability for violating the False Claims Act.